Question: What is the SDA doctrine of the Personality of God? Answer: (by Teresa and Trent Wilde) Whatever it may be, Ellen White called it a foundation truth that “is everything to us as a people.” This tells us a couple of things: 1. It’s supremely important. 2. It was understood by the SDA people […]
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The Personality of God by D.M. Canright
(PDF) Introduction: by Trent Wilde The phrase “The Personality of God” was used by early Seventh-day Adventists to refer to their distinct doctrine of God. In the period immediately following the Great Disappointment, this was among the earliest doctrines that united those who would go on to found the SDA denomination; it preceded even the […]
What Happened on Oct. 22, 1844 is Not Immaterial
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) (PDF) Today (Oct. 17, 2021) is the Day of Atonement. 177 years ago, many thousands were expecting Jesus to return on this day, but their hopes were disappointed. October 22, 1844, went down in the history books as The Great Disappointment. A small portion of those disappointed ones went on to […]
Materialistic Theism in the Philippian Christ Hymn
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) Theism is belief in the existence of God. But what is God? While the world’s religions have a variety of ideas about God, almost everyone agrees on certain aspects of his fundamental nature. Most would say that God is above and beyond the universe, for he brought the universe into existence. […]
How Can I Say God Is Physical?
How Can I Say God Is Physical? By Brinnon Spence 4th century BCE Jewish coinpossibly depicting Yahweh First off, this is a really great question! It is important to realize that the idea that God is physical is not something that I, or anyone else in modern times, came up with. It is actually something […]
Similarity of the Doctrines of Modern Churches and those of Infidels
Similarity of the Doctrines of Modern Churches and those of Infidels by Daniel.W. Hull [taken from Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, July 7, 1859] I HOPE the intelligent reader will not think for a moment that the following remarks were prompted by any ill feelings whatever towards any church; for it is not the case. […]
Materialism: Our Forgotten Foundation
The purpose of this booklet is to bring to the attention of the Advent people, both ministers and laypersons alike, to one of the oft-forgotten foundations of our faith; that being, materialism. In short, our faith as Seventh-day Adventists has been built within the framework of philosophical materialism, the belief that all things in the […]