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Para Warfield a doutrina clássica da inspiração infalível da Escritura estava envolvida na doutrina da soberania divina. Deus não poderia ser soberano em sua disposição dos seres humanos racionais se não fosse também soberano na revelação de si mesmo a eles. Se Deus é soberano no domínio do ser, ele certamente também é soberano no domínio do conhecimento.

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“Para ele, a doutrina clássica da inspiração infalível da Escritura estava envolvida na doutrina da soberania divina. Deus não poderia ser soberano em sua disposição dos seres humanos racionais se não fosse também soberano na revelação de si mesmo a eles. Se Deus é soberano no domínio do ser, ele certamente também é soberano no domínio do conhecimento.” (Page 2)

“Este volume contém os principais artigos de Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield relacionados à natureza e à autoridade da Bíblia. Um teólogo bíblico, completamente atualizado com os eruditos de seus dias e um inimigo do irracionalismo em todas as suas formas – a fé para ele era a convicção alicerçada em evidência – e não é de surpreender que tenha dedicado excepcional atenção ao tema. Escritos de tempos em tempos e impressos em várias publicações durante sua vida, estes artigos foram incluídos no volume Revelation and Inspiration, publicado depois de sua morte pela Oxford Universiy Press.” (source)

“Um dos mais graves efeitos do pecado é a deformação da imagem de Deus refletida na mente humana, e não pode haver uma restauração do pecado que não traga a correção desta deformação e o reflexo, na alma humana, de toda a glória do Senhor Deus Todo-Poderoso.” (Page 66)

“A inspiração é, portanto, geralmente definida como uma influência sobrenatural exercida sobre os escritores sagrados pelo Espírito de Deus, em virtude do qual a confiabilidade divina é dada aos seus escritos.” (Page 106)

“A revelação é, em poucas palavras, por si só um ato redentor de Deus e de modo nenhum o menos importante na série de atos de redenção de Deus.” (Page 66)

CRITICAL REVIEWS

VOLUME IX STUDIES IN THEOLOGY

STUDIES IN TERTULLIAN AND AUGUSTINE

PERFECTIONISM PART TWO

PERFECTIONISM PART ONE

VOLUME V CALVIN AND CALVINISM

THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY AND ITS WORK

VOLUME III. CHRISTOLOGY AND CRITICISM

VOLUME I. REVELATION AND INSPIRATION

¿De qué manera se alcanza la salvación? ¿Cómo opera la soberanía de Dios en la elección de las personas? ¿Acaso son pocos los que se salvan y muchos los que se pierden? Establecer cimientos escriturales en nuestra fe resulta imprescindible en el desarrollo de vidas cristianas fructíferas y de ministerios que honren al Señor. Esta obra clásica, escrita por el renombrado Benjamin B. Warfield, aborda con seriedad, solidez y profundidad la doctrina de la salvación, pilar de todo abordaje bíblico que procure forjar un enfoque teológico integrador entre teoría y práctica, estudio y acción. He aquí un texto imprescindible para tu biblioteca, adaptable tanto para el estudio personal como grupal.

Great Survey of the Emotional Life of Christ

BB Warfield does a great job mining the differences between those that would try and die fly the emotional life of Christ as to not make him Human, and those that would try and humanize the emotional life of Christ as to make him irreverent. A great primer for those looking to dive into the emotions of Christ.

I recommend this short volume to anyone going to Seminary.

Summary: A collection of the writings of B.B. Warfield consisting of lectures, articles, and reviews showing his engagement with evolutionary writers and his conviction that scripture and science need not be in conflict.

B. B. Warfield (1851-1921) was know as a staunch advocate of the inspiration, infallibility, and authority of the Bible, and as a "Princeton theologian," trained by Charles Hodge. What is lesser known was that he closely followed the scientific literature of his day concerning the developing theory of evolution and did not see that evolution and scripture inherently in conflict.

