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→
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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→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Being There
Any religion that first had to prove its god existed prior to worship is impoverished from the get go. Bavinck has demonstrated from an array of philosophical and theological authors … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Herman of Damascus
The inability to know God’s essence is not a puzzle to be solved. It is instead the motive of worship and adoration. Bavinck saw the best minds of his generation … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Where There’s a Will
Last week Bavinck led us onto the negative path to knowing God. Even in the modern age, John Lloyd has humorously noted that we can’t see anything that matters. … Read more→
Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics: Learned Ignorance
Dogmatics takes for its starting point the certainty of God’s existence. Everything else is details. For Bavinck the outset of Christian theology has one thing in common with the long … Read more→
