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INTRODUCTION
Please note that unless otherwise stated my Scripture quotations will be from the
New International Version.
There are wonderful blessings in retirement for Seventh-day Adventist Ministers. My own experiencehas been really wonderful. The first two years of my retirement saw me teaching Bible doctrines toyoung people at Avondale College here at Cooranbong. For most of my years as a Christian I had a burning desire to share my discoveries related to the Trinity doctrine. I could not seem to be able tomake headway with this while teaching so I reluctantly withdrew from it and devoted my time to thewriting of a book. Along the way I have had the great privilege of relieving as Church Pastor in sixParishes here in Australia - three in Western Australia (one of them on two occasions), one in NewSouth Wales, and one in Queensland. A couple of other requests for me to fill this position have alsocome my way but I have not been able to fit these into my schedule. I am sad to report that the joy has been somewhat marred because in recent times I have been invited to a number of Churches that haverequested me to run meetings on the Trinity because of members who oppose this teaching. The mostrecent experience I had in a Church in which I was relieving was in Queensland. A number of dissidents had been bothering the members with attacks on the Trinity doctrine. I ran four Sabbathafternoon meetings, each of ninety minutes duration, on the subject in order to try and clarify the matter for as many as wanted to attend. Incredibly, not one of the dissidents attended any of the meetings, butI think I can safely say that each meeting was attended by at least fifty appreciative members, somecoming from other nearby SDA ChurchesUnfortunately, some Adventists have chosen to oppose this doctrine, which is a Fundamental Belief of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. My research on the matter has convinced me that they have takentheir stand without being properly informed. This may be because they have not adequately done their homework and have just accepted what some other agitators have spread around. There is muchdefective material on the subject being circularised. It seems to have been spread all over the world.Their advertising against the doctrine comes in a variety of forms. I personally have a video and audiotapes as well as more than two dozen books and booklets produced by the dissidents. As I have readand heard much of it I have been unable to refrain from thinking SOS (same old stuff) for most of whatis circularised is merely a rehash of what others have prepared. Collectively, this material is like aguided missile which has a triple warhead. The warheads are aimed at the Trinity doctrine andTrinitarians and could be labelled 1, 2, 3 as follows:1.Biblical arguments.2.Our leading Pioneers did not believe the doctrine.3.Ellen G. White did not teach the subject positively..Their advertising is extensive but their missiles fail on impact. Their attempts to advertise against thesubject remind me of a story told by Morris Venden:A lion met a tiger as they drank beside the pool.Said the tiger to the lion, “Why are you roaring like a fool?”“That’s not foolish,” said the lion, with a twinkle in his eyes.“They call me king of all the beasts because I advertise.”A rabbit heard them talking, ran homeward like a streak.He thought he’d try the lion’s trick, but his roar was just a squeak.A fox was walking by that way – had luncheon in the woods.Moral: Never advertise unless you have the goods.The clear facts are that the agitating anti-Trinitarians do not have the goods as will become obvious toall those willing to consider the contents of this book. The information I provide is, in some places, innote form, in others the information is considerable. It should be sufficient for anyone desiring a fair-minded appraisal of this very important subject. However, I wish also to draw attention to my book
Understanding the Trinity
(available at Seventh-day Adventist book stores). This providesatreatmentof the subject based upon Scripture only. It exposes warhead 1 as being entirely out of harmony withthe Bible. I strongly recommend the study of this book to those interested in truth. While the book is based upon Scripture only, this book,
The Trinity Doctrine for Seventh-day Adventists,
also takes into
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