Catholicity, Orthodoxy, and Lordship
The great Dutch theologian, Abraham Kuyper, has shaped the political and religious scene in the Calvinistic world more than anyone since the 16th century. While the grandiosity of such a statement should shock us a bit, the sheer persuasive nature of the Stone Lectures should confirm my bold assertion. Indeed, Kuyper was an unbridled force …
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It is such a delight to inform you that Kuyper’s “Lectures on Calvinism” has been reprinted by Canon Press. The formatting and the layout are masterful, following the pattern of other Christian Heritage Series reprints. Jake McAtee, the editors, and type-setters excel in their field, and I highly recommend any other book in this series. …
Have you ever wanted a quick and dirty guide to the old, dead, white guy by the name of Abraham Kuyper? The demand was overwhelming, and I obliged the need of the masses. In this episode, I discuss the five principles that guide a Kuyperian viewpoint, namely, a) Trinitarianism b) Great Commission c) Incarnational Lenses …
The man who changed the face of Calvinism. The man who was “the first Christian in a very profound way to come to grips with the fact that the world has been transformed.”[1] The man who influenced the political, theological, sociological, and educational history of the Western World. His name is Abraham Kuyper. I mentioned …
In one of Colson’s last recorded interviews, he speaks of the influence of Abraham Kuyper on his own life:
David Koyzis found a couple of rare videos regarding the late Dutch Prime Minister/Theologian, Abraham Kuyper. The first is one of his funeral. The description in Portuguese reads that the number of people present reflect a little of the magnitude of Kuyper’s importance: This last one shows Kuyper speaking to the Mayor of Amsterdam shortly before he …
Hoedemaker did not win the day with his theocratic principles, as Reuben Alvarado demonstrates in his 1992 lecture at the BH Conference. Hoedemaker stood firmly against Abraham Kuyper’s political pluralism. Even though Kuyper has been immensely helpful in bringing a thoroughness/completeness to the application of the Lordship of Christ in all areas of life, yet …
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Abraham Kuyper’s Lectures on Calvinism is a vociferous call to cultural engagement. These lectures are not only a call to activism, but they also summarize Kuyper’s distinctive position, a new direction for Reformed thought that James Bratt[1] calls “Neo-Calvinism.”[2] Thus, the Lectures on Calvinism— delivered at Princeton in 1898–is Kuyper’s “whole vision in brief compass.”[3] …
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Here are some great quotes from my study of Kuyper’s first lecture entitled: Calvinism A Life System. 11 -Two life systems are wrestling with one another, in mortal combat. Modernism is bound to build a world of its own from the data of the natural man, and to construct man himself from the data of …
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In his lecture entitled Calvinism a Life-System, Abraham Kuyper argues that Two life systems are wrestling with one another, in mortal combat. Modernism is bound to build a world of its own from the data of the natural man, and to construct man himself from the data of nature; while on the other hand, all …
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