Our last post summarized Bavinck’s definition of sin as a non-physical ethical force that is not exactly ‘non-being’ but certainly strives in that direction. Death, the result of sin, was pronounced as judgment in Genesis 2 but there is more mystery and complication to this ‘death sentence’ than there is certainty. Anyone who has ever studied Hitler will tell you this: No one, even at the highest levels of his government, had any idea as to the extent of damage and suffering he would infli
Tags: Death Sentence, Direction, Ethical Force, Extent, Genesis, Herman Bavinck, Hitler, Judgment, Mystery, Reformed Dogmatics
