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Is the Adventist Faith Legalistic? The Law in Christianity and Judaism

Aecio E. Cairus

07/2 (Fall 1996)

AdventismLaw

The Remnant Church

Gerhard Pfandl

08/1 (Spring 1997)

Remnant

The President's Page: Creation—The Sine Qua Non of Adventism

Jiri Moskala

15/2 (Fall 2004)

AdventismCreation

God, the Trinity, and Adventism: An Introduction to the Issues

Denis Fortin

17/1 (Spring 2006)

AdventismTrinity

Ytr as a Remnant Term in the Book of Jeremiah

Kenneth D. Mulzac

19/1 (Spring 2008)

Remnant

From Vision to System: Finishing the Task of Adventist Theology: Part I: Historical Review

Fernando Canale

15/2 (Fall 2004)

AdventismHistoryTheology

Constitution and Bylaws of the Adventist Theological Society

15/1 (Spring 2004)

AdventismTheology

From Vision to System: Finishing the Task of Adventist Theology: Part III Sanctuary and Hermeneutics

Fernando Canale

17/2 (Fall 2006)

AdventismHermeneuticsSanctuaryTheology

The Remnant Concept as Defined by Amos

Ganoune Diop

07/2 (Fall 1996)

Remnant

From Vision to System: Finishing the Task of Adventist Biblical and Systematic Theologies--Part II

Fernando Canale

16/1 (Spring 2005)

AdventismScriptureTheology

Adventist Interpretation of Daniel 10-12: A Diagnosis and Prescription

Donn W. Leatherman

07/1 (Spring 1996)

AdventismDaniel

Adventist Theology and Deep Time/Evolutionary Theory: Are They Compatible?

Fernando Canale

15/2 (Fall 2004)

AdventismEvolutionTheology

What Is an Adventist? Someone Who Upholds Creation

Marco T. Terreros

07/2 (Fall 1996)

AdventismCreation

History of Seventh-day Adventist Views on the Trinity

Merlin D. Burt

17/1 (Spring 2006)

AdventismHistoryTrinity

Slavery, Prophecy, and the American Nation as Seen by the Adventist Pioneers, 1854-1865

Trevor O'Reggio

17/2 (Fall 2006)

AdventismProphecy

The Quest for a Biblical Trinity: Ellen White's "Heavenly Trio" Compared to the Traditional Doctrine

Jerry Moon

17/1 (Spring 2006)

DoctrineScriptureSpirit of ProphecyTrinity

The Doctrine of the Trinity Among Seventh-day Adventists

Gerhard Pfandl

17/1 (Spring 2006)

AdventismDoctrineTrinity

The End of Historicism? Reflections on the Adventist Approach to Biblical Apocalyptic--Part Two

Jon Paulien

17/1 (Spring 2006)

AdventismHistoryScripture

Exploring the Factors That Shaped the Early Adventist Mission to Jamaica

Trevor O'Reggio

19/1 (Spring 2008)

Adventism

A Brief History of Adventist Hermeneutics

C. Mervyn Maxwell

04/2 (Fall 1993)

AdventismHermeneuticsHistory

Adventist Doctrines and Progressive Revelation

P. Gerard Damsteegt

02/1 (Spring 1991)

AdventismDoctrine

Adventist Identity and Evangelical Criticism

C. Raymond Holmes

02/2 (Fall 1991)

Adventism

Another Look at Adventist Hermeneutics

George W. Reid

02/1 (Spring 1991)

AdventismHermeneutics

Seventh-day Adventism, Doctrinal Statements, and Unity

Michael W. Campbell

27/2 (Fall 2016)

AdventismDoctrine

Vision and Mission--Part 2: Christ, Spirituality, and the Emerging Remnant Church

Fernando Canale

27/2 (Fall 2016)

Remnant

Is Adventist Theology Compatible With Evolutionary Theory?

