“Kuyper makes much of the fact that the Kingdom of Christ is much bigger than the institutional church.” (Mouw, 57)
sovereignty of God
Introducing Kuyper’s “Sphere Sovereignty”
Kuyper posited that there are multiple spheres of influence in life and they are all responsible for their own flourishing.
The Lure of Abraham Kuyper
Why Kuyper? Richard Mouw’s Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction (Eerdmans, 2011), in part, seeks to answer that question. Kuyper, according to Mouw, asked many of the questions that should be central for the Reformed church. The questions that motivated much of Kuyper’s thinking about how Christians are to serve the Lord in the broad […]
On Transitions (Part 1)
As I sit to write, friends of ours from Boston are a few miles from our home, having stopped for a brief visit with us en route to their new town. They are in the middle of a major transition for their family; after sixteen years in Massachusetts, they are moving on to plant a church […]