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Articles by Terry Hill |
The Prophet Still Speaks
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COMPILATIONS OF ELLEN WHITE’S
WRITINGS CONCERNING THE GODHEAD (click the title – all PDF’s) Christ the I AM – The Eternal Presence The Holy Spirit – The Comforter Statements from the spirit of prophecy that refer to the Holy Spirit as
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THE FATHER –
SON PROBLEM This article shows what the Seventh-day
Adventist Church is teaching today about the two divine personages known in
Scripture as the Father and the Son.
This is in comparison to what the Bible says. |
A FATHER – SON
COMPILATION A compilation
of the terminologies of ‘the Father’, ‘my Father’ and ‘the [only begotten] Son
of [the living] God’ as pertaining to God and Christ as found in the 4
gospels: also other relevant New Testament texts and
spirit of prophecy quotes |
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE OFFICIAL
1936 (NON-TRINITARIAN) GODHEAD BELIEFS OF SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS This article
reveals the Godhead beliefs that were held by the Seventh-day Adventist
Church in 1936. Today, the leadership and the ministry of the SDA Church says
that these were false doctrine (heresy). |
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AN EXPOSÉ CONCERNING ELLEN WHITE’S “IN CHRIST IS LIFE, ORIGINAL UNBORROWED,
UNDERIVED” STATEMENT (THE DESIRE OF AGES, PAGE 530) |
REGARDING GOD AND CHRIST A
SIMPLE CONFESSION OF FAITH What
does the Bible alone say about God and Christ? |
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH This article
shows the development of the Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church from what they were when this church began, through to the latest
development at the 1980 General Conference session held at Dallas Texas |
EARLY
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND THE RISK FACTOR What did early Seventh-day Adventists believe about the risk
taken by God and Christ in the salvation of the human race? You can read
about it in this article. |
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THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE HOLY SPIRIT Some Seventh-day
Adventists believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person exactly
the same as God and Christ are divine persons. Others disagree. This small
article details certain observations to be made when considering this
question. |
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A
YEAR-BY-YEAR TIMELINE OF QUOTATIONS FROM THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY SHOWING
CHRIST TO BE THE SON OF GOD. Through their official publications,
the Seventh-day Adventist Church today claims that Christ is not really the
Son of God. They say instead that the terminologies of Father and Son, as
used in the Bible of God and Christ, are only metaphors. These quotations of
Ellen White say differently. |
THE KELLOGG PROBLEM (the alpha of deadly heresies) In the early 1900's there was a crisis
within the SDA Church. It was so serious that Ellen White said it almost
killed her. So what brought it about? John Harvey
Kellogg, the chief physician in the SDA Church, had written a book in which
his views of God led Ellen White to say he was making both God and Christ to
look like non-entities (non-personal beings). She also said he was not only
destroying the gospel but also the faith of SDAs. Kellogg, in defence of what
he had written, said he had come to believe in 'the trinity', which was
something not then generally believed by SDAs. Ellen White described
Kellogg's views of God as the 'alpha of deadly heresies',
and said that the 'omega' would follow shortly. This was in 1904. This
article reveals what Kellogg believed, also Ellen White's response to it. |
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SOME
THINGS ARE NOT EASILY EXPLAINED
Some non-trinitarians, in their pursuit of the
condemnation of trinitarianism, tend to overlook the mysteries of the
existence of God. They seem to regard everything as ‘black and white‘ when in reality, there are some things not easily
explained. This is a cross section of the writings of Ellen White where she
refers to both the Father and the Son as God. |
IS CHRIST CALLED THE SON OF GOD ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS RESURRECTION? Some believe that because the apostle Paul used Psalm 2:7 when referring
to the resurrection of Jesus (see Acts 13:33), that this means Christ was
only God’s Son because of the resurrection. This article shows differently. |
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ANOTHER LOOK AT
MONOGENES (Gr.
μονογενής) In the KJV and other
translations of the Bible, Christ is described as the only begotten Son of
God (John 1:14, 1:18, 3:16, 3:18, 1 John 4:9). These words, “only begotten”,
are translated from the Greek word monogenes (Gr. μονογενής). Today there are those who say that
this is a mistranslation. This study reveals
how those conversant with the Greek language understood its usage. This was
before Christ came to earth and afterwards. |
WHERE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT? A compilation of Ellen White’s writings that show Lucifer (Satan)
was once next to Christ in the courts of Heaven, and not the Holy Spirit.
