Posted in A Common Word, Antithesis, Apologetics, Christology, Cornelius Van Til, Cross and Crescent, Doctrine of God, Epistemology, Ethics, Ex Pacto, Geerhardus Vos, Herman Bavinck, John Calvin, John Frame, Love, Metaethics, Miroslav Volf, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Richard Gaffin, Synthesis, Systematic Theology, tagged Christianity, Reformed, religion, covenant, Islam, trinity on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Abstract
My papers evaluate Dr. Miroslav Volf’s publications and lectures related to A Common Word. In the epistemology paper I examine Volf’s arguments for a shared monotheism between Christianity and Islam, asking, “By what norm can one determine whether Muslims believe in the same monotheistic God as Christians?” In the ethics paper I explore Volf’s love [...]
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To understand the distinction between believers’ relation to the covenant of works and the covenant of grace it is necessary to first grasp Jesus’ relation to both. The following quote from Herman Bavinck explains well the former aspect of this question–how the Christ relates to the covenant of works:
Even more, as a human being Christ [...]
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Dr. Mark Garcia reviews Herman Bavinck’s doxological and learned dogmatic masterpieces: Reformed Dogmatics volumes one and two. Garcia notes Bavinck’s integrity as a scholar who neither softens his Christian commitments nor belittles his opponents while offering robust scholarly critiques.Moreover, Garcia makes an interesting connection to Bavinck’s historical counterpart on the other side of the Atlantic: [...]
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Herman Bavinck offers some sweet nectar to the saints of God while discussing the distinction between the pact of salvation (pactum salutis) and the covenant of grace:
The covenant is certain as a testament; it is a covenant of testaments and a covenantal testament. It involves no principle and is relatively immaterial whether one highlights the [...]
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