John Funnell

“If history is to be truly history, if it is to realize values, universally valid values, we cannot know this from the facts in themselves, but we borrow this conviction from philosophy, from our view of life and of the world — that is to say, from our faith. Just as there is no physics without metaphysics, there is no history without philosophy, without religion and ethics.”
― Herman Bavinck, The Philosophy of Revelation

“The truth is of more value than empirical life: Christ sacrificed his life for it.”
― Herman Bavinck, The Philosophy of Revelation

“Augustine realized that, even in an era when the Roman Empire teetered on the brink of collapse, the essence of human existence is that we stand in history and that this history is the revelation of God’s great plan.”
― Johan Herman Bavinck, Between the Beginning and the End: A Radical Kingdom Vision

“Evolution is a great word but it turns its back on difficulties and sums up a rich and complicated reality under a vague formula.”
― Herman Bavinck, The Philosophy of Revelation