Scholars of the South Pacific Division with the support of the local BRC have recently published two tomes:

Hermeneutical Intertextuality and the Contemporary Meaning of Scripture (edited by Ross Cole and Paul Petersen [Adelaide, South Australia: ATF Theology and Avondale Academic Press, 2014], 308 pp. US$34.95)is a collection of papers from a 2003 Seventh‐day Adventist Biblical Conference at Avondale College in Australia on the broad topic of intertextuality. The book discusses the ationship between modern hermeneutics and faith and focuses on how to read and apply the Bible in the twenty first century.

Biblical and Theological Studies on the Trinity (edited by Paul B. Petersen and Robert K. McIver [Adelaide, South Australia: ATF Theology and Avondale Academic Press, 2014], 234 pp. US$34.95), as the the book description notes, many Christians who want to be biblical have questioned the official church doctrine on the Godhead. This collection of articles from a Seventh day Adventist conference in Sydney emphasizes, however, that the concept of the trinity is thoroughly biblical. The book covers a variety of aspects of the discussion of the doctrine—biblical, historical, and theological.

It is of the greatest importance that you continually search the Scriptures, storing the mind with the truths of God. You may be separated from the companionship of Christians and placed where you will not have the privilege of meeting with the children of God. You need the treasures of God’s Word hidden in your heart.” Ellen White, My Life Today, 28.