Mark Noll and David N. Livingstone have collected the writings of Warfield on the subject of evolutionary science. This includes lectures, articles, and excerpts from Warfield's own writings as well as numerous reviews of articles and books by various writers on the subject. There are several things that impress me about Warfield:

1. He both affirms the truthfulness of the Genesis accounts but is open to interpretations that do not insist on literal days, or use genealogical records to date when Adam was created.
2. He insists on ex nihilo creation of the stuff of the cosmos, allows for providentially guided development, but insists on the creation of the human soul.
3. His views develop over the course of his life. At one point, while allowing for evolutionary development under God's providence, he advocated mediate creation. Later, after studying Calvin, he abandoned the idea of mediate creation and allowed for development and speciation.
4. At the same time, he was willing to both affirm and critique various aspects of the writers of his day. His big issues were not evolution per se, but rather evolutionism that denied God's providential involvement and the idea of randomness that denied teleology, the evidence of purpose in the development of life.
5. He is, if anything more challenging in his remarks on theological writers when they deviate from orthodoxy than with science writers.
6. He is unwilling to accept the fact/value dichotomy. He insists that theology and biology are both sciences, both are concerned with facts. Theology cannot be relegated to the subjective world of faith and emotion.

The editors provide an excellent essay on Warfield as a "conservative evolutionist." Also each of the works are preceded by a brief summary.

It is sad that Andrew Dickson White's History of the Warfare of Science with Theology shaped the public conception about Christianity's response to evolutionary theory and science more generally, one sadly that even many Christians have adopted. Warfield called White's work "special pleading," projecting present controversies into a past when Christians were on the forefront of science and saw their investigations as giving glory to God, studying his revelation in the books of scripture and nature. It is sad that Warfield's ideas did not gain greater currency in the culture and in the church.

At very least, this collection suggests that thoughtful Christians with a high view of scripture need not be at war with science. The state of evolutionary theory is far advanced from the time of Warfield and the discussions concern discarded aspects of the theory. Nevertheless, the model of respectful engagement, a theologian abreast with scientific research, a foundation of conviction with an openness to grow all commend Warfield as a model for those who would engage discussions between scripture and science. Wipf & Stock is to be commended for re-printing this work and keeping it in circulation.

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary review copy of this book from the publisher. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

Originally published in January 1894, Presbyterian & Reformed Review, as "Professor Henry Preserved Smith, On Inspiration.

The preacher's main responsibility to his listeners is to present the truth as expounded in Systematic Theology. To do this, he must himself have a firm grasp on Christian doctrine.

I. Revelation and Inspiration
II. Biblical Doctrines
III. Christology and Criticism
IV. Studies in Tertullian and Augustine
V. Calvin and Calvinism
VI. The Westminister Assembly and its Work
VII. Perfectionism Vol 1
VIII. Perfectionism Vol 2
IX Studies in Theology
X. Critical Reviews

In the search to understand the deity of Christ, Christians might overlook what the Bible reveals about his humanity. Did Jesus really feel emotions? What grieved him? What delighted him? How did Jesus―fully human and fully God―react to the world and people around him? Throughout Scripture, Jesus displays a range of emotions that can help believers understand him more intimately.
In The Emotional Life of Our Lord, theologian B. B. Warfield explains how Christ’s complex emotions and personality proved his humanity. It was necessary for Christ to be born in the likeness of mankind to bear their griefs, carry their sorrows, take their infirmities, and ultimately redeem their lives. In this encouraging book, readers learn to see Christ as a compassionate Savior through his sinless expressions of emotions―from righteous anger to abiding love.

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Warfield (1851-1921), the last of the great Princeton theologians, was professor of theology at Princeton from 1887 until his death.

These nine gospel-saturated sermons preached in the chapel of Princeton Seminary include:

The Prodigal Son
Jesus Only
The Lamb of God
God's Immeasurable Love
The Gospel of Paul
The Glorified Christ
The Risen Jesus
The Gospel of the Covenant
Imitating the Incarnation