The Wonderful Works of God (Bavinck, Herman)

Description

110 years after its original publication, The Wonderful Works of God remains one of the finest single-volume systematic theologies ever written. Adapting the magisterial systematic theology found in his four-volume Reformed Dogmatics, this is perhaps Bavinck’s most eminently practical work – a single, accessible volume for the college classroom and the family bookshelf. Previously published in America as Our Reasonable Faith, this book has had a deep and lasting influence on the growth and development of Reformed theology. It is the publisher’s hope that in its new form, this book continues to astonish readers with the wonderful works of God, and provide a deeper knowledge of their triune God.

Included in this new, hardcover edition:

A new, insightful Introduction by R. Carlton Wynne

Updated typesetting of the classic Zylstra translation

The translator’s 1956 Preface

Bavinck’s original Foreword, previously unavailable in English

A comprehensive, student-friendly scripture and subject index

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Endorsements

“The reappearance of this volume is most welcome. As Bavinck’s own abridgement of his monumental Reformed Dogmatics, it not only serves as an important and helpful introduction to that larger work but also provides brief and valuable treatments in their own right of the matters dealt with in its twenty-four chapters. Here is a book that belongs in the libraries of every church, pastor, teacher, and student of theology.”

Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology Emeritus, Westminster Theological Seminary

“Over the years I have found this summary of the Christian faith to be the most eloquent and the most thoroughly biblical and pastoral that I have ever seen in a single volume. The most difficult doctrines in the Reformed faith are given a masterful treatment. Without diminishing from their complexity, Bavinck manages to make the loci of our theology accessible and winsome. Everyone should own a copy and read it regularly.”

William Edgar, Professor of Apologetics, Westminster Theological Seminary

Table of Contents

Introduction xv

Translator’s Preface xxii

Foreword xxxi

I. Man’s Highest Good 1

II. Te Knowledge of God 8

III. General Revelation 16

IV. Te Value of General Revelation 28

V. Te Manner of Special Revelation 45

VI. Te Content of Special Revelation 57

VII. Te Holy Scriptures 79

VIII. Scripture and Confession 100

IX. Te Being of God 111

X. Te Divine Trinity 126

XI. Creation and Providence 144

XII. Te Origin, Essence, and Purpose of Man 166

XIII. Sin and Death 203

XIV. Te Covenant of Grace 242

XV. Te Mediator of the Covenant 262

XVI. Te Divine and Human Nature of Christ 290

XVII. Te Work of Christ in His Humiliation 312

XVIII. Te Work of Christ in His Exaltation 338

XIX. Te Gif of the Holy Spirit 367

XX. Te Christian Calling 385

XXI. Justifcation 420

XXII. Sanctifcation 451

XXIII. Te Church of Christ 495

XXIV. Eternal Life 525

Indexes 551

Acknowledgments 657

Product Details

Title: The Wonderful Works of God

Author: Bavinck, Herman

Publisher: Westminster Seminary Press

Pages: 695

Binding: Cloth-over-Board

Size: 23.5 x 16.0 x 4.5 cm1.2

ISBN: 9781733627221