The heavenly trio

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Ty Gibson. The heavenly trio

“Is power or love ultimate with God? Answer that one question aright, and we have the answer to all worthwhile questions.” CHAPTER ONE. ONE QUESTION TO RULE THEM ALL

“The current position of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is true to the core concern of the early Advent pioneers and we are indebted to them for pointing us in the right direction.” CHAPTER TWO. The Core Concern of the Pioneers

“An interpersonal trinitarianism is the only picture of God that rules out the de-personalizing theory of pantheism, and anti-trinitarianism is the theological precursor to pantheism.” CHAPTER THREE. Ellen White’s Trinitarian Journey

“If God is an absolute singularity, there is no personal God at all, but only impersonal power, friendless energy, and loveless natural process.” CHAPTER FOUR. A Gateway to Pantheism

“The concept of ‘covenant’ constitutes a totalizing theological vision. Covenant explains everything. If you understand the idea of covenant, you understand the whole point of the Bible.” CHAPTER FIVE. Covenantal Trinitarianism

“God moves through Word and Wisdom to access the human thinking and choosing process. If you think thoughts and feel feelings—and you do—you are always in the process of hearing from God.” Chapter Six. The Covenant Communicator

“As soon as creation was embarked upon, all of God’s governmental systems, social ordering, relational posturing, and plans, were set in motion for the purpose of communicating with His creation.” CHAPTER SEVEN. MEDIATOR OF THE Eternal COVENANT

“The pagan idea of sacrifice is essentially transactional, whereas the Hebrew idea is covenantal. The difference between these two concepts is crucial, in that the first blocks our perception of God’s love and the second magnifies God’s love.” CHAPTER EIGHT. A Necessary Equality

“The way the cross reframes reality is so revolutionary that it will inevitably flatten out all domination systems and establish an egalitarian harmony unlike anything the world has ever known.” Chapter Nine. The Covenant Negated

“A beautiful communal love lies at the center of reality, and we are invited in. In fact, one of us is already there, awaiting our arrival.” CHAPTER TEN. The Covenant Community

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As usual, Ty Gibson has done a superb job.

Woody Whidden, Retired Professor of Theology, Theological Seminary, Andrews University

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Due to the fact that some of the leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church had rejected the doctrine of the Trinity without offering sufficient explanation to clarify their target as modalism, a problem was developing. They had opened the church up to the charge of Arianism—a heresy that denies the essential and eternal divinity of Christ, originating with the Alexandrian priest, Arius (c.250-c.336).

But it was not the intent of the pioneers to deny the divinity of Christ. In fact, they sought to affirm the divinity of Christ more unequivocally than what they believed trinitarianism was achieving with its modalism view of God. So they set out to achieve their goal by affirming the divine personhood of Christ distinct from the Father.

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