odds and sods

Taste Good Cakes - ideal if you are in the Bristol area
A response to Jamie Smith on 2K by Daryl Hart
Creately - an online chart/ diagram maker
An outline of Michael Horton's The Christian Faith
Renewing Minds: A Journal of Christian Thought
May issue of Perspective
Old Testament History - a chart from Joseph Torres:


The celebrity illusion:

Bavinck's organic motif: mindmap of Eglinton's Trinity and Organism Ch 3

Mindmap of James Eglinton's Trinity and Organism chapter 3 'Bavinck's Organic Motif'.

Eglinton examines Bavinck's organic motif and finds that Veenhof's use of it flawed. The motif is not as universally defined or as homogeneous as supposed. Van Eck's examination of it has shown that such a view is wrong. Veenhof's approach is to assuem that Bavinck's use is defined by a historical-etymological approach. A better way is to see how Bavinck uses the metaphor. Mattson suggests that it comes from  Reformed theology. This is supported by the fact that Kuyper sues such a term and that Josef Bohatec has traced it sue to Calvin.

The organic motif is best seen in the light of a reformed trinitarianism rather than Idealism - contra Veenhof.

How many Bavinks? Mindmap of Eglinton's Trinity and Organism Ch 2

Mindmap of James Eglinton's Trinity and Organism ch 2: "How many Bavinck's?"

Eglinton examines the thesis that has dominated Bavinck studies, the idea that there are two Bavinck's. The Reformed, orthodox theologian and the Modern, progressive academic. This bipolar reading of Bavink has been the lens through which Bavinck has been read. It is found in Jan Veenhof and more recently in VanDrunen's two-kingdom approach.

Eglinton draws upon Nelson Kloosterman to show how flawed this model is.

Where was Bavinck? Mindmap of Eglinton's Trinity and Organism Ch 1

A mindmap of the first chapter of James Eglinton's Trinity and Organism

This first chapter of Eglinton's important book - based on his New college, Edinburgh PhD - looks at the key question: where was Bavink? He provides the theological and cultural background to Bavink and late 18th century and early 19th century Dutch theology. This background is important to the rise of neo-Calvinism developed by Kuper and Bavinck.

Music for a Sunday morning: John Coltrane (Naima)

Odds and sods

An interview with Bavinck scholar Brian Mattson

Questions JW's pose regarding the divinity of Jesus

Bible and Jesus FAQ

Three more additions to my Christian mathematicians series at God and math:


Riemann                             Venn                              Salmon

Comicoperando in Amsterdam 2011