God in Himself Herman Bavinck Luke: Abraham and the Blessing

Luke: Abraham and the Blessing for All Nations

unable to meet this pressing need

\nReleased from the burden of tradition and over-familiarity

marking a dramatic turning point in God's plan to redeem creation from sin and death

taken it to be spoken without flattery or partiality

God in Himself Herman Bavinck Luke: Abraham and the BlessingHow do we know God? Can we know God as he is in himself? These longstanding questions have been addressed by Christian theologians throughout the church's history. Some, such as Thomas Aquinas, have argued that we know God through both natural and supernatural revelation, while others, especially Karl Barth, have argued that we know God only on the basis of the incarnation. Contemporary discussions of these issues sometimes give the impression that we