God and the Trinity

Who God is: his being, his attributes, Father, Son and Spirit.

Watercolour of three black-framed prints on a white wall, each with a Hebrew word in black lettering over a wash of blue-green, orange or purple.

Worth knowing

Important Hebrew Words

A short list of Hebrew words worth knowing, among them Adonai, YHWH, Elohim, Shalom, Torah, Chesed, Ruach and Mashiach, each with its meaning and a brief note on how it is used.

2 min read

Watercolour of a red leather-bound copy of Reformed Dogmatics lying on a polished library table, with bookshelves and a sunlit window behind.

Notes on Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics · 1

Bavinck 1: Knowing God and Scripture

Notes on Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics (abridged), pp. 8-148: theology grounded in revelation rather than experience, the limits of objectivity, Scripture as God's ongoing speech, faith and doubt, and the Spirit's inward certainty.

8 min read

Notes on Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics · 2

Bavinck 2: God and the Trinity

Notes on Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, pp. 158-257: God's attributes, time and eternity, sin as privation, God as truth, analogies for the Trinity and predestination, with David's notes on free will, honest speech and fairness.

7 min read

Sayings on god and the trinity

In the collection

The Father ordains salvation
The Son accomplishes salvation
The Spirit applies salvation

David Visser