Reformed Faith and Theology

Trinity by Benjamin B. Warfield THE TERM “TRINITY”: The term “Trinity” is not a Biblical term, and we are not using Biblical language when we define what is expressed by it as the doctrine that there is one only and true God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three coeternal and coequal Persons, the same in substance but distinct in subsistence. A doctrine so de..

Inspiration and Criticism by Benjamin B. Warfield Fathers and Brothers: It is without doubt a very wise provision by which, in institutions such as this, an inaugural address is made a part of the ceremony of induction into the professorship. Only by the adoption of some such method could it be possible for you, as the guardians of this institution, responsible for the principl..

Tractate on Inspiration by A. A. Hodge and B. B. Warfield BY PROFESSOR ARCHIBALD A. HODGE, D.D., LL.D., AND PROFESSOR BENJAMIN B. WARFIELD, D.D. THE word “Inspiration,” as applied to the Holy Scriptures, has gradually acquired a specific technical meaning independent of its etymology. At first this word, in the sense of “God-breathed,” was used to express the entire age..

Jonathan Edwards and the New England Theology by Benjamin B. Warfield Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, 1912 JONATHAN EDWARDS, saint and metaphysician, revivalist and theologian, stands out as the one figure of real greatness in the intellectual life of colonial America. Born, bred, passing his whole life on the verge of civilization, he has made his voice heard wherever men..

Mysticism and Christianity by Benjamin B. Warfield Religion is, shortly, the reaction of the human soul in the presence of God. As God is as much a part of the environment of man as the earth on which he stands, no man can escape from religion any more than he can escape from gravitation. But though every man necessarily reacts to God, men react of course diversely, each accord..

Introduction to the Christian Faith Who is God? What does it mean to be estranged from God? Why did the Messiah experience humiliation and death? How are sins forgiven? What is faith? Will there be a judgment day at the end of history? God God the Creator, by J. Gresham Machen The Triune God, by J. Gresham Machen The Bible The Authority and Inspiration of the Bible, by Benjamin..

What Is Sin? by J. Gresham Machen Machen (1881-1937) was Professor of New Testament, first at Princeton Theological Seminary, and afterwards at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Excerpts from The Christian View of Man (1937). We come now to ask what sin at bottom is. Widely different answers have been given to this question, and with these different answers have ..

Christian Scholarship and the Defense of the Faith The Importance of Christian Scholarship in The Defense of The Faith by J. Gresham Machen This Address was originally delivered in London on June 17, 1932. There are, indeed, those who tell us that no defense of the faith is necessary. "The Bible needs no defense," they say; "let us not be forever defending Christianity, but ins..

Calvin as a Controversialist by Cornelius Van Til Calvin’s activity as a controversialist began with his “sudden conversion” to the Protestant faith. To become a Protestant was, for Calvin as well as for Luther, to become an Augustinian who tested Augustine’s teaching by Scripture. All controversies about the nature of man, his sin and his salvation, must be settled by ..

The Reformed Doctrine Of Scripture by Cornelius Van Til Recently, a large number of “statements” and discussions on the doctrine of Scripture written both from the “conservative” and from the “liberal” view have appeared. It is not the purpose of this pamphlet to deal with these. Its purpose is rather to deal with some quite striking differences between representati..

What Is Calvinism? by Benjamin B. Warfield It is very odd how difficult it seems for some persons to understand just what Calvinism is. And yet the matter itself presents no difficulty whatever. It is capable of being put into a single sentence; and that, on level to every religious man's comprehension. For Calvinism is just religion in its purity. We have only, therefore, to c..

God Our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ by Benjamin B. Warfield From The Princeton Theological Review, v. xv, 1917, pp. 1-20. In the opening sentence of the very first of Paul's letters which have come down to us - and that is as much as to say, in the very first sentence which, so far as we know, he ever wrote, - he makes use of a phrase in speaking of the Christians' God, wh..

Christianity and Revelation by Benjamin B. Warfield From Selected Shorter Writings of Benjamin B. Warfield, vol. 1, Edited by John E. Meeter,published by Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1970. originaly from The Bible Student, V, 1902, pp. 123-128. Christianity is the one revealed religion. That is to say, while the tenets of other religions are the product of huma..

The Person Of Christ According To The New Testament by Benjamin B. Warfield It is the purpose of this article to make as clear as possible the conception of the Person of Christ, in the technical sense of that term, which lies on ㅡ or, if we prefer to say so, beneath ㅡ the pages of the New Testament. Were it its purpose to trace out the process by which this great mystery h..

The Bible: The Book of Mankind by Benjamin B. Warfield A paper read at the World’s Bible Congress held at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, California, August 1-4, 1915. ADOLPH Harnack, in repelling the proposal that the faculties of Theology in the German Universities should cease to be faculties of distinctively Christian Theology, and become faculties of Theolo..

