Herman Bavinck

Articles by Bavinck [in English]:

“Recent Dogmatic Thought in the Netherlands”, The Presbyterian and Reformed Review, vol. 3 no. 10 (1892). Read here.

“The Future of Calvinism”, The Presbyterian and Reformed Review, vol. 5 no. 17 (1894). Read here.

“Creation or Development?,” translated by J. Hendrik de Vries and published in The Methodist Review (Nov. 1901): 849-874. Download the PDF here.

“Calvin and Common Grace,” The Princeton Theological Review, vol. 7 no. 3 (1909). Read here or in the book Calvin and the Reformation (1909). Download the PDF here (7MB).

“The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands”, The Princeton Theological Review, vol. 8 no. 3 (1910). Read here.

“Christological Movements in the Nineteenth Century”, Bibliotheca Sacra 68, no. 271 (1911). Download the PDF here (4.8MB).

“The Virgin Birth”. Read or download article in the book The Bible Magazine (1913).

*“The Problem of War.” Originally published in 1914, the article was translated into English by Stephen Voorwinde and published in the Banner of Truth magazine (July-Aug 1977) pp. 46-53. By permission of the publisher, the article has been retypeset, and now presented online (for the first time) as a downloadable PDF. [Special thanks to Steve Burlew.]

“The Fall”. Published in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Read it here.

“Death”. Published in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Read it here.

“The Law-Gospel Distinction and Preaching” (no date). Read it here.

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Articles on Bavinck [in English]:

“Herman Bavinck”, The Princeton Theological Review, vol. 6 no. 4 (1908). Read it here.

“Herman Bavinck” by Henry Elias Dosker, The Princeton Theological Review, vol. 20 no. 3 (1922). Read it here.

“Dr. Herman Bavinck 1854-1921 Theologian of the Word”, by Johan D. Tangelder (2001). Download PDF here.

“Herman Bavinck”, by Joel R. Beeke (2004). Read it here.

Review of Reformed Dogmatics, vols 1+2, by Mark Garcia (2004). Read it here.

“Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms in the Thought of Herman Bavinck” by Nelson D. Kloosterman. Paper delivered at the “A Pearl and a Leaven: Herman Bavinck for the Twenty-First Century” conference at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI (September 19, 2008). Download PDF here.

“Herman Bavinck: His Life and Theology”, by Cornelis P. Venema (Oct. 2008). Read it here.

“The Legacy of Herman Bavinck”, by Nelson D. Kloosterman (Oct. 2008). Read it here.

“The Witness of Scripture to Itself”, by Lane G. Tipton (Oct. 2008). Read it here.

“Bavinck and Kuyper on Creation and Miracle”, by Chris Gousmett (2009). Download PDF here.

“Sin, the Menace to Certainty” by Joel Heflin, ETS paper, Nov. 2009. Download PDF here.

By Dr. Ron Gleason:

• “Herman Bavinck (1 of 2)” – Reformation 21. Download PDF here.
• “Herman Bavinck (2 of 2)” – Reformation 21. Download PDF here.
• “Herman Bavinck’s Understanding of John Calvin on the Lord’s Supper”. Download PDF here.
• “Herman Bavinck’s Doctrine of the Sacraments of the Church”. Download PDF here.
• “Herman Bavinck’s Docrine of the Covenant of Grace”. Download PDF here.
• “Herman Bavinck’s Doctrine of Justification by Faith”. Download PDF here.
• “Dr. Herman Bavinck (1854-1921): A Short Sketch of a Reformed Theologian, Pastor, Churchman, & Statesman.” Download PDF here.

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