“It is significant that the New Testament does not use the term regeneration [being born again], as so often modern evangelical theology does, for what goes on in the human heart” — T. F. Torrance (February 13, 2019)

T. F. Torrance was an evangelical Reformed theologian and was an influential leader in the Church of Scotland. In The Mediation of Christ, Tom Torrance retells an insightful answer to the question asked by a highlander, "When were you born again?" Torrance did answer with his own personal conversion experience, but […]

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“You will not be saved unless you make your own personal decision for Jesus Christ as Savior” is a False Gospel — T. F. Torrance (February 12, 2019)

T. F. Torrance joins the chorus of pinnacle Reformed theologians who decry all conditional gospels as a false gospel. In evangelicalism today, the gospel is frequently preached in a conditional format, such that salvation will be received if and only if a personal decision is made to accept Jesus as savior. Reformed […]

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Review of Karl Barth and Evangelical Theology (January 20, 2014)

Karl Barth and Evangelical Theology: Convergences and Divergences, edited by Sung Wook Chung, arrived via Interlibrary Loan, and after reading it, I have some comments about the best essays in this book, and will politely skip over the ones that I graciously that I did not, so to speak, enjoy. […]

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