Fernando Canale

10/4 (Fall 2005)

AdventismEvolutionTheology

The Eclipse of Scripture and the Protestantization of the Adventist Mind--Part 2

Fernando Canale

22/1 (Spring 2011)

AdventismScripture

The Eclipse of Scripture and the Protestantization of the Adventist Mind--Part 1

Fernando Canale

21/2 (Fall 2010)

AdventismScripture

On Being the Remnant

Fernando Canale

24/1 (Spring 2013)

Remnant

The Adventist Pilgrim: A Construct for Theological Reflection

Erik C. Carter

28/1 (Spring 2017)

AdventismTheology

The Tension of Seventh-day Adventist Identity: An Existential & Eschatological Perspective

Jacques Doukhan

26/1 (Spring 2015)

AdventismEschatology

Ellen G. White's Role in Ministering to God's Remnant

Paul A. Gordon

02/2 (Fall 1991)

RemnantSpirit of Prophecy

Early Adventist Timesettings and Their Implications for Today

P. Gerard Damsteegt

04/1 (Spring 1993)

Adventism

History of Inspiration in the Adventist Church (1844-1915)

Alberto R. Timm

05/1 (Spring 1994)

AdventismHistorySanctuary

How to Pick Real Seventh-day Adventists Out of a Bushel of Christians

C. Mervyn Maxwell

01/1 (Spring 1990)

Adventism

Born a Gay and Born Again?: Adventism's Changing Attitude

Samuel Koranteng-Pipim

10/1 (Spring 1999)

Adventism

"Are You Born Again?": A Doctrine of Regeneration

Ed Christian

10/1 (Spring 1999)

Doctrine

Blessed Assurance? Yes!: A Doctrine of the Assurance of Salvation

Ed Christian

10/1 (Spring 1999)

Doctrine

Hate Your Family and Carry Your Cross: A Doctrine of Discipleship

Ed Christian

10/1 (Spring 1999)

AtonementDoctrineFamily

The End Time Remnant in Revelation

Ekkehardt Mueller

11/1 (Spring 2000)

RemnantRevelation

Straight-Legged People: Elijah's Message to Revelation's Remnant

Ed Christian

11/1 (Spring 2000)

RemnantRevelation

Recent Developments in Luther Research: Implications for the Adventist Understanding of Christ our Righteousness

C. Raymond Holmes

12/2 (Fall 2001)

AdventismLutherRighteousness

Is There Room for Systematics in Adventist Theology?

Fernando Canale

12/2 (Fall 2001)

AdventismTheology

"The Remnant of My Sheep": A Study of Jeremiah 23:1-8 in Its Biblical and Theological Contexts

Kenneth D. Mulzac

13/1 (Spring 2002)

RemnantScriptureTheology

Staying Within the Boundaries: Contextualization of Adventism for India

Gordon Christo

13/2 (Fall 2002)

Adventism

Adventist Theological-Missiology: Contextualization in Mission and Ministry

Wagner Kuhn

27/2 (Fall 2016)

AdventismTheology

The Duties and Responsibilities of the Seventh-day Adventist Theologian

Larry L. Lichtenwalter

20/2 (Fall 2009)

AdventismTheology

Adventist Eschatology in Relation to the Religious Left and the Religious Right

Michael F. Younker

23/2 (Fall 2012)

AdventismEschatology

Misinterpreted End-Time Issues: Five Myths in Adventism

Jiri Moskala

28/1 (Spring 2017)

Adventism

Early Seventh-day Adventist Views on Calvin and Calvinism

Julius Nam

20/2 (Fall 2009)

AdventismCalvinReformation

The Father of Black Adventism: Charles M. Kinny

Trevor O'Reggio

25/1 (Spring 2014)

Adventism

The Rise of the New Apostolic Reformation and Its Implications for Adventist Eschatology

Trevor O'Reggio

23/2 (Fall 2012)

AdventismEschatologyReformation

Adventist Doctrines and Progressive Revelation

Gerard Damsteegt

AdventismDoctrine

Desmond Ford and the Righteousness by Faith Controversy

Gerhard Pfandl

27/2 (Fall 2016)

Desmond FordRighteousness

Seventh-day Adventists and Christmas

Gerhard Pfandl

11/4 (Winter 2006)

Adventism

The President's Page: The New Constitution and Bylaws of the Adventist Theological Society

Jiri Moskala

15/1 (Spring 2004)

AdventismTheology

Presuppositions: The Key to the Formulation of Biblical Doctrine

Bruce Norman

04/1 (Spring 1993)

DoctrineScripture

The Role of SDA Education in the Formation of Adventist Lifestyle

George H. Akers

04/1 (Spring 1993)

AdventismLifestyle

Salvation and the Adventist Faith and Mission

Mario Veloso

03/2 (Fall 1992)

