Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology: What God Has Joined Together

27 November 2010

What God Has Joined Together

Dutch ethicist Jochem Douma, echoing one of Herman Bavinck's deeply held convictions:

Domatics without ethics is empty; ethics without dogmatics is blind.

--quoted in Ron Gleason, Herman Bavinck: Pastor, Churchman, Statesman, and Theologian (P&R, 2010), 112

1 comment:

Phil said...: Great quote - thanks for posting this. It seems as if taking one to the exclusion of the other can become even more detrimental than being 'empty' or 'blind', it can be quite dangerous.; Saturday, 27 November, 2010

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"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him." The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him; let him put his mouth in the dust--there may yet be hope; let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults. For the LORD will not cast off forever, but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
--Lamentations 3:24-32

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