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Comment on Free Articles by Jordan Barrett

Jordan Barrett — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:25 +0000

A heads up – Ron Gleason’s article on Justification is now a dead link.

Comment on Free Articles by Umer Nawaz

Umer Nawaz — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:39:53 +0000

Nice Free Articles by Bavinck

Comment on About by Willem J. de Wit

Willem J. de Wit — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:38:04 +0000

New book with two chapters and an appendix on Bavinck:
download for free or order through: http://willemjdewit.wordpress.com/english

On the Way to the Living God: A Cathartic Reading of Herman Bavinck and an Invitation to Overcome the Plausibility Crisis of Christianity (Amsterdam: VU University Press, 2011), x + 208 pages, ISBN 978 90 8659 586 0

Comment on Biography by My list of Calvinists for the non-Calvinist « Churchmouse Campanologist

My list of Calvinists for the non-Calvinist « Churchmouse Campanologist — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:04:07 +0000

[...] Herman Bavinck [...]

Comment on Free Audio by Two Kingdoms and Kuyperian Theology, a summary and critique by John Bolt « thereformedmind

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:42:54 +0000

[...] Here is the pdf of the article and here is a link to the audio of the debate (scroll down to it halfway down the page; real audio format) [...]

Comment on A Review of Gleason’s Bavinck Biography by Dane Ortlund’s Review of Herman Bavinck by Ronald Gleason « Blogmatics

Sat, 21 May 2011 14:01:48 +0000

[...] [Read the rest here.] [...]

Comment on Reformed Dogmatics, Abridged by Dave K

Dave K — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:01:51 +0000

So the question is, should the reader looking for an introduction to Bavinck now start here or with Our Reasonable Faith?

As an expert, how would you compare the two?

Comment on Trueman on Bavinck by Is Bavinck Relevant for Today? – Justin Taylor

Is Bavinck Relevant for Today? – Justin Taylor — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:58:47 +0000

[...] to Tony Reinke for digging up Carl Trueman’s June 2000 editorial for Themelios (not previously online) on [...]

Comment on Bavinck on Justification by Justification « Andrew Groves

Justification « Andrew Groves — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:44:57 +0000

[...] source: Dane Ortlund after several moths of pondering Herman Bavinck’s writings on justification. His attempt at a single (run-on) sentence articulating Bavinck’s view. http://hermanbavinck.org/2011/04/06/bavinck-on-justification/ [...]

Comment on Biography by What Kind of Evangelical Are You? Thoughts on Different Ways To Love the Church (Part Five) « Reformed and Always Reforming

Tue, 10 May 2011 10:19:28 +0000

[...] Herman Bavinck, the great Dutch Reformed theologian, in discussing this doctrine says, “Another important attribute that the Reformation ascribed to Scripture in opposition to Rome was perspicuity or clarity. According to Rome, Scripture is unclear (Reformed Dogmatics, Prolegomena, Volume One, 475, italics my own).” It is necessary to keep in mind the context in which this doctrine arose as we go on to define it more clearly, because it helps us to understand what the Reformers were attempting to achieve with it. Bavinck goes on, “It (the doctrine of clarity) does not mean that the matters and subjects with which Scripture deals are not mysteries that far exeed the reach of the human intellect. Nor does it assert that Scripture is clear in all its parts, so that no scientific exegesis is needed… (477).” This is where the recent confusion has come into play in relation to the doctrine. Some Protestant Christians would posit that Scripture is in all parts clear, that all matters of faith and practice alike are easily accessible to the reader of Scripture. [...]