Adventism

Thinking about Thinking: An Assessment of Presuppositions Underlying Adventist Lifestyle Issues

Ron du Preez

04/1 (Spring 1993)

AdventismLifestyle

Justification by Faith: An Adventist Understanding

Peter M. van Bemmelen

20/2 (Fall 2009)

AdventismJustificationRighteousness

"If God gives me strength, I shall be in the cities": Ellen G. White, "Outpost Centers," and Mission Work in Cities

David Trim|Ashlee Chism

31/1-2 (Spring 2020)

AdventismAdventist HistoryCultureHistoryLifestyle

Cracking the Whip to Make a Perfect Church: The Purge of the Battle Creek Church on April 6, 1870

Kevin M. Burton

29/1-2 2018

Adventist HistoryEcclesiologyRighteousness

Desmond Ford and the Sanctuary Message

Gerhard Pfandl

29/1-2 2018

DanielDesmond FordEschatology

Compassionate Ministry: Christological and Practical Reflections

Anna Galeniece

30/1-2 (Spring 2019)

AdventismCultureLifestyleTheology

Education and Eschatology: Why Theological Education is Necessary

Jirí Moskala

31/1-2 (Spring 2020)

AdventismEschatologyPhilosophy

The Doctrine of Atonement in Communal Contexts

Kelvin Onongha

31/1-2 (Spring 2020)

AdventismAtonementCultureDoctrine

Academic Freedom and Accountability and SDA Theological Seminaries

Rene Gehring

31/1-2 (Spring 2020)

AdventismEcclesiologyEpistemologyHermeneuticsPhilosophy

Christ in the Covenant Curses? Deuteronomy 28 and the Gospel

A. Rahel Wells

32/1-2 (Spring 2021)

AdventismDoctrineNew TestamentOld TestamentWorldview

DocumentsBack to top

Reexamining the Eternal Generation of the Son and Its Implications to the Doctrine of the Trinity

Remwil R. Tornalejo

DoctrineTheologyTrinity

The Biblical Narrative of God and 'The Triune God': The Necessity of the Biblical Theological Frame for a Dogmatic Formulation of the Doctrine of Triune God

Jan Barna

DoctrineScriptureTheologyTrinity

Contrasting Views about the Divinty of Christ in Seventh-day Adventist Theology

Donny Chrissutianto

AdventismTheologyTrinity

Missions During the Reformation

Kelvin Onongha

Implications for the Revival and Reformation Focus in the Adventist Church

AdventismReformation

Travel Information for Southern Adventist University

Adventism

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Adventist Theological Society Presidential Address

Erasmus, the Protestant Reformation, and the Text of the New Testament

Carl P. Cosaert

AdventismReformation

Adventist Society for Religious Studies Presidential Address

Sola Scriptura, Truth, and the Future of Bible Interpretation

Olive Hemming

AdventismScripture

The Moral Government of God, the Sabbath, and Adventist Activism

Nicholas P. Miller

AdventismReformation

The Tension of the Seventh-day Adventist Identity

An Existential & Eschatological Perspective

Jacques B. Doukhan

AdventismEschatology

Morning Devotional

Jack Blanco

AdventismEschatology

Deceiving Spirits in Job and Revelation

Prolepsis and Reiteration

Lael O. Caesar

AdventismEschatology

Exclusivism versus Inclusivism

Citizenship in the Pentateuch and its Metaphorical Usage in Ephesians​

Martin Klingbeil

AdventismEschatology

Adventism and Biblical Worldview

Ed Zinke

AdventismEschatology

Judgment for the Saints

The Justice of God in Psalms 3–14

Jerome Skinner

AdventismEschatology

Isaiah's Messiah

Adventist Identity for the Last Days

Stephane Beaulieu

AdventismEschatology

Unkitsching Reality

Towards an Adventist Philosophy of History​

Ante Jeroncic

AdventismEschatologyPhilosophy

Corporate Identity

A view from Inside and Outside

Michael F. Younker

AdventismEschatology

ATS Recognition Program & Mini-Concert Covenant of Praise

Thomas R. Shepherd

AdventismEschatology

Do Believers Receive Preferential Treatment?: The Patient, the Obedient, the Faithful, and the Reward

Felix H. Cortez

AdventismEschatology

Ezekiel 40–48 and the Identity of Adventism

Jirí Moskala

AdventismEschatology

Sabbath School

Alan Parker

AdventismEschatology

Worship Service – The Meaning of Adventist Eschatology

Stephen Bauer

AdventismEschatology

Is the Seventh-day Adventist Church the Last Remnant?

