Reformed Dogmatics, Abridged Edition in One Volume

“After bringing Bavinck’s magisterial Reformed Dogmatics to an English-speaking audience, John Bolt has crowned the effort with this abridgment that will surely make the work accessible to a wider audience. This volume is a gift and a treasure.”–Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary California

Herman Bavinck’s four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. The recently completed English translation has received wide acclaim. Now John Bolt, one of the world’s leading experts on Bavinck and editor of Bavinck’s four-volume set, has abridged the work in one volume, offering students, pastors, and lay readers an accessible summary of Bavinck’s masterwork. This volume presents the core of Bavinck’s thought and offers explanatory material, making available to a wider audience some of the finest Dutch Reformed theology ever written.

1. Dogmatic Theology as a Science

2. The History and Literature of Dogmatic Theology

3. Foundations of Dogmatic Theology

4. Revelation

5. Holy Scripture

6. Faith

7. Knowing God

8. The Living, Acting God

9. The Triune God and His Counsel

10. Creator of Heaven and Earth

11. The Image of God

12. The Fallen World

13. Sin and Its Consequences

14. The Only-Begotten Son of the Father

15. The Servant Savior: Christ’s Humiliation

16. The Exalted Lord Christ

17. The Order of Salvation

18. Calling and Regeneration

19. Faith and Conversion

20. Justification, Sanctification, and Perseverance

21. The Church as a Spiritual Reality

22. The Spirit’s Means of Grace

23. The Intermediate State

24. The Return of Christ

25. The Consummation