Theology

The controversy over the doctrine of the Trinity in the church is now present in several parts of the world field. One of the arguments used to support the idea that Christ was not eternal but that He had a beginning is that the title monogenēs means “only begotten.” As we will indicate, this i...

One of the controversies that have created a bit of a stir in evangelical theological circles in recent times is the debate over what has come to be called, among others, “open theism.” The term “open theism” is noted to have been introduced in 1980 with the publication of Seventh-day Adventist ...

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...

Theological clarity on any issue is a desired goal not only for intellectual respectability but also to legitimize and deepen spiritual experience. Certainly, if any theological issue needed clarification, the subject of biblical covenants, particularly the relationship between the old and new co...

Introduction Although the terms theology and theologian were used in non-Christian Greek literature, they apparently were intentionally avoided by the biblical writers. In Greek usage, a theologian was a person who spoke of the gods or about divine things, using mythological discourse. Durin...

Although Ellen White never attended a theological seminary, nor did she write a systematic theology, there is no doubt that she wrote in the framework of a theological system, and through her visions contributed significantly to Adventist theology. While all our doctrines are solidly based on Scr...

Last year Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi distributed through his website a series of studies dealing with prophetic events, the role of Islam in prophecy, and the role of E. G. White as a prophet, that raised questions in the mind of many of his readers with respect to his commitment to the Adventist vi...

Introduction In a manner that sets us apart from other Christians, the Seventh-day Adventist view of the cosmic struggle between good and evil focuses attention on earth’s first and last events as well as the cross. At all these times in history we understand Christ to be at work, first as the Cr...

The Christian church is that body of people who have been reconciled to God and their fellow men in Jesus Christ. They are all members of a body of which Christ is the head (Eph 1:22, 23). The Christian life, however, the new life in Christ within the church, is not its own end. Christians care ...