Category: Dutch Reformed Piety
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A Sketch of Christian Spirituality: From the Patristic Period to the Evangelical Era (Part 4 of 5)
Puritan Reformed Spirituality The problem with medieval Catholic spirituality is that it does not purely stem from God’s Word. Consequently, it often produces unscriptural mysticism. In contrast, Puritan Reformed spirituality is essentially based on the Bible and in dependence on the Holy Spirit. The by-product is biblical piety. Anyone who studies Puritan Reformed spirituality should…
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15 Rules for Expectant Parents
On January 9, 2013 my dear wife Sarah gave birth to our precious daughter Anna in Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The following day Dr. Joel Beeke and his wife came to visit us in the hospital. Dr. Beeke prayed for us and gave us a book as a gift. The title of that book…
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à Brakel’s Spirituality of Virtues and Its Implications for Soul Care
This paper will highlight one of the key components of his spirituality as he discusses it in The Christian’s Reasonable Service (CRS), namely his emphasis on virtues. à Brakel’s exposition of virtues is unique and of great value for Christian soul care. In order to demonstrate this, an introduction to à Brakel’s life and his…
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“Satisfied with the Lord’s All Sufficiency”: Wilhelmus à Brakel’s Theology of Joy
The subject of this paper is the theology of Wilhelmus à Brakel, a Reformed Dutch pastor and theologian who lived in the 17th and start of the 18th centuries. The thesis of this paper is: Joy in God is central and pervasive to true religion in the theology of Wilhelmus à Brakel. Hence comes the…
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Piety in the wake of trade. The North Sea as an intermediary of reformed piety up to 1700
Paying attention to theology at the expense of piety is characteristic of the historiography of Christianity in general and Protestantism in particular. The experience of the doctrine and the resulting moral behaviour always remain underexposed. With this article I wish to give some counterbalance on a very modest scale. Throughout the ages there has been…
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