The essence of Christianity consists therein: that the creation of the Father, destroyed by sin, is again restored in the death of… — Herman Bavinck Christian life Copy Share Image
“The highest ideal for the Christian is not to make peace with the world, with science, with culture at any price, but… — Herman Bavinck Christian Copy Share Image
“Revelation in nature and revelation in Scripture form, in alliance with each other, a harmonious unity which satisfies the requirements of the… — Herman Bavinck Bible Copy Share Image
“Man can as little make propitiation for his sin as he can forgive it himself. But God can do both, atone and… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
“Human nature is not an empty notion, no purely abstract conception, but a reality, a particular manner of being, which includes distinctive… — Herman Bavinck Habits Copy Share Image
“In the same way, any ethical system which aspires to be true ethics and to bear a normative and teleological character, not… — Herman Bavinck Character Copy Share Image
We can shed some light on the possibility of the fall, but the transition to the actuality of it remains shrouded in… — Herman Bavinck Actuality Copy Share Image
“conversion means a religious and moral change in man, by which he gives up his sinful ways and learns to know, love,… — Herman Bavinck Change Copy Share Image
“By banishing metaphysics, materialism has no longer an ethical system, knows no longer the distinction between good and evil, possesses no moral… — Herman Bavinck Character Copy Share Image
“empirical life is rooted in an a priori datum which does not come slowly into existence by mechanical development, but is a… — Herman Bavinck 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
