How can God be morally good if he commands apparently evil actions-for example, the extermination of the Canaanites? This booklet explores this important Old Testament topic. "Navigating questions about morality, especially the morality of God in the Old Testament, requires special care and thoughtful, biblical consideration. In this little booklet, Beale provides readers with just that."
In this comprehensive exposition, a leading New Testament scholar explores the unfolding theological unity of the entire Bible from the vantage point of the New Testament. G. K. Beale, coeditor of the award-winning Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, examines how the New Testament storyline relates to and develops the Old Testament storyline. Beale argues that every major …
The timeliness of this book, first published in 1901, is shown by the fact that a great number of academic texts quote from it. "The Certainty of Faith" is one of the small but powerful classics written by one of the greatest theologians Holland has ever produced. Bavinck examines the difference between the certainty of science and that of religion historically, biblically, and theologically.
This short work first appeared in The Princeton Theological Review Vol. 7 No. 3 (1909), translated by Geerhardus Vos. Bavinck observes, "The Christian religion is by no means the sole content of history; long before Christianity made its appearance there existed in Greece and Rome a rich culture, a complete social organism, a powerful political system, a plurality of religions, an order of mora…
A century ago when this book was first published, marriage and the family were already weathering enormous changes, and that trend has not abated. Yet by God?s power the unchanging essence of marriage and the family remains proof, as Bavinck notes, that God?s ?purpose with the human race has not yet been achieved.? Neither a ten-step guide nor a one-sided approach, this book embodies a Christia…
Written a century ago, Bavinck 's stately theology of the last things from death to the parousia offers sound exegetical guidance.
"Our Reasonable Faith" is an accessible digest of the author's famous four volume "Reformed Dogmatics" and clearly presents the fundamental doctrines of Biblical theology. A practical handbook of theology, it is an outstanding and comprehensive statement of Christian faith and doctrine. Fully supported by Scriptural references, this book provides students, teachers, pastors, and lay readers wit…
Buku ketiga dari Dogmatika Reformed karya Bavinck ini mencakup doktrin tentang dosa dan keselamatan, dengan pembahasan meliputi asal-usul dosa, penyebaran dosa, natur dosa, hukuman bagi dosa; kovenan anugerah, Pribadi Kristus, perendahan dan peninggian Kristus dan urutan keselamatan.
Pada saat natur skolastik dari theologi sistematik dikecam keras, Dogmatika Reformed menunjukkan manfaat dari perenungan yang cermat dan terus-menerus akan kebenaran Kristen yang setia kepada gereja dan berinteraksi dengan dunia akademis. Dogmatika Reformed dari Herman Bavinck telah menjadi rujukan theologi Reformed selama seratus tahun terakhir. Jilid 2 ini merupakan rangkaian dari keempat …
Pada saat natur skolastik dari theologi sistematik dikecam keras, Dogmatika Reformed menunjukkan manfaat dari perenungan yang cermat dan terus-menerus akan kebenaran Kristen yang setia kepada gereja dan berinteraksi dengan dunia akademis. Dogmatika Reformed dari Herman Bavinck telah menjadi rujukan theologi Reformed selama seratus tahun terakhir. Jilid 1 ini merupakan rangkaian dari keempat …