First Impressions Trivia is one of my things. I have a tendency to pepper conversations with interesting facts that many people wouldn’t have thought twice about once they’ve heard. Trivia is the way I am wired. It is also a way that I enjoy learning new things. Put some knowledge into the form of a trivia game and I’m hooked and learning. Naturall
Apostle or Apostate? Douglas Morgan’s biography thoroughly covers the life of a powerful preacher who pastored in four different denominations over the course of his career. Lewis Sheafe’s life, which is relatively unknown in most Adventist circles, takes many twists and turns. In 1916 a newspaper editor calls him, “One of the greatest Bible schola
Calvin B. Rock structures his book in three parts: The Protest Movements, The Challenge Ahead, and Appendices. The first part discusses four phases of the push towards racial parity in the Seventh-day Adventist Church: social and administrative participation (1889—1928), the creation of colored conferences (1929—1944), the creation of black
Samuel London’s book is a historical analysis of the Adventist church’s stance towards social activism and the resulting effects of both decentralized attempts at promoting civil rights for African-Americans and the general tendency to refuse involvement in social justice. The first part documents the “Origins and Development of Nonparticipa
Daniel 11 Decoded is Doukhan’s most recent book on Daniel and, as the title suggests, is an exegetical, historical, and theological analysis of chapter 11. The first five chapters shape the framework of the study in relation to the book of Daniel, relevant major biblical themes, and the contemporary context of interpretation. Thus, in chapter 1 Dou
The blessing that God bestowed upon Jacob brings us face to face with the fact that God wants a fight.—Peter Rollins Matthew J. Korpman’s latest book—Saying No to God: A Radical Approach to Reading the Bible Faithfully—is a compelling and stunning dance between the axiomatic and the uncomfortable. On the one hand, much of what is in the book
The issue of theodicy goes centuries back and has been summarized by Hume in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion as follows: Epicurus’s old questions are yet unanswered. Is he [God] willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil?[i] I
Knight’s writing contribution to this book consists primarily of some sixty pages. Don’t be misled, though; those sixty pages make it worth the purchase. Few authors can pull that off, but… it’s George Knight. These have been some of the most enlightening words I’ve read in the last decade, and I have been studying in academia for even longer than
I read this book in one breath. Not only because it is relatively short and well written, but because it is filled with historical research that helps contextualize a major challenge of our church: biblical interpretation. If you think our hermeneutical struggles are recent, you may be surprised to discover that some core dissensions go at least on
Most Christians believe that God is a Trinity, as do most Seventh-day Adventists. Beyond the fact that it is a mystery how God can be Three in One (as are many other things concerning God), the doctrine has had much support for centuries, though not without significant controversy. Some controversy exists even in our church as people embrace differ
