Kim Riddlebarger– The Lion of Princeton: B.B. Warfield as Apologist and Theologian

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On today’s Equipping You in Grace Episode, Dave Jenkins and Kim Riddlebarger talk about the life, ministry, and influence of B.B. Warfield on Reformed theology in his day and today, along with his book The Lion of Princeton: B.B. Warfield as Apologist and Theologian (Lexham Press, 2016).

What you’ll hear in this episode

A brief sketch of B.B. Warfield’s life and importance to American evangelicalism and the greater Body of Christ.
What we can learn from how B.B. Warfield’s approach to dealing with and responding to criticism.
How Warfield’s work on the doctrine of Scripture helps Christians respond to attacks on the doctrine of Scripture today.
What Christians today can learn from B.B. Warfield’s response to attacks on the person and work of Christ along with his approach to engaging these and other issues.
What B.B. Warfield can teach those deeply committed to the task and work of theology in the local church about loving and caring for our wives and families.
What contributions the Old Princeton theologians like Warfield made to the Church of his time and continued to make on the Church today.
The legacy B.B. Warfield has left for theologians today.
Why we need men again like B.B. Warfield and what these men look like in their approach to the Christian life and ministry.
Learning to understand and engage the thought of others for the purpose of contending for the faith.

About the Guest

Kim Riddlebarger (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is senior pastor of Christ Reformed Church in Anaheim, CA, and has been a visiting professor of systematic theology at Westminster Seminary California. He is author of A Case for Amillennialism and The Man of Sin.

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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah, and lives in beautiful Southern Oregon. He is a writer, editor, and speaker who loves Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology.

Dave serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries and the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine. He is the Host and Producer of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast and a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word.

He is the author of The War of Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind (Theology for Life, 2026), Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).

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When he is not engaged in ministry work, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, going to movies, sharing a meal at a favorite restaurant, or playing a round of golf with friends. He is also a voracious reader, particularly of Reformed theology and the Puritans, and is often found working through a stack of new books from a wide range of Christian publishers.

Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.

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