A fresh English translation of Herman Bavinck's posthumous second edition (1931) narrates the " magnificent works of God " —creation, covenant, redemption, and consummation—with clarity, depth, and devotional warmth.Magnalia Dei—"the magnificent works of God"—is one of Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck's most significant written works. In this fresh translation of a Christian classic, Gregory Parker Jr. and ...

"In writing this Guidebook," Bavinck says in his preface, "I had in mind, the pupils in the highest classes of our Christian gymnasium, public schools, in the education of teachers, and in normal schools, etc. and moreover those who desire to understand the main content of our Christian, Reformed confession of faith through a not too comprehensive or expensive book."Herman Bavinck completed Guidebook for Instruction in the Christian Religion in 1913 and reprinted it in the...

In The Sacrifice of Praise, Herman Bavinck pastorally guides the reader through the importance of the public profession of faith. Bavinck's careful treatment includes explorations of the unifying power of a common (ecumenical) confession of faith, the blessing of the diversity of believers, and reasonable instruction for those facing persecution for publicly identifying with Christ. Theological, practical, straightforward, and devotional, The Sacrifice of Praise gives readers a fresh appre...