Reformation Bible Society

SCHEDULE

PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTs

Friday, July 31, 2026

For anyone arriving early for the Conference, we will meet at the Mack Library at Bob Jones University (Library Drive) at 3:00 pm for a tour of the BJU Bible Collection, the “Jerusalem Chamber” reconstruction, and the SermonAudio.com vault housed in the library.

Friday, July 31, 2026

Join us at 7:00 pm for a devotional service on the Greenville Campus as Pastor Robert McCurley (Greenville Presbyterian Church) delivers a message on “The Experiential Value and Benefit of the Traditional Text.” Light refreshments and fellowship will follow.

AUGUST 1st MEETING

8:30 AM

Doors open, registration, fellowship over coffee

9:00 AM

Welcome and orientation by Jeffrey T. Riddle

9:15 AM

Christian McShaffrey
The Scriptural Basis for Confessional Bibliology

10:00 AM

Morning break

10:15 AM

Jonathan Arnold
Theological Foundations for Confessional Bibliology

11:00 AM

Transition break

11:15 AM

Breakout Session

Room 1

Roger Schultz
John Witherspoon and the Providential Preservation of Scripture

Scott J. Hatch
The Relevance of Oswald Allis’ Criticisms of the RSV for Contemporary Debates

Room 2

Robert Truelove
The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Received Text

Peter Van Kleeck, Sr.
Reconsidering the Providential Preservation of Scripture: Prolegomena

Room 3

Brett Mahlen
Review & Response to Lanier and Ross: The Authority of the Septuagint

Charlie J. Ray
The Confessional Text and the Problem of Biblical Inerrancy

12:15 PM

Lunch break

1:15 PM

Douglas Kuiper
Historical Reflections Regarding Confessional Bibliology

2:00 PM

Afternoon break

2:15 PM

Peter Van Kleeck Jr.
Philosophical Considerations Regarding Confessional Bibliology

3:00 PM

Transition break

3:15 PM

Breakout Session

Room 1

Jeffrey T. Riddle
A Defense of the Three Heavenly Witnesses (1 John 5:7)

Mark L. R. Mullins
Review – It is Written: A Believer’s Guide to the Doctrine of Scripture