Alden Thompson

The year 1888 rivals 1844 as the most interesting date in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. In that year powerful crosscurrents and deceptive undercurrents swirled together in a manner that has…

Whenever I come to the prayers of the Old Testament, I have difficulty in re straining my enthusiasm, for they have helped me greatly in solving two problems of Christian experience and theology. In fact, my study…

A casual conversation after church several years ago provides a good introduction to the casebook/codebook question. A man stepped up to me and volunteered the following comment: "I see that the School of Theology is going to begin ordaining…

In the April 1995 issue of Ministry Andrew Bates suggested that the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15 could be a biblical key to the women's ordination dilemma: If Jerusalem could make circumcision optional for Gentiles, Adventists could…

Seventh-day Adventist Statement of Faith #18: "The great principles of God's law are embodied in the Ten Commandments and exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God's love, will, and purposes…

Since shortly after the middle of the twentieth century, Seventh-day Adventists have been in sporadic and sometimes painful dialogue with the Evangelical community. Influenced by the Fundamentalist movement, many…