Saturday, March 19, 2011

Our Reasonable Faith

For anyone looking for a good introduction to Reformed Christianity, I would recommend Our Reasonable Faith by Herman Bavinck.  Bavinck was a Dutch theologian who lived from 1854-1921.  Our Reasonable Faith is Bavinck's abridged version of his much larger Reformed Dogmatics.  Bavinck is incredibly biblical.  For anyone who is uncertain about the biblical basis of some reformed doctrines, Bavinck helps to enumerate the biblical passages that support his view.  In addition, Bavinck is not afraid to interact with his opponents in a charitable way.   Bavinck's work helps orient his readers to the format and style of a good systematics.  I would recommend reading Our Reasonable Faith before moving on and trying to tackle some of the more difficult systematics, such as Berkhof's or Robert L.  Reymond's.  Also, for many college students who may only read one systematic at all, Bavinck's is the one to read.  Copies of it are hard to find, but monergism.com sells them on their website.
If you have the time, enjoy.
 

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