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Outlines on Bavinck's The Christian Family

  Purchase the book here: https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/the-christian-family-bavinck.html  The Christian Family Chapter 1 Outline 1.        The six days of creation were God’s work project to make creation humanity’s home. a.        The earth was first untamed and empty. b.        God separated light/dark, water/land, day/night, month/years, then filled the earth. c.        The earth was formed by God to be inhabited ( Isa. 45:18 ). d.        God created humanity as distinct sexes, man & woman, to inhabit/rule the whole earth. e.        This alone (in Gen. 1 ) tells us the origin, essence, & destiny of humanity; the rest builds on this. 2.        Humanity is body & soul/spirit; body like the earth, soul like heaven, together a unique creature. a.        Mankind is the image/likeness of God, His child and race, as male and female. b.        Man/male/Adam was designed lonely, even with God’s presence, and this was “not good”. c.        So, God ga