“When we go back as far as possible to the origins we find a human nature which already contains everything which it… — Herman Bavinck Human nature Copy Share Image
“science, which can make known only the interrelations of things, but never their origin, essence and end, will never be able to… — Herman Bavinck Human heart Copy Share Image
“The greatest thinkers of Greece — Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, and later Plutarch and Plotinus — derived their ideas from ancient tradition, and… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
“gospel is in the Old and the New Testament alike the core of the divine revelation, the essence of religion, the sum… — Herman Bavinck Christianity Copy Share Image
“He accepted the social and political conditions as they were, made no endeavor to reform them, and confined himself exclusively to setting… — Herman Bavinck Kingdom of heaven Copy Share Image
“But the electing love of God is at the same time a forgiving love. God not only elects and calls, but gives… — Herman Bavinck Forgiving love Copy Share Image
“the subduing of the earth, that is, the whole of culture, is given to him, and can be given to him only… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
“it is impossible to begin investigation without assumptions, for they all are founded on ideas and canons which have their basis in… — Herman Bavinck Nature Copy Share Image
“reason was cast down from this exalted pedestal by the philosophy of Kant, by the theology of Schleiermacher and with the rise… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
“All culture, whatever significance it may have, just as all education, civilization, development, is absolutely powerless to renew the inner man.” — Herman Bavinck Civilization Copy Share Image
“Society has already become a most artificial system of complicated relations, a gigantic organism, wherein all members are closely connected. All this… — Herman Bavinck Biology Copy Share Image
“The facts are that an essential difference exists between man and beast. Human nature is sui generis; it has its own character… — Herman Bavinck Animal Copy Share Image
“If there is no infallible Scripture "there can exist only a subjective and purely individual notion of what belongs to Christian faith."… — Herman Bavinck Bible Copy Share Image
“262The Gospel is so rich, and the salvation purchased by Christ contains so many and diverse benefits, that the most varied needs… — Herman Bavinck Human nature Copy Share Image
“either humanity, with all its culture, is a means for the unconscious, unreasonable, and purposeless world-power, or it is a means for… — Herman Bavinck Glorifying god Copy Share Image
“as the pure knowledge of God disappears, nature too in its true character is disowned, and either exalted into the sphere of… — Herman Bavinck Godhead Copy Share Image
“The superhuman task of transforming present society into a state of peace and joy requires more than ordinary human power; if God… — Herman Bavinck Change Copy Share Image
“The absolute, immutable, and inviolable supremacy of that will of God is the light which special revelation holds before our soul's eye… — Herman Bavinck End of time Copy Share Image
“And these two things, the love of God and Christ's satisfaction, had to and could go hand in hand because we were… — Herman Bavinck Hand in hand Copy Share Image
“the whole of culture — may be of great value in itself, but whenever it is thrown into the balance against the… — Herman Bavinck Culture Copy Share Image
“The whole man is taken into fellowship with that one true God; not only his feelings, but also his mind and will,… — Herman Bavinck Fellowship Copy Share Image
“Christ is not the founder of Christianity, nor the first confessor of it, nor the first Christian. But he is Christianity itself,… — Herman Bavinck Christian Copy Share Image
“In infant baptism it was confessed that conversion and regeneration differ, and conversion is ordinarily a coming to consciousness of that new… — Herman Bavinck Baptism Copy Share Image
“Men may differ as to the nature and the reach of conversion, but its necessity is established beyond all doubt; the whole… — Herman Bavinck Communication Copy Share Image
“this nature is twofold; it includes not only the whole visible world of phenomena which is outside man, but also, in a… — Herman Bavinck Nature Copy Share Image
