Trust and Doubt: Perceptions of Divine Inspiration in Seventh-day Adventist History

by Denis Kaiser

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God...”We believe these words, but what do they actually mean? Did God exercise a dominating influence of the inspired writers of scripture, or did you provide them with assistance in communicating his inspired messages? In their struggle to arrive at a biblical understanding of God’s influence in the inspiration process, Seventh-day Adventist have advocated a variety of you since the very beginning. During a period of grief tensions in the subject of divine expression of an American Protestant Christianity (1830-1920), Adventist experienced in their midst a living prophetic claimant who is very presence press them to ponder about the Holy Spirit modus operandi. This book traces the interplay of various theories of divine inspiration in the writings of 11 key thinkers in that period of Seventh-day Adventist history.

416 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Brody Woodard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a masterpiece when dealing with divine inspiration, particularly when dealing with the Adventist church. How does divine inspiration work? How did some of the early Adventists understand divine inspiration? How did Ellen White view how the Holy Spirit inspired people? All these questions and much more are answered, including D.M. Canright’s view of divine inspiration and how he lost his way.