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Brinsmeadism arose within the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia during the 1960\u27s and ... more Brinsmeadism arose within the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia during the 1960\u27s and had run its course by the late 1980\u27s. Its name derived from that of Robert D. Brinsmead, a Seventh-day Adventist church member, whose ideas became influential in small groups and meetings in Australia and along the West coast of the U.S.A. during that time.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1096/thumbnail.jp

What are the keys to multiplying disciples in your local church community? Avondale Seminary Head... more What are the keys to multiplying disciples in your local church community? