I grew up as a pastor’s kid. I’ve remained a committed Christian despite the fact. And having spent the better part of the last fifteen years looking for the perfect … Read more→
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The Puritan Exegesis Project: William Cowper on Revelation 11:15, 16
We’ve stumbled upon a real test for our trusting pre-modern exegetes. Revelation. In New Horizons in Hermeneutics Anthony Thiselton summarized the differences between pre- and post- modern attitudes for interpreting … Read more→
The Puritan Exegesis Project: Nicholas Byfield on Colossians 1:21
“And you hath he now also reconciled, that were in times past strangers, and enemies, because your minds were set on evil works.â€
Nicholas Byfield’s (1579-1622) Exposition upon the Epistle to … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: 10 for 10
God does not change, Bavinck said, because he is. He is independent of time and has life in himself. To say that God becomes as pantheism assumes diminishes his character. … Read more→
The Puritan Exegesis Project: William Cowper on 2 Cor. 5:5
The old bishop of Galloway was highly commended by Spurgeon for his striking clarity and evangelical warmth. Cowper wasn’t exactly a ‘Puritan’ – he took an Episcopal bishopric after years … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: The Bear
When looking for the origin of emotion, William James asked, ‘do we run from the bear because we are afraid’ or is it the other way around? For James the … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Lost & Found
There’s a TV show with a highly fantastic plot relevant to Bavinck’s formulation of God’s independence. On this show, survivors of a plane crash form tribes and collectives to solve … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Smash and Grab
We’ve been sifting through some of the high points of Bavinck’s doctrine of God, offering up small, somewhat uncritical summaries of his thought. In volume two Bavinck has an almost … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Biography by Ron Gleason: on its way!
Ron Gleason’s new biography, Herman Bavinck: Pastor, Churchman, Statesman, Theologian (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publications, 512 pps., $29.99, paperback, available May 31, 2010) is a warm and inviting portrait of one … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Rocket Science for all God’s Children
Creation, says Bavinck, is a revelation of God. There is not a corner of the universe that does not reflect something of his glory. But creation does not reveal God’s … Read more→
