The core of the Christian profession is, according to Warfield, the confession of a supernatural God, who may and does act in a supernatural mode, and who acting in a supernatural mode has wrought out for us a supernatural redemption, interpreted in supernatural revelation, and applied by the supernatural operations of His Spirit. The starting point of Warfield’s theology was the majesty of God and his authority over creation.
Goals
Throughout the history of the Church, the great doctrines of the faith were forged in the fires of debate as in Pelagius & Augustine, Luther & Erasmus, Calvin & Eck, and Whitefield & Wesley. Through this lecture series, it is our desire to:
- Promote the exchange and examination of the great historic doctrines of the Church.
- Foster a corporate sense of the relevance of the Christian faith and Reformed theology to our culture.
- Challenge the individual believer to connect with the historic Christian faith and the Church.
- The purpose of the BBW Memorial Lecture Series is to pay tribute to one of America’s greatest theologians and exegetes by bringing top academics from the Reformed community to Oklahoma City.
History
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield was born near Lexington, Kentucky on the 5th of November in 1851. He graduated from Princeton in 1871 with the highest of honors at the age of nineteen, excelling in mathematics and physics. While studying in Europe, he announced his intention to prepare for Christian ministry.
Upon graduating from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1876, he returned to Europe again to further his studies. Returning to America, Warfield served a short period as a pastor and then accepted a position in the Department of New Testament Language and Literature at Western Theological Seminary. He remained there for nine years.
In 1887, he was called to Princeton Theological Seminary to succeed A.A. Hodge as the Charles Hodge professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology. He continued in this position for thirty-three years until his death on the 17th of February 1921. Dr. Warfield combined erudition in Greek exegesis, systematic theology, and church history. He was a tireless defender of the Reformed faith.
The B.B. Warfield Memorial Lecture Series is sponsored by:
Grace Bible Church, 10301 Lakeside Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73120 • www.gbcok.org
Previous Conferences
2024: Jesus the Purifier and the Cosmic King
Featuring Benjamin Gladd
2023: Redemption Accomplished and Applied
Featuring Lane Tipton (no audio available)
2022: Recovering the Lost Message of the Song of Songs
Featuring Miles Van Pelt
2021: The Heart of Romans: The Gospel and Its Consequences
Featuring Daniel Doriani
2019: Genesis 1-3 and the Importance of the Historicity of Adam
Featuring John Currid
2018: Beyond All Measure: the Grace of Divine Adoption
Featuring David Garner
2017: Why These Books and No Others? Exploring the Origins of the New Testament Canon
Featuring Michael Kruger
2016: C.S. Lewis: Apologetics for a Postmodern World
Featuring Andrew Hoffecker
2015: Pentecost and the Work of the Spirit Today
Featuring Richard Gaffin
2014: The Christian, His Witness, and Defending the Faith
Featuring Scott Oliphint
2013: The Protestant Reformation and John Calvin
Featuring Carl Trueman
2012: Will the Church Go Through the End-Time Tribulation?
Featuring Gregory Beale
2011: Unsought Gifts: Christian Suffering
Featuring Mark Talbot
2010: A Biblical Theology of Worship
Featuring Daniel Block
2009: Revival and Revivalism
Featuring Iain Murray
2008: The Church and Culture
Featuring Gene Edward Veith
2007: Debate on The Christian’s Final Authority: The Bible of the Church?
Featuring Mitchell Pacwa and Eric Svendsen
2006: Presentations on Charles Haddon Spurgeon and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Featuring Iain Murray
2005: Debate on Regeneration
Featuring Dr. Bob Wilkin (Dispensationalist) and Dr. James White (Calvinist)
2004: Debate featuring Dr. Thomas Ice (Classic Dispensationalism) and Dr. Greg Beale (Inaugurated Millennialism)
B.B. Warfield Memorial Lecture Series Anthology