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Herman Bavinck on Preaching and Preachers

Bavinck, Herman

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Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) is widely celebrated as one of the most eloquent divines in the Reformed tradition. And yet there is a curious gap between Bavinck the theologian and the preachers who read him in the present day. How Bavinck preached, or what and how he thought about the act of preaching, are largely unknown. The largest barrier is that his writings on preaching were previously untranslated--until now. Herman Bavinck on Preaching & Preachers is a welcome translation from Dutch of Bavinck's thoughts on preaching and preachers, and includes one of his only written sermons.

For Bavinck, the sermon was the most important part of the worship service, and the preaching of the word is the decisive mark of the church. He believed that the preacher must be a student of the word, search it in all its riches and depth, in its unity and diversity. Translator and editor James Eglinton describes this book as a "useful and very interesting text on how to preach theology" and a "message that sorely needs to be heard if pulpits during our own time are to improve." This is the first time this book is in print. Herman Bavinck on Preaching & Preachers has never been published before in either Dutch or English.

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    Paperback
  • ISBN
    9781619709782
  • Page Count
    150
  • Publisher
    Hendrickson Publishers
  • Publication Date
    September 2017

Endorsements (4)

“This piece of pastoral theology from the great Reformed theologian will be of inestimable value to preachers and to those who listen to their preaching. Bavinck deepens our theology of what it means to proclaim Gods Word, and heightens our aspirations for doing it well! Pastors who care about their preaching will find themselves strengthened in their convictions and challenged to renewed faithfulness in their habits. This resource will be of great service to the church in this generation.”

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John Currie

Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary

“James Eglinton has done the church a great service . . . in translating and editing Bavincks reflections on preaching. Here we see a great systematician serving the church and modeling for us the way to combine doctrinal profundity with pastoral sympathy and homiletic simplicity.”

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David Strain

Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi

“In this wonderful book, Bavinck offers wise counsel to preachers todayabout style and content, about the place of the sermon in the larger pattern of worship, and much more! O Lord, move many preachers, and teachers of preaching, to read this book!”

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Richard Mouw

President Emeritus and Professor of Faith and Public Life, Fuller Theological Seminary

“It is too rare to have a world-class theologian telling and showing us how to preach, but here we have the great Herman Bavinck doing so. His discussion in Eloquence in Herman Bavinck on Preaching & Preachers is remarkably nuanced, where he calls for a combination of theological substance with moving eloquence, as well as solemnity and unction. What he said a century ago is no less true now: Preaching is, at present, out of touch with the time and does not meet its needs. This volume will help us face the challenge of preaching in our own age.”

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Tim Keller

Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City

About the Author

James P. Eglinton (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the Meldrum Lecturer in Reformed Theology at New College, University of Edinburgh. He is a systematic and historical theologian who has written extensively on Herman Bavinck. His first book, the acclaimed Trinity and Organism (Bloomsbury, 2012), offers a new reading of Bavinck as both an orthodox and a modern figure.

About the Translator

James P. Eglinton (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the Meldrum Lecturer in Reformed Theology at New College, University of Edinburgh. He is a systematic and historical theologian who has written extensively on Herman Bavinck. His first book, the acclaimed Trinity and Organism (Bloomsbury, 2012), offers a new reading of Bavinck as both an orthodox and a modern figure.

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Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) is widely celebrated as one of the most eloquent divines in the Reformed tradition. And yet there is a curious gap between Bavinck the theologian and the preachers who read him in the present day. How Bavinck preached, or what and how he thought about the act of preaching, are largely unknown. The largest barrier is that his writings on preaching were previously untranslated--until now. Herman Bavinck on Preaching & Preachers is a welcome translation from Dutch of Bavinck's thoughts on preaching and preachers, and includes one of his only written sermons.

For Bavinck, the sermon was the most important part of the worship service, and the preaching of the word is the decisive mark of the church. He believed that the preacher must be a student of the word, search it in all its riches and depth, in its unity and diversity. Translator and editor James Eglinton describes this book as a "useful and very interesting text on how to preach theology" and a "message that sorely needs to be heard if pulpits during our own time are to improve." This is the first time this book is in print. Herman Bavinck on Preaching & Preachers has never been published before in either Dutch or English.

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