Disclaimer: My understanding of these concepts and my attempt to articulate them may not fully explain all the nuances in the broader Protestant and Adventist theology. So, I encourage you to check them on your own and feel free to disagree with me.  Introduction: The doctrine of salvation is defined by many protestant denominations as…

Don: I’d like to read from the book of Romans before I turn things over to Kiran. This is the central theme of what we’ve been discussing: Who will bring a charge against God’s elect?… (Romans 8:33)  This is a rhetorical question, of course. Paul then goes on to say: …God is the one who…

Michael: We will continue our study of the trinity from the perspective of Grace. As we have discussed before, several bible passages declare that God is love and grace. David has proposed that the love of God, agape in Greek, is the same, or a synonym of Grace while Jason has suggested that the triune…

David: Our fundamental goal in recent weeks has been to understand the grand concept of Grace. Last week I affirmed that Grace was both synonymous with and a part of agape Love, and I asked whether, when we dissect agape Love into its constituent parts—as grace, mercy, forgiveness, etc.—there a danger that we fail to…

David: “In the beginning, was the Word,” as we all well know. Last week, Michael proposed that the Word is God’s Grace. John’s opening passage of the New Testament makes clear that the Word is God and, argues Michael, since both Father and Son are part of the Trinity, the Word is also Jesus Christ.…

Don: We’ve been discussing grace and its various aspects. Just before this conversation, Sharon mentioned that grace isn’t a subject often thoroughly discussed in many circles, and we are much the poorer for not emphasizing grace. The irony (as we’ve noted before) is that when you examine the ministry and message of Jesus—from the inception…