The two central tensions, as I have come to see them in Anglo-American Adventism, are between immanent and transcendent goods and between justifying and sanctifying grace (or, as I will call them when referring to grace in the immanent mode, affirming and disciplining relationships). Their historical roots are in the 1888 crisis (justifying vs. san
Humans have a tendency to polarize on key issues. Throughout the current U.S. presidential race, partisan conflicts have raged over issues from immigration to abortion, gay rights to gun control. In the Seventh-day Adventist Church, theological debates continue to divide us over issues ranging from the nature of Christ to music in the church. The d
With the advent of globalization[1] coupled with multimedia resources and a plethora of varying belief systems and methods of establishing those creeds, how should we make sense of and interact with the divergent movements in society? Battle lines are drawn, opposing factions are equipped with the paraphernalia of ideologies and arms, and so-called
