“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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Abraham Kuyper on Ectypal Knowledge (May 25, 2012)

Abraham Kuyper in his Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology considers the widely discussed question "Is theology a science?" and "In What sense is theology a science?" Kuyper emphasizes through this book the necessity of palingenesia (i.e. regeneration) to have a right understanding of Christianity. In the following long quotation, Kuyper explains that a general comparison […]

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The Greek Word for “Regeneration” (palingenesis) (March 30, 2011)

The greek word for "regeneration" in the New Testament is παλιγγενεσία (palingenesis). The word παλιγγενεσία had a primitive use by ...

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