Should We Celebrate Christmas?* Dec. 04, 2012 Most Christians around the globe observe December 25 as a holiday to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. (Of course, even many non-Christians now celebrate this festival with gift giving and social gatherings.)…
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Why the Trinity Matters
When I was a rookie pastor, the Revelation Seminar was the latest trend in Adventist public evangelism. One of the presentation topics set forth the basic doctrine of the Trinity. I wondered why we included this study in the seminar.…
Wolves in Wool: An Urgent Warning to the Flock!
From Pastor Doug* An Amazing Fact: Grigori Rasputin, also known as the Mad Monk of Russia, was born a simple peasant, but when he entered Saint Petersburg on foot in 1903, this illiterate yet charismatic Orthodox monk soon persuaded many…
History of Seventh-day Adventist Views on the Trinity, pt. 1
Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, 17/1 (Spring 2006): 125–139. Article copyright © 2006 by Merlin D. Burt. History of Seventh-day Adventist Views on the Trinity By Merlin D. Burt* The last decade has seen an increased anti-Trinitarian agitation within…
History of Seventh-day Adventist Views on the Trinity, pt. 2
(History of Seventh-day Adventist Views on the Trinity) con’t… During the first decades of the twentieth century, Adventists found themselves battling higher criticism and the “new modernism” growing in Christianity. Protestant Fundamentalists were resisting this trend, and Adventists often found…
The Trinity Is A Paradox
The Trinity Is A Paradox by John W. Reeve* The conception of God as Trinity has always been both central and problematic to Christianity, yet “Three persons in one God” summarizes biblical revelation about the nature of the Godhead. Externally,…
God, The Trinity, and Adventistm
An old controversy over the nature of God surfaces again. By Denis Fortin* In the past decade or two, there has been a resurgence of Arianism1 and anti-Trinitarianism in the Christian and even in the evangelical world. But Seventh-day Adventist…
John 8:42 and the Trinity*
When students of Scripture adopt a theological idea contrary to mainstream understanding, they sometimes invest texts with novel interpretations. These often strain the simple meaning of the text to lay claims to biblical support for their unique beliefs. Such…
Jesus As Begotten**
Variations of anti-Trinitarian views seem to be erupting on an unprecedented scale, at least in the southeastern United States where I live and work. One element I often encounter is the belief that Christ had some kind of beginning through…
Will the Real Thinking Adventist Please Stand up? PartTwo
Posted December 1st, 2008 by Clifford Goldstein* (admin note: I mentioned this article here) For years now I’ve been a proud recipient of Dale Ratzlaff’s little scandal sheet, Proclamation! , whose whole raison d’être is, apparently, to bash Adventism, all under the guise…