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6 Weekly Sessions
May 26 — June 30, 2025
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET
Noon to 1:30 p.m. CT
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PT
6 to 7:30 p.m. UK
$299
In this new Keller Center cohort, leading scholars of neo-Calvinist thought will guide participants through key texts that reveal the tradition’s theological contributions and principles for cultural apologetics.
Starting with the translation of Herman Bavinck’s works, continuing through scholarly engagement with his thought, and extending to influence on Tim Keller, enthusiasm for neo-Calvinism has been reignited in recent years.
The cohort will be styled as hour-long lectures, with discussion to follow. Topics covered include general revelation, the creator/creature distinction and analogical reasoning, antithesis and common grace, and the catholicity of Christianity. To maximize participation, short readings will be assigned each week.
Those who sign up for this cohort will receive (note: those outside the USA will receive these titles as eBooks):
Additional Recommended Reading:
Herman Bavinck:
Reformed Dogmatics
Christian Worldview
Christianity and Science
Philosophy of Revelation
“Kingdom of God, the Highest Good,” 1881 (38 pgs)
“The Pros and Cons of a Dogmatic System,” 1881 (14 pgs)
“The Catholicity of Christianity and the Church,” 1888 (33 pgs)
“Common Grace,” 1894 (27 pgs)
“Modernism and Orthodoxy” 1911 (41 pgs)
Abraham Kuyper:
“Uniformity: The Curse of Modern Life”
“Modernism: A Fata Morgana in the Christian Domain”
“The Natural Knowledge of God”
J.H. Bavinck:
“Religious Consciousness and Christian Faith”
Gray Sutanto:
“Herman Bavinck on the Image of God and Original Sin” (16 pgs)
“Neo-Calvinism on General Revelation: A Dogmatic Sketch”
“A History of Neo-Calvinism Examined And Explained”
“5 Principles for Reading Herman Bavinck”
“Bavinck Warned that Without Christianity, Racism and Nationalism Thrive”
James Eglinton:
“Herman Bavinck: 100 Years On”
“Why Befriend Your Opponents: Bavinck on ‘Critical Friendship’”
“Everyone has a Worldview, and Almost No One Has a Worldview”
Are you on a church staff or considering this cohort as a group at a church? If so, we want you to check out this brief PDF that has three ideas of how to utilize this cohort as a group AND it also has instructions for deep discounts. It is our hope that these online learning cohorts will be a blessing to the church. As a result, we never want finances to hinder someone from participating. If you want to participate in this cohort and have a need, please send us an email and tell us more about your circumstances.
* We are unable to offer refunds for The Keller Center cohorts
* Registration WITH books closes on May 17, 2025 and LATE Registration WITHOUT books closes on May 25, 2025.
* Books will be mailed starting May 18, 2025
* All sessions will be recorded and available for streaming or download at your leisure in perpetuity and so if you can’t make it live or even for months the material is still readily available for you
* NOTE: we are unable to ship to those outside the USA but please use the coupon code “BOOKS15” for 15% off as our courtesy to international participants. You may also use coupon code “BOOKS15” if you DO NOT WANT the books for the cohort.
* If you have any questions pertaining to signing up for your cohort, group rates, elder/preaching team rates, or church rates email [email protected]
In this first session, participants will consider the scriptural texts on apologetics, the meaning of neo-Calvinism’s “orthodox yet modern” approach to theology, and why neo-Calvinism is particularly helpful for the discipline of apologetics.
Read:
– Chs. 1-3 in Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
– (Supplement: Chps. 1-2 in Herman Bavinck’s God and Creation, vol. 2 of Reformed Dogmatics).
In the second session, participants will discuss revelation, a doctrine at the center of neo-Calvinist thought and approach to the world. God’s revelation is the secret to understanding our lives and the world we live in. This session takes a close look at Romans 1 and the doctrine of general revelation for apologetics.
Read:
– Chs. 4 of Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
Herman Bavinck, ‘General Revelation’ in The Wonderful Works of God
The third session considers the unity between general and special revelation and a Reformed doctrine of Scripture. It will show how special revelation is necessary to interpret the world rightly, and the implications of the self-authentication of Scripture for theological apologetics.
Read:
– Ch. 5 of Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
The third session will consider the neo-Calvinist approach to creation and re-creation as they are realized in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is, thus, a catholicizing project that involves every domain of human life, enlisting all human goods as an instrument of God’s original purposes for humanity and the world.
Read:
– ‘The Knowledge of God,’ ‘The Being of God,’ in Herman Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God
The fourth session will turn its focus to neo-Calvinist anthropology. The image of God is the pinnacle of creation’s organic shape—referring to many unities in diversities such as male and female, the self as a unity, and all of humanity collectively, and the implications this doctrine has for the catholicity (or universality) of the church.
Read:
– Ch. 7 in Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
– N. Gray Sutanto, ‘The Cultural Mandate and the Image of God: Human Vocation in Creation, Fall, and Redemption,’ Themelios (2023)
The fifth section the readings will look at two key themes in the early thinkers of neo-Calvinism: common grace and the antithesis. Participants will see how the concepts are not ends of a spectrum but only helpful when held together. Navigating the many misunderstandings of these two topics, we will discuss how they are crucial for apologetic dialogue and cultural engagement.
