Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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Within this world of diverse settings, no preacher
dare emphasize personal authority; the truth is its own
authority.
An interviewer once asked Rahner what he would have
done if forced to choose between doing theology and
preaching. His answer is significant.
It's not that these things [scholarship and
preaching] present a real alternative which one
must choose. Yet, if it really came to
choosing, I would say that scholarship is not
so important to me, and that the real,
Immediate preaching of the good news of the
gospel is what, at least, should be specific
and proper in my life."5
Fortunately, neither Rahner, nor anyone else, has to make
that choice. Rahner served theology and proclamation.
Even after his death, Rahner's influence continues to be
felt both in the classroom and the pulpit.