Peter
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Dictionary entries on ‘pestilence’ and the apostle Peter: his life, leadership in Acts, and the authorship, date, and themes of 1–2 Peter.
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Peter
The Significance of the Westminster Standards as a Creed
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Warfield’s 1897 address argues the Westminster Standards crystallize the Reformed gospel—born of the Reformation and Puritan conflict—preserving evangelical doctrine in precise confessional form.
“It Says:” “Scripture Says:” “God Says”
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Scholarly study of New Testament citation formulas, arguing NT writers habitually identify ‘Scripture’ with God’s own speech and analyzing grammatical and textual variants.
Some Perils of Missionary Life
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An address warning missionaries of perils: cultural assimilation, ethical compromise, and loss of doctrinal faith from inadequate theological training and exposure to criticism. Examples: Colenso, Newman.
How the Gospel Was Preached to the Thessalonians
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An editorial study of 1 Thessalonians arguing Paul preached a gospel of deliverance from sin—ethical, eschatological, and heterosoteric—emphasizing Christ’s saving work.
How to Get Rid of Christianity
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Critique of efforts to excise Christianity’s historical and supernatural elements, tracing this dehistoricizing from Pelagius and Deists through Strauss to scholars like Bacon.
Is It Restatement That We Need?
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Discusses the salvation of the rich—urging prayer and outreach despite wealth’s spiritual dangers—and defends retaining a clear Calvinistic confession against creed revision.
Is the Bible the Word of God? The Acts
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Notices on subscriptions, missions, and college life. B. B. Warfield defends Luke-Acts as apostolic Scripture, affirming Acts’ historicity and divine authority.
Paul’s Great Thanksgiving
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Analyzes Paul’s ‘great thanksgiving’ in ephesians 1, highlighting its Trinitarian structure and the salvation in Christ as God’s gift. Also rebuts the idea of preferring Paul over Christ.
Present-Day Depreciation of Christ’s Resurrection
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Examines modern naturalistic critiques of Christ’s resurrection (Stapfer, Schwartzkopff) and presents vigorous apologetic defenses affirming the historicity and centrality of the resurrection.
Prof. Cornill and Dr. Green
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Debates Scripture’s trustworthiness—OT criticism and the unity of Isaiah defended by W.H. Green—alongside studies of John 6 (‘Bread of Life’) and Gospel authorship.
The Century’s Progress in Biblical Knowledge
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Warfield surveys 19th-century advances in biblical scholarship—textual criticism, languages, and archaeology—and critiques rationalist assaults while defending Christian scholarship.
The Principle of the Incarnation
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Affirms the Incarnation as primarily soteriological: Christ came to save sinners, opposing ontological or necessaryist accounts and grounding the view in Scripture and tradition.
Ministerial Support
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Paper arguing biblical and historical grounds for ministerial support: tithes in the patriarchal and Levitical ages and apostolic endorsement (Paul/Hebrews).
The American Presbyterian Church and the Adopting Acts of 1729 and 1788
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Historical account of the American Presbyterian Church’s adoption of the Westminster Standards, detailing the Adopting Acts of 1729 and 1788, subscription practices, and constitutional development.
A Plea for Doctrine as the Instrument of Sanctification
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1849 essay arguing that firm biblical doctrine, not sentimentalism or compromise, is essential to sanctification and faithful preaching. Critiques anti-doctrinal trends.
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