Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Grand Scheme of Things
“Mystery is the lifeblood of dogmatics†are Bavinck’s opening words to the doctrine of God. Even when a confirmed believer moves past... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Supply vs. Popular Demand
It’s been more than 2 months since we ended our year long series in Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics. We covered two of... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The End of Certainty
I delivered a paper on Bavinck this year at the ETS annual meeting in New Orleans. It marked a full year spent... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: No Accounting for Taste
Our last post looked at some of Bavinck’s opening words on regeneration. Self-awareness and self-improvement are to the spiritual life the first... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Up & Up
When it comes to decision making, tomorrow often never comes. For Bavinck and the Reformed, this adage is too true for the... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: God Save the Willing
There is a lot at stake in describing regeneration and coming to faith. Above all is the certainty that faith is genuine,... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: No One is Taller than Himself
We are now setting out in volume 4 of Bavinck’s Dogmatics. Part 1: The Holy Spirit gives New Life to Believers covers... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Leap of Faith
Our ‘leap of faith’ here means that we have now jumped from mid-way of volume three (Sin and Salvation in Christ) into... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Summer Reading
We’re taking some time off this summer but it’s impossible to put Bavinck down. A set of Bavinck is difficult to stuff... Read More
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Suit Makes the Man
In the previous post Bavinck suggested that religion has more of a connecting point to real life than people give it credit.... Read More