Richard Sabuin

AdventismEschatology

Jesus' Understanding of Daniel as a Unifying Vision for Adventists

Reimar Vetne

AdventismDanielEschatology

Adventism at the Crossroads

Identity & Eschatology—Panel Discussion

Stephen Bauer|Jacques B. Doukhan|Richard Sabuin|Thomas R. Shepherd|David Trim

AdventismEschatology

Adventist Theological Society Presidential Address “We Thank God for You” How Thanksgiving Transforms Our Walk

A Study in the Theology of Colossians

Thomas R. Shepherd

AdventismEcclesiology

Development of the Seventh-day Adventist Ministerial Identity, 1863-1881

Michael W. Campbell

AdventismEcclesiology

The Uniqueness of Christ's Resurrection and Its Relation to Human Salvation: An Adventist Perspective

Kyungho Song

Adventism

Desmond Ford and the Righteousness by Faith Controversy

Gerhard Pfandl

Desmond FordJustificationRighteousness

Righteousness by Faith and Doctrine

Ed Zinke

DoctrineJustificationRighteousness

Anne Hutchinson and Adventist Views of Justification

Stephen Bauer

AdventismJustificationRighteousness

The Holy and the Profane in Scripture and Adventism

Winfried Vogel

AdventismCultureLifestyleScripture

The Place of the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Canon

Jirí Moskala

AdventismDanielProphecySpirit of Prophecy

The Text of the Creation Sabbath (Genesis 2:1-3)

Theological Intentionality for the Concept of Holiness in the Pentateuch

Mathilde Frey

AdventismCreationProphecySpirit of Prophecy

Nomological or Inspirational? Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in 1 Corinthians

A. Rahel Schafer

AdventismProphecySpirit of Prophecy

Repentance and Personal Responsibility in Ezekiel 18 and Its Inner-Textual and Intertextual Contexts

Jan Sigvartsen

AdventismProphecySpirit of Prophecy

Intrinsic Canonicity

The Inadequacy of the Community to Determine the Canon

John Peckham

AdventismProphecySpirit of Prophecy

How the Bible Spells Success

Ron E. M. Clouzet

AdventismProphecyScriptureSpirit of Prophecy

The Prophetic Stream

Isaac A. Olatunji, Jr.

AdventismProphecySpirit of Prophecy

A New Look at the Year-Day Principle

Jon Paulien

AdventismProphecySpirit of Prophecy

The Authority of Ellen White

Gerhard Pfandl

AdventismProphecySpirit of Prophecy

Ellen G. White’s Passion for Jesus and Scripture

Merlin D. Burt

AdventismProphecyScriptureSpirit of Prophecy

Ellen G. White’s Use of the Theological Ellipse

Herbert E. Douglass

AdventismProphecySpirit of Prophecy

The Peptides of Peace (Sabbath School)

Vicki Griffin

AdventismHealthLifestyle

Adventist Standards

Constraint of Freedom

Miroslav Kis

AdventismHealthLifestyle

How to Know if a Biblical Law Applies to Modern Life

Roy E. Gane

AdventismHealthLifestyle

The Bill of Divorce

An Intertextual Reading of Tractate Gittin and the New Testament Logia Regarding Divorce

Donn W. Leatherman

AdventismHealthLifestyle

'Let No One Judge You:' Col. 2:16-17 in Biblical Perspective

' Col. 2

Edwin Reynolds

AdventismHealthLifestyle

Are the Laws of Leviticus 11 on Clean and Unclean Food Still Relevant?

