J. H. Bavinck

Apr 24, 2023 | crossway.org | J. H. Bavinck |James Eglinton |John Bolt |Herman Bavinck

Worldview and WorldvisionWhile cultures might be driven by grand worldviews, J. H. Bavinck argues that most individuals are not. To borrow the language of Isaiah 44:19 (NIV), “no one stops to think” about worldview, despite the pervasive influence worldviews have on whichever culture they inhabit and the haphazard glimpses of those worldviews that can be seen in people’s lives.

Apr 18, 2023 | crossway.org | J. H. Bavinck |John Bolt |Herman Bavinck

PersonalityWith regard to the concept of personality, we need to begin with a definition. By personality, we understand an organized soul that has come to consciousness of itself. When we present it as such, it seems that a personality has two aspects: organization and self-consciousness. The first mark of the personality is always [its] unity. A soul can be called a personality insofar as the powers within it have come into connection with each other and have penetrated one another.