V. Norskov Olsen

In the New Testament "forgive" and "forgiveness" appear 66 times as the transla­tion of four Greek words which appear in about 250 places with different render­ings. Because of the transla­tion by one English word of several Greek words,…

Of the about five thou­sand words in the Greek New Testament, approxi­mately three thousand are found in the ancient or classi­cal Greek writings from Homer to Demosthenes cover­ing a period from about 700 B.C. to 300 B.C. Until fifty years…

The words "forgive" and "forgiveness" in the Old Testament of the English Bi­ble¹ are the translation of three Hebrew words, namely kaphar, nake and saletch.

Kaphar

The Hebrew word kaphar…

The ultimate aim in all preaching is to persuade. A preacher should say with Paul, "We persuade men" (2 Cor. 5:11), or with Ellen G. White, "We must persuade men everywhere" (Evangelism, p. 217).

Sister White once wrote to a minister:

"Your…

From the time of the Reformation, church historians have often presented distorted descriptions of the early Baptist movement—or no description at all. The fanatic Zwikau Prophets in Wittenberg and the millenarian enthusiasm of…

During the Middle Ages men and movements arose from time to time attempting to restore believers' baptism, which, along with many other elements of New Testament Christianity, was lost for the main body of the Christian church when…

The following article, "How the Doctrine of Baptism Changed,'' illustrates the period of changing beliefs and doctrinal amalgamation that took place within the era of the Pergamos church.—Editors

The New Testament…

The following address was the keynote devotional of a two-day meeting held Octobers 3 and 4 in Washington, D.C., to examine righteousness by faith in its doctrinal and spiritual aspects. Dr. Olsen's emphasis on "Christ alone" set the…

The meaning of ordination must be sought in the Bible. But the task is not easy. The King James Version, which has influenced the church in the English-speaking world for three centuries, uses "ordain" to translate more than 20 different…