The Theology of the Reformation by Benjamin B. Warfield Reprinted from The Biblical Review, ii. 1917, pp. 490-512 (published by The Biblical Seminary in New York;). Charles Beard begins his Hibbert Lectures on The Reformation with these words: "To look upon the Reformation of the sixteenth century as only the substitution of one set of theological doctrines for another, or the ..

Calvinism by Benjamin B. Warfield 1. MEANING AND USES OF THE TERM Calvinism is an ambiguous term in so far as it is currently employed in two or three senses, closely related indeed, and passing insensibly into one another, but of varying latitudes of connotation. Sometimes it designates merely the individual teaching of John Calvin. Sometimes it designates, more broadly, the d..

The Historical Christ by Benjamin B. Warfield The rise of Christianity was a phenomenon of too little apparent significance to attract the attention of the great world. It was only when it had refused to be quenched in the blood of its founder, and, breaking out of the narrow bounds of the obscure province in which it had its origin, was making itself felt in the centers of pop..

Imputation by Benjamin B. Warfield Reprinted from "The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge," edited by Samuel Macauley Jackson, D.D., LL.D., v. pp. 465-467 (copyright by Funk and Wagnalls Company, New York, 1909). I. ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE TERM The theological use of the term "imputation" is probably rooted ultimately in the employment of the verb imputo in..

The Cessation of the Charismata by Benjamin B. Warfield WHEN our Lord came down to earth He drew heaven with Him. The signs which accompanied His ministry were but the trailing clouds of glory which He brought from heaven, which is His home. The number of the miracles which He wrought may easily be underrated. It has been said that in effect He banished disease and death from P..

Communion with Christ by Benjamin B. Warfield 2 Tim. 2:11-13: ㅡ "Faithful is the saying: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with him: if we endure we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself." The words which are before us this afternoon form one of those "faithful sayi..

The Biblical Doctrine of Faith by Benjamin B. Warfield I. The Philological Expression of Faith The verb ' to believe' in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament uniformly represents the Hebrew pax?, Hiphil of IteK, except, of course, in Dan. vi. 23 where it represents the corresponding Aramaic form. The root, which is widely spread among the Semitic tongues, and which in th..

Christianity Without Christ by Charles Hodge In one sense of the word, Christianity is the system of truth taught by Christ and his apostles. In this sense the question, what is Christianity? is simply a historical one. It may be answered intelligently and correctly by a man who does not profess to be a Christian, just as he may answer the question, what is Brahmism? or, what i..

Exhortations about Communion With God the Father by John Owen Having discovered the nature of the distinct communion we have with the Father, what remains is to give some exhortations, directions, and observations: 1. First is a duty seldom exercised by Christians, which is to hold immediate communion with the Father in love. Our problem and our sin is that we are unacquainted ..

作為護教的預設論 哥尼流·范泰爾(Cornelius Van Til) 基督教護教學的定義是：為基督信仰做理性的辯護（The reasoned defense of Christianity）。在諸多護教學的方法當中，預設論（Presuppositional Apologetics）是最難理解，但卻又是最有力量的護教方法。範泰尓是預設..

基督徒走天路 乔纳森·爱德华兹(Jonathan Edwards) 又承认自己在世上是客旅，是寄居的。说这样话的人，是表明自己要找一个家乡。 　　使徒在这里将信的恩赐在《旧约》中的圣徒身上所产生的光荣佳美果实..

宗教感情如何被错误地评价 乔纳森·爱德华兹(Jonathan Edwards) 真正的宗教感情的错误标记： 1、宗教感情的强度根本无法证明 一些人准备谴责一切强烈的感情。当他们看到，人们把自己的宗教感情提..

唐崇榮牧師問題解答：圣经·神学·护教 · 1、到底什么是神的旨意？ · 2、请问亵渎圣灵的罪？ · 3、重生得救的人可能亵渎圣灵吗？ · 4、请解释信与受洗的关系。 · 5、为何上帝不造一个不犯罪的亚当？ · 6、耶稣再来可能吗？ · 7、人类不是上帝所造的… · 8、我们怎样证明上帝的存在呢？ · 9、创世记与考古的人类文化冲突？ · 10、请从科学和历史的角度证明耶稣的复活？ · 11、请问上帝是不是因人的行为而施行报应？为何还要信耶稣呢？ · 12、罪从哪里来？我们一生下来就有罪吗？ · 13、天使长堕落变成魔鬼以前，为何有罪恶的产生呢？ · 14、一般信徒应当怎样自修神学？有那些书籍可以介绍呢？ · 15、请解释三位一体。 · 16、神的定义是什么呢？ · 17、对真理的看法各人不同？ · 18、特别启示在旧约时代与新约时代有什么分别？ · 19、圣经神学与系统神学有什么不同？..

对三元人论的解经分析 作者：约翰·慕理(John Murry)译者：赵刚 译者的话：约翰·慕理（John Murray）1898年生于苏格兰。1929年加入普林斯顿神学院作系统神学教授助理，1930年追随梅钦加入刚刚从普林斯顿..

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