Now we are at the last of our six-part series. While the previous five articles, covered the certainty of the divinity of Jesus Christ, we will now look at the subject of the Holy Spirit. It is interesting to note that more than any other subject, Jesus loved dwelling on the subject of the coming comforter. It is stated, Christ had an infini
In the first article of our series, we quoted an Ellen White statement which contains an essential principle for understanding inspired writings. Describing inspired language, Ellen White declares: Different meanings are expressed by the same word; there is not one word for each distinct idea.[1] When studying the Bible doctrine of atonement, as ar
From age to age the heroes of faith have been marked by their fidelity to God; and they have been brought conspicuously before the world that their light might shine to those in darkness. Daniel and his three companions are illustrious examples of Christian heroism and devotion to principle. A brief account of the life of these four Hebrews is left
In the last article, we explored the power of presuppositions (preconceived ideas) and how they can either enhance or obscure our understanding of the world, including the Bible. We also established that: 1) we all have presuppositions 2) we can’t get rid of presuppositions. We also seem to born with a certain aversion toward correct
In continuation of the last article, we focused more on the eternal life of the Son of God, even the reality of his eternal nature or essence. Not by coincidence, this reality is brought out more in His incarnation, and even more at the cross, than in any other place in Scripture. Though we cannot understand the infinite gravity of what happened on
If there’s a God, why’d he make me? All of these flaws is all that I see. –Illenium & Call Me Karizma The ontological self-abandonment of God reveals that God is far from the self-interested being many religionists have made him out to be. Instead, God is other-centered. And yet, this very revelation drives us toward an ethereal riddle that tra
In my late teens I joined a conservative Adventist ministry, where over the next decade I experienced—along with many blessings—spiritual, sexual, and psychological abuse. The directors of the ministry held very strict rules about dress, diet, and lifestyle—spoken and unspoken. For instance, the spoken rules required women to wear long dresses at a
A Warfare against Intemperance No young man or woman could be more sorely tempted than were Daniel and his companions. To these four Hebrew youth were apportioned wine and meat from the king's table. But they chose to be temperate. They saw that perils were on every side, and that if they resisted temptation, they must make most decided efforts on
At this point in our series, we now understand how the Bible came into existence through the miracle of Revelation-Inspiration. We have also dealt with the issue of Ellen White, a modern non-canonical prophet for Seventh-day Adventists. We can now move on to the next phase of study which is to establish how to interpret the Bible (hermeneutics). RE
If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is indeed a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of, but is the very Ground of Being and is inherently, objectively, and concretely on our side. - Richard Rohr In the last few articles, we went on a tour through the doctrine of God, approaching it from the angle of postu
