by Trent Wilde Today, the word “spirit” usually means something non-physical. The “spirit” of a person is thought to be the immaterial part of them – sometimes equated with the soul. The “spiritual realm” is considered to be a plane of existence beyond the bounds of space and time. When reading English translations of the […]
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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 Did Ellen White Teach About the Personality of the Holy Spirit?
(Podcast Version – Follow/Subscribe) What did Ellen White teach about the personality of the Holy Spirit? This question is closely connected to the question we addressed in the last post. As a reminder, the question last time was “What is the SDA doctrine of the Personality of God?” Also like the last post, the answer […]
What Did Ellen White Teach About the Personality of the Holy Spirit?
Question: What did Ellen White teach about the personality of the Holy Spirit? Answer: (by Teresa Wilde and Trent Wilde) The answer to this question is closely connected with another question we’ve already answered: “What is the early SDA doctrine of the Personality of God?” (Please read this article. It’s very short and provides the […]