(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) In my last post, I mentioned a short article that my wife and I wrote answering the question, “What is the SDA doctrine of the Personality of God?” If you don’t know much about the subject, it’s easy to pass it by without giving it much thought. But it’s actually a […]
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What is the SDA doctrine of the Personality of God?
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 […]
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 […]
Moral Image and Moral Likeness
Moral Image and Moral Likeness by George W. Amadon [originally published in Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Jan. 5, 1860] In the first chapter of Genesis we have a statement that God made man in his own image and after his own likeness. See chap. 1:26, 27. This account is often siezed upon by our […]
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. […]
The Godhead Family: Building Upon Early SDA Theology
A study related to the SDA Sabbath School Lesson for 2021, 3rd Quarter Rest In Christ Week 6 by Mary Zebrowski Edited by Trent Wilde This week’s lesson is entitled, “Finding Rest in Family Ties,” so this week, we thought we would talk about the godhead as a family. The SDA pioneers took the Father […]
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 […]
THE Faith Once Delivered to The Saints
THE Faith Once Delivered to The Saints A Letter from James White to Enoch Jacobs [originally published in The Day-Star, January 24, 1846] Letter from Bro. White. Portland, Me., Jan. 8th, 1845 DEAR BRO. JACOBS: — Permit me to speak this once freely, and as unfettered to the readers of the Day Star as I […]
Is God Everywhere at Once?
A study related to the SDA Sabbath School Lesson for 2021, 2nd Quarter The Promise: God’s Everlasting Covenant Week 11 by Mary Zebrowski Edited by Trent Wilde This week’s lesson is entitled, “New Covenant Sanctuary.” Sunday’s lesson is entitled, “Relationships,” and discusses the reason why God wanted His people to build a sanctuary on earth, […]