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All Blog Posts With Tag: Thomas F. Torrance
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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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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
T. F. Torrance on Jesus’ Verdict Against Natural Theology (February 27, 2018)
Thomas F. Torrance makes a clever argument against natural theology in his book Incarnation: The Person and Life of Christ. It's a well known fact that Karl Barth was firmly against natural revelation (although he left the door open to natural theology late in life). So it is no surprise that […]
The Errors of Inerrancy: #6 Inerrancy obscures Jesus with the Bible (January 3, 2017)
[The Errors of Inerrancy: A ten-part series on why Biblical Inerrancy censors the Scriptures and divides Evangelicals.]
6. Inerrancy obscures Jesus with the Bible
John Calvin said that the Bible is similar to eyeglasses that allow us to see Jesus. If the Bible may be compared to eyeglasses, then Biblical Inerrancy may be […]
George Hunsinger on the Pathogenicity of Rationalistic Calvinism (July 11, 2015)
B. B. Warfield's famous "The Order of Decrees" chart from The Plan of Salvation is figured above. I've colorized the chart so that the darkest swim lanes are those most endorsed by B. B. Warfield (and most exemplifying Rationalistic Calvinism.)
George Hunsinger referenced B. B. Warfield's famous "Orders of Decrees" chart (see […]