J.H. Bavinck
@Bavinck_JH
(1895-1964) Not @Herman_Bavinck_, the other one. The premier twentieth-century missiologist in the Dutch neo-Calvinist tradition.
The church may not creep away into a separate nook of a city or into a special Christian village, but must remain standing in the center of national life, no matter how dangerous this may be.
Religion can be a profound and sincere seeking of God, it can also be a flight from God, an endeavor to escape from His presence, under the guise of love and obedient service. At the bottom of it lies a relationship, an encounter.
It’s pub day! 🚀 Here’s to a very happy launch of this resource into the life of the world. Thank you to all who supported this work with your prayers and encouragements. Many more thanks to those who pre-ordered The Gospel Way Catechism. @Harvest_House have been an…
Launch Day for "The Gospel Way Catechism" from me and @TweetingThomas_ Ultimately, the goal is not just to memorize a bunch of questions and answers. It’s to see all of life through the lens of Scripture so we’re faithful to the Lord in our time. thegospelcoalition.org/article/counte…
Religion can be a profound and sincere seeking of God, it can also be a flight from God, an endeavor to escape from His presence, under the guise of love and obedient service. At the bottom of it lies a relationship, an encounter.
Missions is not simply a by-product of church life and theology. Missions belongs to the very essence of the church.
Each worldview that wrestles with an earnest and honest investigation ends with this practical demand: ‘If these things are true, direct your life toward them.’ All metaphysics ends in ethics.’
The church may not creep away into a separate nook of a city or into a special Christian village, but must remain standing in the center of national life, no matter how dangerous this may be.
Renewal is by its very nature nothing other than allowing our life-giving bond to Christ to take root in us and create a growing awareness of what his death and resurrection mean for us in the daily practice of our lives.
The cross is the sole message of the Bible. Everything in it expresses the truth of the cross. Whoever has understood the cross has seen God.
Culture is religion made visible; it is religion actualized in the innumerable relations of daily life.
Missions is not simply a by-product of ecclesiastical life and theology. Missions belongs to the very essence of the church and therefore always pushes itself to the fore in all theological reflection.
The church may not creep away into a separate nook of a city or into a special Christian village, but must remain standing in the center of national life, no matter how dangerous this may be.
The cross is the sole message of the Bible. Everything in it expresses the truth of the cross. Whoever has understood the cross has seen God.
In Christ all of our vague, hazy suspicions about the divine nature are tested, for in him God steps forward in the clarity of his full light. Then we no longer need to probe and pursue hunches, but we simply need to hold fast to him.
Missions is not simply a by-product of church life and theology. Missions belongs to the very essence of the church.
Missions is not simply a by-product of church life and theology. Missions belongs to the very essence of the church.
In Christ all of our vague, hazy suspicions about the divine nature are tested, for in him God steps forward in the clarity of his full light. Then we no longer need to probe and pursue hunches, but we simply need to hold fast to him.
The church can never abandon the world, never let go of her, because until the very end she sees the world as the territory of God’s infinite possibilities.
The cross is the sole message of the Bible. Everything in it expresses the truth of the cross. Whoever has understood the cross has seen God.