This in turn, at least according to Ellen White, reveals that the Holy Spirit
is not another divine being such as God and Christ are divine beings. This is
even though she refers to the Holy Spirit as the third person of the Godhead
(Desire of Ages page 671). |
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AN IMPENETRABLE MYSTERY Did the divine Son of God die at Calvary? When the decision was
made for Him to become incarnate, was there a risk taken concerning His
eternal existence? |
THE VERY THEOLOGY OF THE TRINITY DOCTRINE An article showing that trinitarians do not believe that a divine
person died at Calvary, also that they do not believe either that when the
decision was made for Him to become incarnate, there was a risk taken
concerning His eternal existence. |
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
TRINITY THEOLOGY (WHAT
IT IS, AND WHAT IT IS NOT) A study of the trinity doctrine as
currently espoused by the Seventh-day Adventist church showing the
implications of its theology with respect to the gospel of Jesus Christ. This
is as opposed to the theology of early Seventh-day Adventists that necessitated
a rejection of trinitarian theology. |
FATHER AND SON - METAPHORS OR NOT METAPHORS? An analysis
of the present-day theology of the Seventh-day Adventist Church concerning
God the Father and the Son of God A comparison
of the old and new (current) theology of Seventh-Day
Adventists. Doubting the Scriptures. |
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WHY CHRIST IS
CALLED THE SON OF GOD A
Biblical exposition exploring the reason why Christ is called the Son of God. |
MONOGENES (μονογενής) In the Bible, Jesus is called the monogenes Son of God,
but what does this Greek terminology mean? At the link below you will find,
from someone who is Greek, the answer. This was in reply to a Seventh-day
minister, who, like many others, believes it to only mean unique or one
of a kind. |
UNDERSTANDING THE
BEGOTTEN CONCEPT
What does it mean for Christ to be begotten of God – and
what does it mean for Christ to be the Son of God?
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IS CHRIST GOD? A study of the Scriptures and the writings of Ellen G. White showing Christ to be God |
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THE DEVELOPMENT
OF TRINITY THEOLOGY WITHIN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - PART 1 The Trinity Doctrine explained – also its development
within Seventh-day Adventism
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRINITY THEOLOGY WITHIN THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH – PART 2
The Father and the Son – as taught in early Seventh-day Adventism, and as it is taught today |
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THE DEVELOPMENT
OF TRINITY THEOLOGY WITHIN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - PART 3 The Son of God - A brief study through the spirit of prophecy |
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF THE HISTORY OF FATHER AND SON THEOLOGY An overview of the controversy, within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, over the person of Christ |
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COULD CHRIST HAVE SINNED? This article shows that Ellen White did not agree with
Ellet J. Waggoner regarding whether Christ, during the incarnation, could
have sinned.
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THE
USE OF THE WORD ‘TRINITY’ WITHIN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLICATIONS An article showing
that early Seventh-day Adventists, even though at times they used the word
‘trinity’, did not believe the trinity doctrine.
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ELLEN WHITE CONDEMNS
TRINITARIAN REASONING
Many people, just because Ellen White said there are three persons of the Godhead, believe she was a trinitarian. This article shows otherwise. |
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ARTICLE SENT TO THE WHITE ESTATE SHOWING THAT ELLEN WHITE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
A TRINITARIAN In 2016, Larry Crews of the White Estate, attempted to convince me that Ellen White’s writings speak of God as a trinity of persons as depicted by the trinity doctrine. This article is my response to those claims |
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UNDERSTANDING 1
CORINTHIANS 8:6 This verse is very often taken out of context. Click the link below for the author’s understanding of this verse of Scripture. |
THE BEGOTTEN
SERIES An article showing how early Christians regarded Christ as the only--begotten of God – also how Seventh-day Adventists today view Christ. |
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A
RESEARCH PAPER ON THE HISTORY OF THE TRINITY DOCTRINE WITHIN THE EARLY
CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND WITHIN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM. |
A STUDY OF THE
GODHEAD – AS IT PERTAINS TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM |
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ELLEN
WHITE’S COMMENTS REGARDING THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST AND HIS DEATH AT CALVARY |
ELLEN WHITE’S
COMMENTS ON THE RISK TAKEN IN THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION |
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THE HUMAN NATURE OF THE INCARNATE CHRIST A study of the Scriptures and Ellen White’s writings concerning
the human nature taken by Christ during the incarnation. |
A SIMPLE
GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE TRINITY DOCTRINE – ITS THEOLOGY, ITS HISTORY AND
ITS IMPLICATIONS |
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DON’T GET SHORT-CHANGED In 1983, the White Estate published a cut-down
version of Ellen White’s book Patriarchs and Prophets. In this cut-down
version, certain statements were omitted from the first chapter that reveal
the true position of the Son of God to His Father. You can read about the
removal of these statements here. |
WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH? Truth is of the highest importance. Who and what we believe will ultimately determine our destiny. We cannot afford to get it wrong. Certainly we cannot get it wrong about the person of Christ. Yet today, within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, there are many voices, and not all are saying the same thing. In fact many views are diametrically opposed to each other. Read about this here. |
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THE OFFICIAL 1936
(NON-TRINITARIAN) GODHEAD BELIEFS OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS In 1936, the General Conference issued a series of Sabbath School lesson studies that were said to explain the official beliefs held by Seventh-day Adventists. The beliefs on the Godhead are here highlighted. |
A BRIEF SKETCH OF
MY JOURNEY FROM TRINITARIANISM TO NON-TRINITARIANISM My personal testimony of why and how, after confessing to be a trinitarian for 25 years, I had to openly reject the trinity doctrine. |
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MY RESPONSE TO MAX HATTON'S CHALLENGE Max Hatton is a retired Seventh-day Adventist
minister living in Australia. On his
website he issues a challenges to all
non-trinitarians. He challenges them to make their views publicly known. This
is my response to his challenge. |
A BIBLE STUDY
ON THE DEATH OF CHRIST AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HIM SINNING In 2014, Max Hatton, a retired Seventh-day
Adventist minister living in Australia asked me to provide from Scripture,
the evidence that (a) the divine Son of God had died at Calvary, also (b),
that in agreeing to become incarnate, Christ had put at risk His eternal
existence. This is my response. |
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A REPLY TO A
TRINITARIAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEATH OF JESUS This was my reply to Max Hatton (a retired Seventh-day Adventist
minister living in Australia) when he told me that the divine person of
Christ did not die at Calvary, also that Christ, when making the decision to
become incarnate, did not put a risk His eternal existence |
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FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD A brief study on God’s love
showing that as a sacrifice to pay for the sins of humanity, He really did
give His only begotten Son. |
BE NOT DECEIVED –
CHRIST REALLY IS THE SON OF GOD This is a study of what has been revealed through
Ellen White concerning the identity and the pre-existence of Christ. It is
only a small study but it is full of very important
information – especially in the light of the present Godhead debate within
Seventh-day Adventism. |
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WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST? It is repeatedly said, by the trinitarians,
that non-trinitarians do not believe in the full and complete divinity of
Christ but this is far from being true. As will be seen in the five sections
of this series, the author – a non-trinitarian - unreservedly accepts that
the Bible teaches that Christ is none other than God in the person of the
Son. |
BEWARE Beware of the trinitarians who teach that the
divine person of the Son of God did not die at Calvary. They are doing the
work of Satan. |
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THE SON OF GOD
(SCRIPTURE ONLY) This article is a study of what the Bible says
concerning the pre-existent Son of God. As many Seventh-day Adventists will realise, their denomination do
not confess today that Christ is truly the Son of God but say instead that
the term ‘Son’ is only used by the Bible writers in a metaphorical
(figurative) sense. This of course makes the term ‘Father’ metaphorical. The
author of this article disputes this reasoning. He says that Christ is the
literal Son of God. |
THE SON OF GOD (INCLUDING ELLEN WHITE’S
COMMENTS) This article is a study of what the Bible and the
writings of Ellen White say concerning the pre-existent Son of God. As many
Seventh-day Adventists will realise, their
denomination does not confess today that Christ is truly the Son of God but
instead says that the term ‘Son’ is only used by the Bible writers in a
metaphorical (figurative) sense. This of course in turn makes the term
‘Father’ metaphorical. The author of this article disputes this reasoning. He
believes that Christ is the literal Son of God. |
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THE DIVINE PERSONS OF GOD AND CHRIST This is a study of Scripture and the spirit of
prophecy. It was written in response to a Seventh-day Adventist minister’s
continuing allegations on Facebook that my understanding of God and Christ
was erroneous |
CONCERNING CHRIST
- THE CURRENT BELIEFS AND TEACHINGS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH This article shows that the Scriptures reveal that Christ is truly the
Son of God, begotten of God in eternity. This is in keeping with what the
Seventh-day Adventist Church taught for the first 100 years of its existence
as God’s remnant people – 71 of which was when we had God’s messenger amongst
us, namely Ellen G. White. Today, as a denomination, we teach something
entirely different. We teach today that God and Christ, along with the Holy
Spirit, are only role-playing (acting out) their various parts. |
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THE SILENT EDITING OF PAST LITERATURE Unbeknown to many people, an edition of the Seventh-day Adventist
Biblical Research newsletter ‘Reflections’ was edited many years after its
first publication. |
1 + 1 + 1 =1 IS THIS A BIBLICAL
EXPLANATION OF GOD OR A PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATION? This series was prompted by an article called “1+1+1=One” – which was
written by Norman R Gulley and published in the February 2010 issue of
‘Adventist World’ |
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NO MORE THAN SWINE’S BLOOD This article refutes the trinitarian belief
that only the human nature of Christ died at Calvary – not a divine person.
John Loughborough wrote the following “It will not do to substitute the human nature
of Christ (according to Trinitarians) as the Mediator; for Clarke says,
"Human blood can no more appease God than swine's blood."” (John
Loughborough, Review and Herald, November 5th 1861,
‘Questions for Bro. Loughborough’) |
WHO OR WHAT
DIED AT CALVARY? The most important teaching in Christianity
is the atonement. This is why it is important that we get it absolutely right regarding who and what died at Calvary.
In my pursuit of what is really believed by trinitarians, it seems to me that
most seem to believe that only human nature died at Calvary, and not a divine
person. In this study we shall discover the truth of the matter. |
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THE UNADDRESSED ISSUE Could the incarnate divine Son of God have
sinned? If He could and did sin, then what would have happened to Him? In
this brief but very important article, these questions are candidly answered. |
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BRIEF UNDOCUMENTED OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE REJECTION AND THE
ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRINITY DOCTRINE WITHIN SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISM As the title suggests, this study is not
documented. It is simply the author’s view of how the one-time
non-trinitarian Godhead beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists developed into a
full-blown trinity doctrine. This was after being a non-trinitarian denomination
for over 100 years. |
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THE SPEAR ARTICLE In 1891, a Presbyterian minister by
the name of Samuel Spear, published an article called The Subordination of Christ. The following year, the Seventh-day
Adventist Church used it as a tract to explain their Godhead beliefs to the
public. It was re-named The Bible Doctrine of the Trinity. It reveals therefore, in 1892, what
was believed by Seventh-day Adventists about the Godhead. |
AN ENQUIRY ANSWERED In 2017 I received an enquiry regarding the
trinity doctrine. It was said “Whenever I look at the Trinity area, I always
get confused, even though I have a lot of background in spiritual things. It
seems apparent that people are using the term "Trinity" to mean a
variety of beliefs.” This article is my response. |
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IS THE HOLY
SPIRIT A PERSON? This is a much debated
question. It is also a question that has had numerous answers. In this study,
many texts of Scriptures are given consideration – as also are many
quotations from the writings of Ellen White.. |
CONCERNING
THE HOLY SPIRIT (AN EMAIL TO A FRIEND) Four years ago in 2016, a friend
asked me what my views were concerning the Holy Spirit. This article contains
my answer to him. |
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THE ROLE OF ELLEN
WHITE WITHIN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM Through its leadership for many years, the
Seventh-day Adventist Church has made the claim that it was the writings of
Ellen White that led our denomination to change from its once solid stand of
non-trinitarianism (this was whilst Ellen White was alive) to the trinitarian
view of God that it takes today. In this article, we shall discover who Ellen
White was, also how her writings should be regarded in relation to the
Scriptures. |
THREE CHOICES This article is a copy of an
email that I sent to a friend 13 years ago at the beginning of 2008. She had
encountered a website that gave certain definitions concerning the trinity
doctrine. This article is my response to this lady. |
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GODS STRANGE ACT Amongst Seventh-day Adventists today there
are, in circulation, a number of false ideas about
God. One such idea is portrayed by the trinity doctrine whilst another is the
belief that God does not kill. Each view is as destructive as the other. This
is because they both portray a wrong picture of God. Satan is continually
striving to misrepresent God. If he fails in one way
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JESUS GIVES US SIGNS OF HIS RETURN It has been said that the
signs Jesus gave us that tell us of His return – like the dark day of 1780,
also the ‘falling stars’ of 1833 etc, are not signs
to show his return to be near but rather that they are just to remind us that
one day, Jesus will return. I refute this belief. I
believe these signs were fixed to show the return of Christ to be near. As you will see in this study, this is confirmed in
the writings of Ellen White. |
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MY REBUTTAL OF A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MINISTER’S CLAIMS During October 2015 I received a series of emails from an SDA minister
named Richard Mendoza. He claimed that the history of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church, that I have on my website, is a falsified history. This is
a rebuttal to his claims. This minister has never addressed himself to this
rebuttal. |
MY RESPONSE TO
RICHARD MENDOZA’S FACEBOOK COMMENTS This article explains why I
found it necessary to stop Richard Mendoza, who was once a minister of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church, from writing to my Facebook page. |
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THE TWO COVENANTS A Biblical exposition of the Two Covenants |
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