Marty Foord
Rev. Marty Foord was born in Sydney, Australia, into a Christian family and cannot remember a time when he did not believe that Jesus was his Saviour. He is very grateful to God for being raised and natured in the reformed faith.
Marty’s dad was a teacher of New Testament at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia, and then a pastor for many years in Sydney and South Africa. Marty trained originally in IT, and having worked in the industry for a few years, went back to Moore Theological College in order to train for the Anglican ministry in Sydney. After working in a church for four years, Marty moved to Perth to begin teaching Systematic Theology at Trinity Theological College, in 2000.
Marty’s chief research interest is in 16th and 17th century theology with a view to its continuities and discontinuities with the medieval era. Marty wrote his Master’s thesis on Richard Hooker’s doctrine of justification, which compared Hooker to John Calvin and Martin Luther. He is currently completing a Th.D. on John Owen’s doctrine of the gospel (and the law/gospel distinction) in its historical context since Peter Lombard.
The Puritans are Marty’s fundamental interest because of their big view of God, and their desire to integrate the head, heart, and hands in the Christian life. Theology and practise for the Puritans were never to be separated. His particular heroes are John Owen, Richard Greenham, Thomas Manton, William Bates, Heinrich Altingius, and Gijsbertus Voetius.
Marty spends his spare time surfing his home break at Scarborough, listening to Bach and Buxtehude, and enjoying Perth life with his mates.