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Karl Barth’s critical appreciation of Søren Kierkegaard (February 17, 2019)

Karl Barth received the Danish Sonning Prize in 1963, which was also received by William Churchill, Albert Schweitzer, Igor Stravinsky, Niels Bohr, and Bertrand Russel. [p19] When Barth received the award, he provided a brief criticism of Søren Kierkegaard (sharing many similarities with Barth's criticism of Friedrich Schleiermacher) that every […]

An Example of T. F. Torrance’s Scientific Theology: Kant, Einstein and the Trinity (February 15, 2019)

T. F. Torrance is a scientific theologian. In a way, all theology is science, as Karl Barth said at the very beginning of the Church Dogmatics I/1: "As a theological discipline dogmatics is the scientific self-examination of the Christian Church with respect to the content of its distinctive talk about […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

“The real text of New Testament revelation is the humanity of Jesus” — T. F. Torrance (February 10, 2019)

Jesus Christ is the revelation of the Word of God in human form, and the entire Bible (in the words of Karl Barth) is a human witness to Jesus Christ who is the very Word of God. Many Christians wrongly identify the Bible as the Word of God, but the […]

Marcus Borg on the miracles of Jesus walking on water and stilling the storm in the Gospel of Mark (February 9, 2019)

In Jesus: A New Vision (Spirit, Culture, and the Life of Discipleship), Dr. Marcus Borg (1942–2015) provides a briefly and helpful commentary on the stories of Jesus walking on water and stilling the storm in the Gospel of Mark 4:35-41 and 6:45-52. (Variations of these two miracles appear in Mt 8:23–27; Lk 8:22–25 […]

Is God really like Jesus? Yes! answered T. F. Torrance (February 8, 2019)

What is God like? The answer is Jesus! In The Mediation of Christ, T. F. Torrance says Yes! God is like Jesus. Perhaps some people may moan at this answer but there is a good Barthian reason why "Jesus" is the answer. It is the same reason that the answer to […]

REVIEW: T. F. Torrance in Plain English by Stephen D. Morrison (January 24, 2019)

I previously reviewed two of Stephen D. Morrison's books—Karl Barth In Plain English (2017) and Jürgen Moltmann In Plain English (2018)—so I was excited to review T. F. Torrance In Plain English (2017) too. I've enjoyed T. F. Torrance In Plain English the most of Morrison's "In Plain English" series. Perhaps it is because I've read most […]

Top 10 of 2018 (January 9, 2019)

My top ten posts of the year are never viral, but they are helpful to reflect back on the year to see what was helpful to the PostBarthian readers around the world, and this year is no different! What I appreciate this top ten is the diversity of theologians from […]

The Immaculate Conception, Virgin Birth and Assumption of Mary (featuring Karl Rahner) (December 6, 2018)

It may surprise many Evangelicals today to learn that Martin Luther, John Calvin and the other reformers affirmed similar (or even the same) Marian Dogmas as the Catholic Church. Protestant Mariology has been in significant decline since the Reformation, and most protestants reject almost every Marian Dogma except for a […]