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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

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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. [...]

Comment on Free Articles by Libya, Herman Bavinck and The Problem of War « Pursuing Truth

Libya, Herman Bavinck and The Problem of War « Pursuing Truth — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:47:47 +0000

[...] hermanbavinck.org I stumbled across Bavinck’s “The Problem of War.” The website explains: “Originally published in 1914, the article was translated into English by Stephen Voorwinde [...]

Comment on About by Reggie Weems

Reggie Weems — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:11:08 +0000

Hello, To your knowledge, is anyone translating Bavinck’s “The Christian Worldview?” I would certainly enjoy and benefit from this book.
- Reggie

Comment on Upcoming Bavinck Conference by Rob de Roos

Rob de Roos — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:07:32 +0000

I was wondering if there will be any web accessible postings, summaries, notes of addresses given at The Edinburgh Bavinck Conference of 1-2 September?

Comment on New Bavinck biography by spurgeon

spurgeon — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:01:37 +0000

Ian, thank you for the update.

Comment on New Bavinck biography by Ian Thompson

Ian Thompson — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:25:51 +0000

Apologies but we have had to delay the release of this title until September 21st. Some editorial changes and additions meant that we had to move the release date. This is an important book so we did what is best for you, the reader.