An Introduction to Adventist Theology
John C. Peckham
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Peckham, John C., author.
Title: God with us : an introduction to Adventist theology / by John C. Peckham.
Description: Berrien Springs, MI : Andrews University Press, [2023] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022056134 | ISBN 9781940980324 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Theology, Doctrinal. | Seventh-day Adventists--Doctrines.
Classification: LCC BT75.3 .P43 2023 | DDC 286.7/32--dc23/eng/20230306
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022056134
Project Director | Ronald Alan Knott |
Project Editor | Deborah L. Everhart |
Theological Editor | Frank M. Hasel |
Cover Design | Types & Symbols |
Image Design | L. S. Baker, Jr. |
Editorial Assistance | Daniela Pusic, Abigail Cancel, Alyssa Caruthers |
Original cover illustration after Robert Zünd, Road to Emmaus, 1877
Produced with the assistance of Livingstone (www.LivingstoneCorp.com). Project staff includes: Ashley Taylor, Taylor Frecker, Monica Allen, Larry Taylor, and Tom Shumaker
This book is dedicated to my beloved son,
Joel Samuel Peckham.
I pray that you will always remember that God is with you
and that you will walk with Him all the days of your life
and dwell with Him forever.
Competing Theories in Christian Theology
THE STORY OF GOD WITH US: A PRELUDE
1 The Story of God with Us: Presence Ruptured and Renewed
2 The Story of God with Us: Presence Coming and Coming Again
3 Is the Story True? Presence with Us in Truth
4 Christ: God with Us in the Flesh
5 The Holy Spirit: God with Us in the Spirit
6 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: The Trinity of Love
GOD FOR US WHO LOVES, PROVIDES, AND REVEALS
7 The Almighty Creator Who Suffers with Us: The Covenantal God of Love
8 The Eternal, All-Knowing God Who Dwells with Us: The Ever-Present God of Love
9 The God Who Provides All Good Things and Conquers Evil: Divine Providence and Cosmic Conflict
10 The Testimony of the King: Divine Revelation and Scripture as Covenant Witness Document
Excursus The Emmaus Approach: How to Understand Scripture and Do ...
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About God with Us: An Introduction to Adventist TheologyGod with us. They comprise, perhaps, the most profound assembly of three words in any language. They express the inexpressible sum of the Gospel. They describe the absolute foundational idea in the resolution of the great universal conflict between good and evil. This is a book of theology—an accessible, thoughtful study of the God who is with us. And this is a book particularly of Seventh-day Adventist theology, a system which, by its very name, expresses two of the most profound illustrations of, and yearnings for, God’s presence with us in time (the Sabbath), and in physical reality in the certainty of His soon return (the second Advent). In this highly readable and deeply thoughtful work, author John C. Peckham frames the matter this way: “The theme of divine presence that is so integral to Adventist theology is itself a central theme of the Bible. Indeed, the matter of God’s presence with us is so prominent in Scripture that some would even identify it as the main theme of Scripture. The story and teachings of Scripture revolve around the matter of divine presence, with God Himself becoming human in Christ—becoming ‘God with us’—standing at the pinnacle of the story of redemption. As we will see, God’s work of redemptions itself is the work of reconciling humans to Himself so that we can be with Him again in the special ways He intended from the beginning, temporarily ruptured by the entrance of evil.” God with Us: An Introduction to Adventist Theology presents each element of foundational Seventh-day Adventist teaching as yet another illustration of the loving God who is truly with us in every one of those clear biblical teachings. |
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