Articles by Bavinck:

“The Catholicity of Christianity and the Church” (1888), translated into English by John Bolt in 1992 and published in CTJ 27, 220–51. Download the PDF here.

“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), published in the book Calvin and the Reformation (1909) 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.

“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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Browse all the Bavinck articles at Princeton Theological Seminary here.

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Articles on Bavinck:

The Bavinck Institute:

• The Bavinck Review 1 (2010)
• The Bavinck Review 2 (2011)
• The Bavinck Review 3 (2012)
• The Bavinck Review 4 (2013)
• The Bavinck Review 5 (2014)
• The Bavinck Review 6 (2015)

“Some Advantages of Going Dutch,” by Carl R. Trueman, Themelios, vol. 25, no. 3 (June 2000). Download the PDF here.

“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’s Understanding of John Calvin on the Lord’s Supper”. 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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