Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Superadded Gift (Part 3 of 3)
Our three part series on the superadded gift (SG) was pretty difficult and challenging. This was especially true in our small group... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Superadded Gift (Part 2 of 3)
We’ve been looking at one of the toughest elements in Bavinck’s analysis, freewill and the origin of sin. The long debate between... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Superadded Gift (Part 1)
Our last post looked at the fickle problem of the origin of sin. Bavinck’s analysis of Genesis 3 holds that sin’s origin... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Sin, the Menace to Certainty
Our last post hit the mid-point of Bavinck’s Prolegomena.* His dilemma was choosing between three schools of thought that best explained life;... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Between Science and Certainty
Is there a vacuum between science and reality? How is the object of God’s self-revelation introduced into the human consciousness? Herman’s answer... Read More
The Quotable William Cowper (1566 – 1619)
In addition to the Bavinck posts I’ve recently been posting short quotes from William Cowper’s (Bishop of Galloway) commentary Patmos (1623) over... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Principia
We’ve been attempting to hit some of the highpoints of Bavinck’s Prolegomena. His basic presupposition is that the knowledge of God comes... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Borrowed Presuppositions
In our last few posts we rifled through some of Bavinck ’s Prolegomena . His basic presupposition is that the knowledge of... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Prolegomena
In our last post we introduced some of the high points in Bavinck’s definition of dogmatics and its relationship to the faith,... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: A Vital Luxury
After I received my degree from Regent College I thought, “Finally! I have time for Bavinck!†Recently I’ve formed a small study... Read More