The Wonderful Works of God
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
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.
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- Presents a single-volume systematic theology work.
- Provides a deeper knowledge of the triune God.
- Invites to be astonished with the wonderful works of God.
- Introduction
- Translator’s Preface
- Foreword
- I. Man’s Highest Good
- II. The Knowledge of God
- III. General Revelation
- IV. The Value of General Revelation
- V. The Manner of Special Revelation
- VI. The Content of Special Revelation
- VII. The Holy Scriptures
- VIII. Scripture and Confession
- IX. The Being of God
- X. The Divine Trinity
- XI. Creation and Providence
- XII. The Origin, Essence, and Purpose of Man
- XIII. Sin and Death
- XIV. The Covenant of Grace
- XV. The Mediator of the Covenant
- XVI. The Divine and Human Nature of Christ
- XVII. The Work of Christ in His Humiliation
- XVIII. The Work of Christ in His Exaltation
- XIX. The Gif of the Holy Spirit
- XX. The Christian Calling
- XXI. Justifcation
- XXII. Sanctifcation
- XXIII. The Church of Christ
- XXIV. Eternal Life
- Indexes
- Acknowledgments
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
It was Bavinck, through this volume, who confirmed for me that theology can and must grow organically from the Scriptures. In The Wonderful Works of God Bavinck leads us in this discipline with doxological elegance. His deep knowledge and careful treatment of the Scriptures, woven together in the great themes of biblical revelation, provides a model methodology for pastors and teachers. I have commended this book for discipling pastors and leaders in the past and I am delighted that Westminster Seminary Press has produced this new edition for a new generation.
—John Currie, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary