Faith and Science Council
About 25 Adventist Bible scholars and scientists of the Faith and Science Council of the General Conference met for two days (April 16-17, 2008) in the Board Room of the Geo-Science Research building in Loma Linda. Reports of several subcommittees were received and a number of papers dealing with the issue of creation and science were read and discussed. It is planned to publish…
Read MoreSoteriology Seminar in Bulgaria
Ángel M. Rodríguez, director of the BRI with associate director Clinton Wahlen, taught a seminar in Soteriology in Bulgaria from June 1-6, 2008. About eighty pastors, administrators, and theology students came from all over Bulgaria to the Studenetz Hut nestled in the beautiful Rodopi Mountains. Dr. Rodríguez lectured on the atonement and salvation, especially highlighting…
Read MoreA Short Visit to Colombia, South America
Colombia with more than 40 million inhabitants has 280,000 Seventh-day Adventists. From March 27 to 31, 2008, Gerhard Pfandl presented seven power point lectures on current trends in SDA theology at Colombia Adventist University in Medellin. The university has about 1300 students many of whom earn their school fees at the bakery or the health food factory on campus. The lectures which included such topics as “The Trinity in Adventism,” Minneapolis…
Read MoreBiblical Research Institute Committee
More than 30 members of the Biblical Research Committee met in the Faculty Reading Room of the Loma Linda University library. During the three days from April 13-15, 2008, they read and evaluated a series of papers on Ellen White, the remnant, the Sabbath, ecclesiology and hermeneutics. It is anticipated that within the next twelve months books on Ellen White, the remnant, and on difficult Bible texts…
Read MoreAngola and Madagascar Ministers Meeting
From July 2-10, 2008, a group of Adventist theologians from America, among them Drs. Ekkehardt Mueller and Gerhard Pfandl from the Biblical Research Institute, presented a series of lectures on Adventist theology at ministers meetings in Angola and Madagascar. Topics included righteousness by faith, the ministry of the Holy Spirit, challenges to Adventist theology, and…
Read More