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 […]

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“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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“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 […]

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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 […]

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