Article Summary: At important moments in the history of the church, God has raised up men “to give voice to His Word,” and in this sense Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield of Old Princeton was “the theologian of the doctrine of inspiration,” whose articulation of that doctrine remains definitive. Yet this emphasis can mislead, since “judged in terms of literary output and of his own self-conscious interests,” Warfield was “first and foremost a Christologian,” who saw himself as “a fallen sinner rescued by a divine Redeemer.” The article ultimately presents Warfield as “the ideal of Old Princeton,” an “outstanding gift of Christ to his church,” combining unrivaled scholarship, fearless defense of the historic faith, and a “heart beat hot for Christ.”
Remembering B B Warfield
