Herman Bavinck — The Philosophy of Revelation

Christianity is the absolutely spiritual religion, because it is the only religion which sets religion in relation to God alone; therefore it is nothing else but religion; the idea of religion is completely fulfilled in…

But Deism, springing up in England, emancipated the world from God, reason from revelation, the will from grace.

the desire has reasserted itself in modern theology and philosophy to do justice to this central fact of universal history, and to trace on all sides the lines of connection established by God himself between revelation…

Mystery is the lifeblood of dogmatics.

The Gospel is a joyful tiding, not only for the individual person but also for humanity, for the family, for society, for the state, for art and science, for the entire cosmos, for the whole groaning creation.

With the reality of revelation, therefore, Christianity stands or falls.