I did learn ,many thanks . Iv'e read twice and cherish his book "The Last Things" pub. by Baker. It's so balanced and as the sub title says gives much" hope for this world and the next". With the current perplexing situation in Israel at present I turned to chapter 5 again to refresh my memory as we were discussing this issue on Sunday with dear Christian friends visiting. Many in my own Calvinistic Strict Baptist denomination seem to be looking for a literal fulfillment of Romans 11 for Israel as a nation , their ingathering and the benefits this will bring to the church? They are not chiliast. I'm not a theologian but a concerned grandmother and these issues exercise my mind . I would be of Bavinks view when it comes to Israel and I seefrom the net that so was Calvin. These views have been modified by sucessive non the less great Puritan preachers of a byegone era?
Bavinck was brilliant. One of the greatest Christian theologians of any denomination in the last c. 200 years. Although I think the greatest theologian of the last 200 years or so was a contemporary of his, BB Warfield. Nevertheless Bavinck deserves a place alongside the likes of Kuyper, Warfield, Vos, Van Til, etc. Edit. To be fair, I should mention other great theologians in that time frame who are outside my Reformed theological camp: Newman, Barth, von Balthasar. And I'd say the greatest living theologian today is John Frame.
@@Cdubs24Yes, it is a very good book and quick to read. RC does a wonderful job of explaining the nuances of sovereign election and also presents several sound arguments against universalism and Armenianism.
Sproul is solid. I especially loved his The Holiness of God. It's a deserved classic. That said, Sproul is more of a popularizer as a theologian, not an academic theologian who brings advances (while remaining consistently orthodox) to Reformed theology. In that respect, Sproul is more like JI Packer. Both men were intellectually capable of being great theologians, but for various reasons they focused primarily on bringing Reformed theology to the people, as it were, rather than to the academy, as someone like Bavinck primarily did.
I can’t wait to explore some of his writings! Thank you so much for doing all these videos!
Superb video. Thanks from the UK
I did learn ,many thanks . Iv'e read twice and cherish his book "The Last Things" pub. by Baker. It's so balanced and as the sub title says gives much" hope for this world and the next". With the current perplexing situation in Israel at present I turned to chapter 5 again to refresh my memory as we were discussing this issue on Sunday with dear Christian friends visiting. Many in my own Calvinistic Strict Baptist denomination seem to be looking for a literal fulfillment of Romans 11 for Israel as a nation , their ingathering and the benefits this will bring to the church? They are not chiliast. I'm not a theologian but a concerned grandmother and these issues exercise my mind . I would be of Bavinks view when it comes to Israel and I seefrom the net that so was Calvin. These views have been modified by sucessive non the less great Puritan preachers of a byegone era?
Yes I made it to the end a great review very interesting,
Bavinck was brilliant. One of the greatest Christian theologians of any denomination in the last c. 200 years. Although I think the greatest theologian of the last 200 years or so was a contemporary of his, BB Warfield. Nevertheless Bavinck deserves a place alongside the likes of Kuyper, Warfield, Vos, Van Til, etc.
Edit. To be fair, I should mention other great theologians in that time frame who are outside my Reformed theological camp: Newman, Barth, von Balthasar. And I'd say the greatest living theologian today is John Frame.
it's not a coincidence he was Dutch Reformed 😉😉 and BB Warfield was a Presbyterian
Bavinck was a true renaissance man and my favorite theologian.
I made it, thanks!
He was a legend!!!
Hey btw. I got chosen by God by Sproul for Christmas. Is that a good book?
@@Cdubs24Yes, it is a very good book and quick to read. RC does a wonderful job of explaining the nuances of sovereign election and also presents several sound arguments against universalism and Armenianism.
@@sheldon3996 thx Sheldon!!!
Sproul is solid. I especially loved his The Holiness of God. It's a deserved classic. That said, Sproul is more of a popularizer as a theologian, not an academic theologian who brings advances (while remaining consistently orthodox) to Reformed theology. In that respect, Sproul is more like JI Packer. Both men were intellectually capable of being great theologians, but for various reasons they focused primarily on bringing Reformed theology to the people, as it were, rather than to the academy, as someone like Bavinck primarily did.
I can see WW1 but if he died in 1921 that would be impossible?
For WW2