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What is the Unpardonable Sin?
Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or ...
“Glimpses Of The Spirit”
In his well-known work The Coming of the Comforter , LeRoy E. Froom expresses the following thought when speaking about the personality of the Holy Spirit: “This is not a mere technical, academic, or impractical question. It is of utmost importance and highest practical value. If He is a divine ...
Conversion, the Gift of the Holy Spirit, and New Testament Religious Practices
The question of conversion and its relationship to the gift of the Holy Spirit and the practice of water baptism is an important one. In some Christian denominations they are virtually inseparable, while in others they are related but clearly separate. In a few places, the New Testament also seem...
A Review of Some Resources for Studying Revival and Reformation
Mark A. Finley, Receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit: 10 Days in the Upper Room . Napa, Id.: Pacific Press, 2011. US $9.99. Ron E. M. Clouzet, Adventism’s Greatest Need: The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit . Nampa, Id.: Pacific Press, 2011. US $15.99. These two volumes are a valuable contributio...
Symposium Seeks Better Understanding of the Holy Spirit
More than 300 theologians, administrators, and pastors gathered in Iguassu Falls, Brazil for the ninth annual Biblical-Theological Symposium of the South American Division, May 19-23, 2011, to seek a better understanding of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Twenty-nine presenters from a dozen coun...
The Holy Spirit: Divine Friend and Advocate
It is the Holy Spirit who enables us to have a spiritual life. Yet there are sometimes misconceptions about the Holy Spirit. Who is the Holy Spirit and what is His work? I. Images of the Holy Spirit Just as the Father and the Son are described with images, so also is the Holy Spirit. These images...
The Holy Spirit, Sickness, Prayer, and Healing
There is a growing interest among some Adventists concerning the nature and role of the Holy Spirit. Questions related to the personality and individuality of the Spirit are being debated, motivated by opposition to the doctrine of the Trinity. Occasionally the power of the Spirit is emphasized a...
God's Presence in the Sanctuary: A Theology of His Nearness
Seventh-day Adventist Statement of Faith #23: "Christ's Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary. There is a sanctuary in heaven, the true tabernacle which the Lord set up and not man. In it Christ ministers on our behalf, making available to believers the benefits of His atoning sacrifice offered onc...
“Spiritual Warfare” and “Deliverance Ministry” and Seventh-day Adventists
Approved by BRICOM, May 5, 1983 Approved by BRIAD, May 12, 1983 Foreword During the past decade there has developed, particularly among charismatic Christian bodies in various places, a movement that has come to be known as “deliverance ministry” in which evil spirits—believed to control human be...
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Is tithing normative for Christians? For some, a cursory look at the passages on tithing shows that in biblical times the tithe functioned primarily to sustain the Levites and priests as their reward for the service of the sanctuary and, therefore, because Jesus’ death brought an end to the sacri...
The Character of God through the Lens of Creation
The Genesis creation account not only explains the origins of the world and humanity; it also offers profound insight into the character of the Creator. At the outset, we should note that the placement of Genesis 1 at the opening of Scripture is profoundly significant. As J. Richard Middleton obs...
Why Didn't Adam and Eve Die Immediately?
Because Adam and Eve did not die on the exact day that they ate of the forbidden fruit, it is sometimes claimed that since one day is with the Lord as a thousand years (2 Pet 3:8) and Adam lived less than a thousand years (Gen 5:5), Adam, therefore, did die within that one-thousand-year “day.” An...