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.…
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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…
Did Christ Have a Beginning?**
Did Christ Have a Beginning? In my dialogues with anti-Trinitarian Seventh-day Adventists, I have regularly encountered the assertion that Psalm 2:7 shows that Christ was begotten by the Father prior to the incarnation, in eternity: “‘I will declare the…