Quotes by Herman Bavinck

Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) — Theologe · Reformiert · Niederlande

Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) war ein niederländischer Theologe und Hochschullehrer in Kampen und Amsterdam sowie eine Leitfigur des Neokalvinismus. Bekannt durch seine „Reformierte Dogmatik“, verband er historische Konfessionalität mit der Auseinandersetzung mit moderner Philosophie und Wissenschaft, was ihm mitunter Kritik konservativerer Zeitgenossen einbrachte. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet sein Werk einen Zugang zu einer systematischen Theologie, die biblische Verwurzelung mit der Relevanz des Glaubens für Kultur und Gesellschaft verknüpft.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Joy & Gratitude, Grace & Redemption, Guilt & Forgiveness, Faith & Trust, Peace & Rest

Quotes by Herman Bavinck

Heaven and earth and all creatures, herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea and all things declare God. There is not an atom of the universe in which God’s power and divinity are not revealed.

Herman Bavinck

Ascribed to God, grace is His voluntary, unrestrained, unmerited favor toward guilty sinners, granting them justification and life instead of the penalty of death, which they deserved.

Herman Bavinck

When you wish to do something evil, you retire from the public into your house where no enemy may see you; from those places of your house which are open and visible to the eyes of men you remove yourself into your room; even in your room you fear some witness from another quarter; you retire into your heart, there you mediate: He is more inward than your heart. Wherever, therefore, you shall have fled, there He is. From yourself, whither will you flee? Will you not follow yourself wherever you shall flee? But since there is One more inward even than yourself, there is no place where you may flee from God angry but to God reconciled. There is no place at all whither you may flee. Will you flee from Him? Flee unto Him.

Herman Bavinck

The doctrine of God’s immutability is of the highest significance for religion. The contrast between being and becoming marks the difference between the Creator and the creature. Every creature is continually becoming. It is changeable, constantly striving, seeks rest and satisfaction, and finds this rest in God, in Him alone, for only He is pure being and not becoming. Hence, in Scripture God is often called the Rock.

Herman Bavinck

Sources: wordpress.com, thegospelcoalition.org, banneroftruth.org

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