Reformed Faith and Theology

“Adam did not fall in the same way that Eve fell. Eve fell in terms of covetousness; she fell because she believed that eating the fruit would make her like God. Adam fell, however, because his love for his wife surpassed his love for God.” - Herman Bavinck

The Calling: The Relationship between the Word and the Spirit by Herman Bavinck To make us partakers of this communion with his person and his benefits, Christ makes use not only of the Spirit, whom he poured out in the congregation, but also of the Word, which he gave to instruct and instruct it. He has linked the two in such a way that together they serve in the exercise of His prophetic, prie..

Indeed, to know God does not consist of knowing a great deal about Him, but of this, rather, that we have seen Him in the person Christ, that we have encountered Him on our life’s way, and that in the experience of our soul we have come to know His virtues, His righteousness and holiness, His compassion and His grace. - Herman Bavinck

Herman Bavinck on the use of non-Christian philosophy in the service of Christian theology: Initially the Reformation assumed a hostile posture toward scholasticism and philosophy. But it soon changed its mind. Because it was not, nor wanted to be, a sect, it could not do without theology. Even Luther andMelanchthon, therefore, already resumed the use of philosophy and recognized its usefulness...

John Calvin: A Lecture on the Occasion of his 400th Birthday, July 10, 1509-1909 by Herman Bavinck, Translated by John Bolt https://bavinckinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Translation-Bavinck-on-Calvin.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1zlPu0K-Y1mXhHL5e9e8mOe5zVe-SnotAXCfkBkjdo-wSbuqCWkcjFYyg https://bavinckinstitute.org

我们合理的信仰 (Our Reasonable Faith) 22~24 (荷)赫尔曼·巴文克(Herman Bavinck) 第二十二章 成圣(Sanctification) 　　神的圣洁 　　在人里面之神的形象，不仅包括真理与仁义，同时也包括圣洁。人不单必须恢复与神的正常关系，也必须按照神圣洁的律法使他得着内里的更新。罪是罪债,但同时也是..

Product Description In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time all four volumes of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics. This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to research and theological libraries. Series..