{"id":281,"date":"2013-01-30T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.225.232.228\/us\/product\/doctrine-of-god\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T03:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:27:04","slug":"doctrine-of-god","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/us\/store\/theology\/doctrine-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctrine Of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Endorsement<\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;A model of exhaustive and balanced exegesis. Careful historical presentation, painstaking effort to do justice to both sides of a question and always a wealth of biblical material to support its views make The <em>Doctrine of God<\/em> an unusually accurate and authoritative volume. 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The result was this present translation, making available some of the most important of Bavinck&#8217;s material for the English-speaking world and providing, in the words of Hendriksen, &#8216;a spiritual treat&#8217; for the serious reader.<\/p>\n<p>The Christian Church has had many historians of theology but few men who were themselves master theologians. Bavinck belonged to that small group and as will always be found in such cases, he possessed both high gifts of intellect and real consecration to Christ. His memorable words at death, &#8216;My learning does not help me now&#8230;faith alone saves me&#8217;, exemplified the spirit in which he had sought to live.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toctoggle\">Table of Contents <a class=\"button\" href=\"#toc\">Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>TRANSLATOR\u2019S PREFACE<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>I.<\/td>\n<td>God\u2019s Incomprehensibility<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>II.<\/td>\n<td>God\u2019s Knowability<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>III.<\/td>\n<td>God\u2019s Names<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IV.<\/td>\n<td>God\u2019s Incommunicable Attributes<\/td>\n<td>113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>V.<\/td>\n<td>God\u2019s Communicable Attributes<\/td>\n<td>175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VI.<\/td>\n<td>The Holy Trinity<\/td>\n<td>255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VII.<\/td>\n<td>God\u2019s Counsel<\/td>\n<td>337<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The doctrine of God is the foundation of Christian theology and the prerequisite of all true faith. 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