It is completely incomprehensible to us how God can reveal himself and to some extent make himself known in created beings: eternity in time, immensity in space, infinity in finite, immutability in change, being in becoming, the all, as it were, in that which is nothing. This mystery cannot be comprehended; it can only be gratefully acknowledged.
The essence of Christianity consists therein: that the creation of the Father, destroyed by sin, is again restored in the death of the Son of God and… - Herman Bavinck
The essence of Christianity consists therein: that the creation of the Father, destroyed by sin, is again restored in the death of the Son of God and…
- Herman Bavinck
One human nature is common to all the descendants of Adam, and it is, for all men, guilty and polluted - Herman Bavinck
One human nature is common to all the descendants of Adam, and it is, for all men, guilty and polluted
Whoever isolates himself from the church, i.e., from Christianity as a whole, from the history of dogma in its entirety, loses the truth of the Chris… - Herman Bavinck
Whoever isolates himself from the church, i.e., from Christianity as a whole, from the history of dogma in its entirety, loses the truth of the Chris…
We can shed some light on the possibility of the fall, but the transition to the actuality of it remains shrouded in darkness. Scripture makes not so… - Herman Bavinck
We can shed some light on the possibility of the fall, but the transition to the actuality of it remains shrouded in darkness. Scripture makes not so…
In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this way sin continues still to co… - Herman Bavinck
In this simple but profound psychological way Scripture tells the history of the fall and of the origin of sin. In this way sin continues still to co…
A theologian is a person who makes bold to speak about God because he speaks out of God and through God. To profess theology is to do holy work. It i… - Herman Bavinck
A theologian is a person who makes bold to speak about God because he speaks out of God and through God. To profess theology is to do holy work. It i…
God saves by causing himself to be known and enjoyed in Christ. - Herman Bavinck
God saves by causing himself to be known and enjoyed in Christ.
The Gospel is temporary, but the law is eternal and is restored precisely through the Gospel. Freedom from the law consists, then, not in the fact th… - Herman Bavinck
The Gospel is temporary, but the law is eternal and is restored precisely through the Gospel. Freedom from the law consists, then, not in the fact th…
God the Father has reconciled His created but fallen world through the death of His Son, and renews it into a Kingdom of God by His Spirit. - Herman Bavinck
God the Father has reconciled His created but fallen world through the death of His Son, and renews it into a Kingdom of God by His Spirit.
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