THOSE who are unfamiliar with the life of Princeton Theological Seminary and desire to learn something of the nature and the early history of the “Conferences” held in the “Oratory” of the Seminary may be referred to the Life of Archibald Alexander by his son, James W. Alexander, pp. 420 ff; the Life of Samuel Miller by his son, Samuel Miller, vol. ii, p. 400; and the Life of Charles Hodge by his son, A. A. Hodge, pp. 453 ff; with the last of which may be compare...

This certainly may be fairly called one of the great passages of the Bible. Note the series of great topics which are adverted to in it: the inward strengthening of the children of God by the Holy Spirit, the continual abiding of Christ in their hearts, their rooting and grounding in love, their enlargement in spiritual apprehension, even to the knowledge of the unknowable, their filling with all the fullness of God. Surely here is a catalogue of great things for God's people! These great ...

These words form the beginning of a marvelous passage the subject of which is “Christ our Representative.” That He might become our Representative, the inspired writer teaches, it was needful that He should identify Himself with us. Therefore it was that He became man.Language had been exhausted to exhibit the divine dignity of our Representative. In contrast with those men of God, the prophets, in whom God dwelt and through whom God spoke, He is called a Son through whom the world...

I wish to speak to you to-day of the parable of the prodigal son, or, as it is becoming very common to call it, perhaps with greater exactness, the parable of the lost son. I shall not read it to you again. It has already been read in the lesson for the day. And in any event it is too familiar to require that you should be reminded even of the minuter details of the narrative. Probably no passage of the Scriptures is more widely known or more universally admired. The conversation and liter...

One of the great and often asked questions of theology is addressed in this valuable apologetic text. The crucial subject of the authorship of the Bible can be a complex topic; however, Warfield delicately, clearly, and thoroughly illuminates the origins of scripture and the beauty of divine composition via human penmanship. This collection of essays, which answer and refer to debates, questions, and criticisms on the subject is a rigorous and worthy study of one of the fundamentals of Chr...

I have recently received a letter from a valued friend asking me to send him a "discussion of the Greek words λαλέω (laleō) and λέγω (legō) in such passages as I Cor. 14: 33—39, with special reference to the question: Does the thirty-fourth verse forbid all women everywhere to speak or preach publicly in Christian churches?" The matter is of universal interest, and I take the liberty of communicating my reply to the readers of The Presbyterian. It requir...

The Christ Myth by Arthur Drews was published early in 1909, and before the year was out its author was being requisitioned by dissidents from Christianity of the most incongruous types as a promising instrument for the general anti-christian propaganda. Few more remarkable spectacles have ever been witnessed than the exploitation throughout Germany in the opening months of 1910 of this hyper-idealistic metaphysician, disciple of von Hartmann and convinced adherent of the “Philoso...

A Close Look at the Complex Emotions of ChristIn 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 ...

"It belongs to the truth of our Lord's humanity," wrote B.B. Warfield, "that he was subject to all sinless human emotions." In this short volume, Warfield focusses on Christ's compassion, anger, and sorrow.Warfield (1851-1921), the last of the great Princeton theologians, was professor of theology at Princeton from 1887 until his death.

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 according to his nature, or perhaps we would better say, each according to his temperament. Thus, broadly speaking, three main types of religion arise, corresponding to th...

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 according to his nature, or perhaps we would better say, each according to his temperament. Thus, broadly speaking, three main types of religion arise, corresponding to th...

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 SonJesus OnlyThe Lamb of GodGod's Immeasurable LoveThe Gospel of PaulThe Glorified ChristThe Risen JesusThe Gospel of the CovenantImitating the Incarnation