Earth Is Not Hell, But… (Bavinck)

In the second chapter of his 1913 publication, Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion, Dutch Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck wrote about general revelation. General revelation is the biblical teaching that the triune God reveals himself in creation (e.g., Ps 19:1-6). Bavinck spoke highly of general revelation, explaining that it includes God's goodness to humanity …

He Humbled Himself… (Bavinck)

Philippians 2:6-8 is a very familiar part of NT Scripture. In it, Paul speaks about Christ this way: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.  And being found …

The Power of Preaching

In 1883 Herman Bavinck wrote an article about the sermon and the worship service called "De Predikdienst." You can find it today in a book containing Bavinck's other essays on preaching called Preaching and Preachers. In his article about the sermon and the worship service, Bavinck explained the power of Christian preaching. Here's what he …

The God of Miracles (Bavinck)

This is a wonderful description of God's sovereignty and providence applied to the topic of miracles: ...The Scriptures teach that God and the world, although they are different from each other, are never separated. God has indeed a unique, perfect, independent existence in Himself, but He is not segregated from the world; on the contrary, …

The Clarity/Perspicuity of Scripture (Bavinck)

Reading through Herman Bavinck on the attributes of Scripture I ran across a helpful note on the clarity of Scripture. I was going to post it here but I found out I did already in August, 2021. Anyway, here it is again because it's good enough to share twice! I appreciate Herman Bavinck's explanation and …