Read:
– Ch. 8 in Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
In this new Keller Center cohort, leading scholars of neo-Calvinist thought will guide participants through key texts that reveal the tradition’s theological contributions and principles for cultural apologetics.
Starting with the translation of Herman Bavinck’s works, continuing through scholarly engagement with his thought, and extending to influence on Tim Keller, enthusiasm for neo-Calvinism has been reignited in recent years.
The cohort will be styled as hour-long lectures, with discussion to follow. Topics covered include general revelation, the creator/creature distinction and analogical reasoning, antithesis and common grace, and the catholicity of Christianity. To maximize participation, short readings will be assigned each week.
Those who sign up for this cohort will receive (note: those outside the USA will receive these titles as eBooks):
Additional Recommended Reading:
Herman Bavinck:
Reformed Dogmatics
Christian Worldview
Christianity and Science
Philosophy of Revelation
“Kingdom of God, the Highest Good,” 1881 (38 pgs)
“The Pros and Cons of a Dogmatic System,” 1881 (14 pgs)
“The Catholicity of Christianity and the Church,” 1888 (33 pgs)
“Common Grace,” 1894 (27 pgs)
“Modernism and Orthodoxy” 1911 (41 pgs)
Abraham Kuyper:
“Uniformity: The Curse of Modern Life”
“Modernism: A Fata Morgana in the Christian Domain”
“The Natural Knowledge of God”
J.H. Bavinck:
“Religious Consciousness and Christian Faith”
Gray Sutanto:
“Herman Bavinck on the Image of God and Original Sin” (16 pgs)
“Neo-Calvinism on General Revelation: A Dogmatic Sketch”
“A History of Neo-Calvinism Examined And Explained”
“5 Principles for Reading Herman Bavinck”
“Bavinck Warned that Without Christianity, Racism and Nationalism Thrive”
James Eglinton:
“Herman Bavinck: 100 Years On”
“Why Befriend Your Opponents: Bavinck on ‘Critical Friendship’”
“Everyone has a Worldview, and Almost No One Has a Worldview”
Are you on a church staff or considering this cohort as a group at a church? If so, we want you to check out this brief PDF that has three ideas of how to utilize this cohort as a group AND it also has instructions for deep discounts. It is our hope that these online learning cohorts will be a blessing to the church. As a result, we never want finances to hinder someone from participating. If you want to participate in this cohort and have a need, please send us an email and tell us more about your circumstances.
* We are unable to offer refunds for The Keller Center cohorts
* Registration WITH books closes on May 17, 2025 and LATE Registration WITHOUT books closes on May 25, 2025.
* Books will be mailed starting May 18, 2025
* All sessions will be recorded and available for streaming or download at your leisure in perpetuity and so if you can’t make it live or even for months the material is still readily available for you
* NOTE: we are unable to ship to those outside the USA but please use the coupon code “BOOKS15” for 15% off as our courtesy to international participants. You may also use coupon code “BOOKS15” if you DO NOT WANT the books for the cohort.
* If you have any questions pertaining to signing up for your cohort, group rates, elder/preaching team rates, or church rates email [email protected]
In this first session, participants will consider the scriptural texts on apologetics, the meaning of neo-Calvinism’s “orthodox yet modern” approach to theology, and why neo-Calvinism is particularly helpful for the discipline of apologetics.
Read:
– Chs. 1-3 in Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
– (Supplement: Chps. 1-2 in Herman Bavinck’s God and Creation, vol. 2 of Reformed Dogmatics).
In the second session, participants will discuss revelation, a doctrine at the center of neo-Calvinist thought and approach to the world. God’s revelation is the secret to understanding our lives and the world we live in. This session takes a close look at Romans 1 and the doctrine of general revelation for apologetics.
Read:
– Chs. 4 of Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
Herman Bavinck, ‘General Revelation’ in The Wonderful Works of God
The third session considers the unity between general and special revelation and a Reformed doctrine of Scripture. It will show how special revelation is necessary to interpret the world rightly, and the implications of the self-authentication of Scripture for theological apologetics.
Read:
– Ch. 5 of Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
The third session will consider the neo-Calvinist approach to creation and re-creation as they are realized in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is, thus, a catholicizing project that involves every domain of human life, enlisting all human goods as an instrument of God’s original purposes for humanity and the world.
Read:
– ‘The Knowledge of God,’ ‘The Being of God,’ in Herman Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God
The fourth session will turn its focus to neo-Calvinist anthropology. The image of God is the pinnacle of creation’s organic shape—referring to many unities in diversities such as male and female, the self as a unity, and all of humanity collectively, and the implications this doctrine has for the catholicity (or universality) of the church.
Read:
– Ch. 7 in Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
– N. Gray Sutanto, ‘The Cultural Mandate and the Image of God: Human Vocation in Creation, Fall, and Redemption,’ Themelios (2023)
The fifth section the readings will look at two key themes in the early thinkers of neo-Calvinism: common grace and the antithesis. Participants will see how the concepts are not ends of a spectrum but only helpful when held together. Navigating the many misunderstandings of these two topics, we will discuss how they are crucial for apologetic dialogue and cultural engagement.
Read:
– Ch. 8 in Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction
6 Weekly Sessions
May 26 — June 30, 2025
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET
Noon to 1:30 p.m. CT
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PT
6 to 7:30 p.m. UK
$299