PERSONALITY OF GOD. ___________ by James White (Click here for a scan of the original.) {1.1} MAN was made in the image of God. “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him.” Genesis 1:26, […]
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The SDA Forgotten Foundation – Materialism
The SDA Forgotten Foundation – Materialism A study related to the SDA Sabbath School Lesson for 2021, 4th Quarter Present Truth In Deuteronomy Week 10 by Mary Zebrowski Edited by Trent Wilde This week’s lesson is entitled, “Remember, Do Not Forget.” So, we thought we would talk about a foundation – if not THE foundation […]
Why Early SDAs Rejected Trinitarianism
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) In the last two posts (What is Trinitarianism Anyway? and Non-Trinitarians Who Say The Holy Spirit Is A Person), we covered some important historical facts about what trinitarianism actually is and about how the personhood of the Holy Spirit isn’t inherently connected to trinitarianism. Modalism, Christian Tritheism, Arianism, and Holy-Spirit-Is-An-Angelism are […]
Non-Trinitarians Who Say the Holy Spirit Is A Person
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) We’re continuing our series that explores the differences between the early-SDA and modern-SDA discussions regarding whether or not the Holy Spirit is a person (see part 1 and part 2). As a reminder, the first difference is that modern SDAs tend to think the personhood of the Holy Spirit is intrinsically […]
What is Trinitarianism Anyway? – SDA Holy Spirit Debate Now vs Then 2
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) This is the second post of our series explaining the differences between the early-SDA and modern-SDA discussions over whether the Holy Spirit is a person (read the first post here). As a reminder, the first difference is that, in the modern-SDA discussion, both trinitarians and non-trinitarians commonly conflate the question of […]
2022 Unleavened Bread Projects
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) We recently finished celebrating the Feast of Unleavened Bread and, as part of keeping the feast, we published some new studies. In this post, I’ll be telling you a bit about each study and then I recommend following the links to read or watch them in full. Project 1: The Two […]
How Could “The Invisible Christ” Be A Female?
Question: Please explain the SDA doctrine of the personality of God and harmonize the following statement from Victor Houteff, wherein he says the Holy Spirit is the invisible Christ, with what you are teaching that the Holy Spirit is a Female. Thus “holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” 2 […]
The Holy Spirit A Person by R. A. Underwood
The Holy Spirit A Person by R. A. Underwood 1898 Introduction (by Trent Wilde) This series of articles by Rufus Underwood represents one of the earliest SDA expositions in favor of the doctrine that the Holy Spirit is a person. As such, it serves as an important window into the meaning of this doctrine to […]
SDA Holy Spirit Debate Now vs Then 1
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) In the last two posts, I explained 1st) the early SDA doctrine of the personality of God and 2nd) Ellen White’s teaching regarding whether or not the Holy Spirit is a person. In this post (and probably for a few more), we’ll be continuing with the same basic topic. More specifically, […]
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 […]