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1851 – 1921

B. B. Warfield

Worth knowing

  • Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1887 to 1921.
  • He wrote more on the inspiration of Scripture than any American theologian before him. The Bible is fully God's word and fully the human writers' words at the same time.
  • His wife became an invalid early in their marriage, and he cared for her for nearly forty years.

In Scholar’s Dream, B. B. Warfield has one book

Words B. B. Warfield’s books borrow from others

Moves these books can learn whose quotation comes from somebody else. The citation on each one names who actually said it.

“For in him we live, and move, and have our being. As some of your own poets have said.”

Acts 17:28 (WEB) — Paul at the Areopagus, quoting the Athenians’ own poets back to them.
How it works in the game: the move Affirm
Status

In the gamePick the part of the opponent’s case that is true and affirm it. That point can no longer be used against you, and the opponent’s Defend falls sharply. It deals no damage. Affirm something false and you have only agreed with an error.

Learned byThe Inspiration and Authority of the Bible (Lv 46)

“The distinction between what has come to be called general and special revelation does not begin until the call of Abraham.”

Herman Bavinck, The Philosophy of Revelation (1908–09 Stone Lectures), public domain.public domain
How it works in the game: the move General and Special Revelation
Biblical TheologyArgument · power 88 · 100% accurate

In the gameBavinck’s answer to where religion starts: not a faculty found by looking inward, but God making himself known. He speaks first through creation and conscience, to everyone, and then through his word, beginning with the call of Abraham.

Learned byThe Inspiration and Authority of the Bible (Lv 46)

Strong against
×4Nein!an argument · why?

Bavinck agrees with Barth that God has to speak, and then says something Barth would not. God shows himself in creation first, to everyone, and then speaks particular words. Barth is right that nothing replaces the word. He is wrong that the world says nothing.

×4Room for Beliefan argument · why?

Kant clears room and then fills it himself, out of practical reason. Bavinck asks the question Kant never asks first: what if the room was already filled, from outside, by a word?

×4The Critique of Pure Reasona book · why?

Kant clears room and then fills it himself, out of practical reason. Bavinck asks the question Kant never asks first: what if the room was already filled, from outside, by a word?

×2.5Totem and Tabooan argument · why?

Reason, then feeling, now the unconscious. Three faculties, one move — and Bavinck asks the same thing every time: did anybody check whether God had come down?

×2On Religiona book · why?

Bavinck answers that religion begins with God speaking, not with a feeling. God shows himself to everyone in creation, and then speaks particular words, beginning with his call to Abraham.

×2The Feeling of Absolute Dependencean argument · why?

Bavinck answers that religion begins with God speaking, not with a feeling. God shows himself to everyone in creation, and then speaks particular words, beginning with his call to Abraham.

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