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Understanding the Godhead: My Personal Journey
There is so much confusion over who God is... What is the Truth? From a staunch anti-trinitarian to a confirmed believer in the Eternal Heavenly Trio... What would cause a staunch Anti-trintinatian to change his view on the Godhead? Discover light on this most confusing topic from the journey of one who has 'been there and done it'. The author was raised a Seventh-day Adventist, and in his early teens accepted the Anti-trinitarian view of God. But years later he experienced some unease with these teachings, and chose to search out more thoroughly the Truth for himself. The he is now a confirmed believer in the Eternal Heavenly Trio, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. What could cause a person to make such a change? Many said it couldn't happen. Discover the answers in this book.
204 pages, ebook
Published February 9, 2018
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September 23, 2021
Having been raised in an Anti-Trinitarian home, I’ve always struggled with understanding how the Godhead works. I’ve always known I didn’t believe what I was taught was Biblical, but have only started studying it for myself in the past few years. Joel’s book (as well as his testimony on YouTube) has been incredibly helpful in my journey. This is a must read for anyone who has struggled with this issue or who just wants to understand it a little better.
October 3, 2024
First of all I feel I need to apologise for lowering the average rating for this book which before me only had 1 vote. (My rating systems are always on the harsh side and friends and family often complain about this.) I assure you that despite my 2-star rating I have given this book, anyone interested in reading about the Godhead from a biblical perspective will find this to be a very informative and worthwhile read.
To be honest, the concept of the Godhead being three persons in one, all existing eternally with no beginning or end is not a concept that I have ever struggled with. For that reason, a book like this where the premise is to compare anti-trinatarian and trinitarian interpretations of scripture was something I never thought I would find myself reading.
Recently, a friend of mine changed churches. When trying to explain to me some of the core beliefs of his new church, the Godhead came up and I soon realised that with different preconceived notions, especially when looking at topics like the nature of God where mere humans obviously can only ever have a limited understanding even the same scripture verses can be interpreted very differently.
I realised that I needed to know more about why I believe what I do on this topic, so I asked around for resources and although this book wasn't the first one that was recommended, it was the first of them which I had the opportunity of being able to get my hands on.
And this book really was perfect for what I wanted. I do need to mention that it is written with Seventh-Day Adventists in mind as the target audience which means that there are quotes from Ellen White's writings used as well. But even for other christian denominations, even just the scripture quotes alone in this book are more that enough to show what the author is sharing about his findings on this topic.
(On that note, I would say that this book is also quite good at showing why Seventh-Day Adventists hold Ellen White in such high regard, which is certainly an interesting topic in itself.)
For context, the author was originally an anti-trinatarian, which gives him an advantage of being thoroughly well-versed in all the arguments and reasonings for those views, and this book is him consolidating everything he learned during his journey of thoroughly researching this topic and ultimately changing his beliefs.
As someone who believes in the Trinity, I personally found a few chapters less engaging than others. The scripture referenced is clear in meaning to me so the detailed commentary looking at all the arguments repeated again and again for each verse of scripture ultimately showing the same conclusion felt unnecessary (at least for me personally).
The latter half of the book, after having covered the groundwork went above and beyond my expectations. I was able learn things about The Holy Spirit that I never knew before. The author goes through commonly misunderstood texts in detail, and he even touches on the views Jews historically had on this topic.
So yeah, for anyone unsure of what the bible says about God, specifically the natures and purposes of God the Father, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit. And also for people like me who realise they need to know more about why they believe what they do on the topic, this book is one I highly recommend.
To be honest, the concept of the Godhead being three persons in one, all existing eternally with no beginning or end is not a concept that I have ever struggled with. For that reason, a book like this where the premise is to compare anti-trinatarian and trinitarian interpretations of scripture was something I never thought I would find myself reading.
Recently, a friend of mine changed churches. When trying to explain to me some of the core beliefs of his new church, the Godhead came up and I soon realised that with different preconceived notions, especially when looking at topics like the nature of God where mere humans obviously can only ever have a limited understanding even the same scripture verses can be interpreted very differently.
I realised that I needed to know more about why I believe what I do on this topic, so I asked around for resources and although this book wasn't the first one that was recommended, it was the first of them which I had the opportunity of being able to get my hands on.
And this book really was perfect for what I wanted. I do need to mention that it is written with Seventh-Day Adventists in mind as the target audience which means that there are quotes from Ellen White's writings used as well. But even for other christian denominations, even just the scripture quotes alone in this book are more that enough to show what the author is sharing about his findings on this topic.
(On that note, I would say that this book is also quite good at showing why Seventh-Day Adventists hold Ellen White in such high regard, which is certainly an interesting topic in itself.)
For context, the author was originally an anti-trinatarian, which gives him an advantage of being thoroughly well-versed in all the arguments and reasonings for those views, and this book is him consolidating everything he learned during his journey of thoroughly researching this topic and ultimately changing his beliefs.
As someone who believes in the Trinity, I personally found a few chapters less engaging than others. The scripture referenced is clear in meaning to me so the detailed commentary looking at all the arguments repeated again and again for each verse of scripture ultimately showing the same conclusion felt unnecessary (at least for me personally).
The latter half of the book, after having covered the groundwork went above and beyond my expectations. I was able learn things about The Holy Spirit that I never knew before. The author goes through commonly misunderstood texts in detail, and he even touches on the views Jews historically had on this topic.
So yeah, for anyone unsure of what the bible says about God, specifically the natures and purposes of God the Father, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit. And also for people like me who realise they need to know more about why they believe what they do on the topic, this book is one I highly recommend.
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