Jirí Moskala

AdventismHealthLifestyle

Toward an Adventist Theology of Hope

Ángel M. Rodríguez

AdventismEschatology

The Doctrine of Atonement in Communal Contexts

Kelvin Onongha

AtonementDoctrine

The Place of Seventh-day Adventism in the Calvinist-Arminian Debate

Historical and Theological Perspectives on the Rise of Arminianism

Denis Fortin

AdventismCalvinReformation

Divine Election and Predestination

A Biblical Perspective

Hans K. LaRondelle

AdventismCalvinReformation

Seventh-day Adventism, Semi-Pelagianism, and Overlooked Topics in Adventism’s Soteriology

Moving Beyond Missing Links and Toward a More Explicit Understanding

George R. Knight

AdventismCalvinReformation

Arminianism as God-centered Theology

Roger Olson

AdventismCalvinReformation

Historical Backgrounds of the Doctrine of Sinning in Adam

Stephen Bauer

AdventismCalvinDoctrineReformation

Fate or Destiny

The Issue of Predestination and Free Will in Hebrew (OT) and Jewish Thought 

Jacques B. Doukhan

AdventismCalvinReformation

The Great Awakening—Calvinism, Arminianism and Revivalistic Preaching—Homiletical Lessons for Today

Kenley Hall

AdventismCalvinReformation

Two Visions of God and Male Headship

A Study in Calvinist and Arminian Presuppositions

Darius Jankiewicz

AdventismCalvinReformation

The Heart of Him Who Hardens Hearts

Skip MacCarty

AdventismCalvinReformation

“The Glory Which Shall be Revealed in Us”

The Biblical and Historical Roots of Last Generation Theology in the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Kevin Paulson

AdventismCalvinReformation

The Conditionality and Unconditionality of Divine Love

A Brief Consideration of the Relationship between Love and Election in the Old Testament

John C. Peckham

AdventismCalvinReformation

Soteriological Synergism and Its Surrounding Seductions

Barry Callen

AdventismCalvinReformation

Paul's Hope For All Israel

Romans 9-11

Hans K. LaRondelle

AdventismCalvinReformation

Calvin’s Teaching on Double Predestination in Light of the Biblical Message

Jirí Moskala

AdventismCalvinReformation

Origen’s apokatastasis and Ellen White’s “One Pulse of Harmony”

John W. Reeve

AdventismCalvinReformation

Does Open Theism Limit God?

Richard Rice

AdventismCalvinReformationTrinity

Ellen White and the Main Issues Between Arminianism and Calvinism

Peter M. van Bemmelen

AdventismCalvinReformation

Calvin, Arminius, Wesley and Seventh-day Adventism:  Could There Have Been Adventism Without Wesley and Arminius?

Woodrow W. Whidden

AdventismCalvinReformation

A Tentative Proposal for a Problem in Common

Logic in Arminianism and Adventism Within the Context of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom

Michael F. Younker

AdventismCalvinReformation

Arminian Theology as Evangelical Theology

Roger Olson

AdventismCalvinReformation

Incarnation, Death, Resurrection

Atonement as a Narrative

Ángel M. Rodríguez

AdventismCalvinDeathReformation

Assurance of Salvation

An Arminian Account

Keith Stanglin

AdventismCalvinReformation

Investigative Judgment and Assurance of Salvation

Woodrow W. Whidden

AdventismCalvinReformation

God's Word

The Potential For Ever More Truth

Barry Callen

AdventismCalvinReformation

Zechariah 3 and the Day of Atonement

David Hamstra

AdventismCalvinReformation

Predestined to Freedom According to Foreknowledge and Other Kinds of Divine Knowledge

Martin F. Hanna

AdventismCalvinReformation

Universal Legal Justification

A Failed Alternative Between Calvin and Arminius 

Joseph Olstad

AdventismCalvinReformation

The Implications of Arminius’ Understanding of the Intellect on the Role of Scholarship in the Mission of the SDA Church

Terry Robertson

AdventismCalvinReformation

The Knowledge from Creation

Condemning Glory and Hopeful Suffering in Romans 1:18-23 and 8:19-23 

A. Rahel Schafer

AdventismCalvinCreationReformation

Responsive Reason

Towards an Arminian Account of the Formation of Theistic Beliefs

Zane Yi

AdventismCalvinReformation

Reflections on the Symposium

Gary Land

AdventismCalvinReformation

Adventist Theological Society and Adventist Society for ReligiousStudies Banquet

Ted Wilson

AdventismFamilyLifestyleMarriage

Adventist Society for Religious Studies Presidential Address

Mark Carr

AdventismFamilyLifestyleMarriage

Adventist Theological Society Presidential Address

Felix H. Cortez

AdventismFamilyLifestyleMarriage