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Goldstein, Clifford. God, Gödel, and Grace.

If the maxim is true that good things come in small packages, then it will be reinforced by this latest in Clifford Goldstein’s series of publications. Multiplied thousands have appreciated Goldstein’s writings, and here he leads us into what will be new territory, even uncharted waters for some....

Music in the Presence of a Holy God: Principles for Religious Music based on the Biblical Concept of Holiness

It is no secret that music—particularly religious music—is one of the most debated topics in Christianity. Faced with such a complex and difficult-to-resolve issue, it is essential to study Scripture and Ellen G. White’s writings to look for guiding principles to determine how our worship music s...

Thoughts on Meditation

For some, meditation is an inner experience that transcends conceptualization. It has been directly related to mysticism in that it promises to transcend personal experience or perception. Even among some Christian traditions, meditation is considered an effort of an immortal soul that is captive...

Is God Responsible for COVID-19?

With the challenge of COVID-19 has come questions and statements about the role of God in natural disasters and pandemic outbreaks. Some question why such disasters occur and whether the 2020 coronavirus is God’s means of drawing humanity’s attention to His sovereignty. Others have said that the ...

God’s Character and the Last Generation

Several critical responses to last generation theology (LGT) have recently come off the press within Seventh-day Adventist circles. Among them are Ángel Manuel Rodríguez’s article, “Theology of the Last Generation and the Vindication of the Character of God: Overview and Evaluation,” George R. K...

Loving God with our Heart and Mind

As Seventh-day pastors, teachers, scientists, and administrators, we engage in research, teaching, preaching, and passing on to others what we have learned and discovered. In doing so we attempt to speak “the truth in love” (Eph 4:15, NKJV). But within our ranks there is a strangely underdevelope...

God of Sense and Traditions of Non-Sense

In his book God of Sense and Traditions of Non-Sense Sigve K. Tonstad, professor of biblical interpretation at Loma Linda University in California, tackles some of the most difficult questions connected with the thorny issue of suffering, evil, and the goodness of God. Tonstad is a master of wo...

“The Creator Loves This Place: God’s Care for His Creation and Our Responsibility”

Seventh-day Adventists have referred in our name to two critical events in which we believe, both involving the entire planet: one that has happened, and one that will happen in the future. We have expressed our understanding of these two events in our fundamental beliefs—doctrines that we believ...

John C. Peckman The Love of God: A Canonical Model

John C. Peckman The Love of God: A Canonical Model (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015), 295 pages. US$24.95 John C. Peckham is associate professor of theology and Christian philosophy at the Theological Seminary of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. The book is based on Peckham’s ...

Martin Pröbstle, Himmel auf Erden: Gott begegnet uns im Heiligtum

Martin Pröbstle, Himmel auf Erden: Gott begegnet uns im Heiligtum (St. Peter, Austria: Seminar Schloss Bogenhofen, 2013), 259 pp. US$20.00. Martin Pröbstle is an Old Testament professor at Bogenhofen Seminary in Austria. Himmel auf Erden is an expanded version of his book Where God and I Meet:...

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“From Cause to Manifestation”: Rereading John 9:3

The disciples’ question in John 9:2 reflects an explanatory framework widely attested in Second Temple Judaism: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (RSV). Jesus’ response in John 9:3, however, raises an interpretive problem of considerable interest: “. . . but t...

Celebrating the Baptism of Jesus: A Chronological Case for AD 27

Introduction Jesus is the center of history, both theologically and chronologically. While His birth divides the Western calendar into before and after Christ (BC and AD), His death and resurrection mark a new chapter not only for human redemptive history, but also for all creation. Surprisingly,...

Religious Liberty and the Character of God

The great controversy is premised on a question about God's character. Is He just? Is He loving? Is His government established upon voluntary love, or merely required compliance? Consider any war between two sides. Two nations. Two armies. Both are looking for the same thing: an edge, the one a...

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