Herman Bavinck – The Effort Involved In Unbelief

25 Mar

1854-1921. Dutch Reformed Theologian and Churchman. Professor at Free University in Amsterdam.

Belief in a personal God is both natural and normal; it arises in human consciousness spontaneously and universally. Unbelief requires enormous effort. There is no proof available to it.



~Herman Bavinck~




Reformed Dogmatics Vol. 2: God and Creation John Bolt and John Vriend (Grand Rapids, MI; Baker Academic; 2004) p. 53.

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3 Responses to “Herman Bavinck – The Effort Involved In Unbelief”

  1. lacykitkat March 25, 2014 at 5:51 am #

    Reblogged this on HE STILL SPEAKS!.

  2. mydelightandmycounsellors March 25, 2014 at 9:49 am #

    Reblogged this on My Delight and My Counsellors.

  3. irishanglican ~ Fr. Robert March 25, 2014 at 10:27 am #

    Amen… There is no “proof” available to unbelief! Only a man’s sinful unbelief. Btw, belief in God is surely so-called normal, even for sinful man, but saving belief is another story!

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