(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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]