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…
Tag: Trinity
“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.…
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…
An Aussie vs. Dwight Nelson: “Trinity Under Fire”
In the ebb and flow of theories regarding the identity of the Holy Spirit in scripture I’m amused at the plethora of arguments. This morning I decided to tackle an article by an Adventist brother from Australia. I’ve come to…
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…