“A great war always creates more scoundrels than it kills” (Blackwood Magazine of England, circa 1860’s). Genesis 22 is a wonderful harbinger of the Story of the Crucifixion; it paints a picture of Abraham, a father, walking side-by-side with Isaac,…
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“Evangelism 613-617” article review
After reading an article this morning entitled Evangelism 613-617 I had a couple thoughts as well as a eureka moment. I will address the thoughts in this article, and the eureka in a subsequent article. History shows that throughout the…
“Man’s Narrow, Earthly Conceptions”
August 20, 2012 came and left without much fanfare; it was on that date back in 1858 that Charles Darwin first published his evolutionary theory of natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.…
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.…
Women’s Ordination; My perspective, pt. 1
A controversy over women’s ordination has exploded in the churches of North America. My goal is not to tackle an issue just to do so; but if I can bring a perspective to it that no one has considered, then…
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,…
Is Jesus Still Omnipresent?
I heard an interesting question which caused me to reflect for a while. The question, “Did Jesus regain His omnipresence when He went back to heaven? In one of my other articles, “An Aussie vs. Dwight Nelson: “Trinity Under Fire”…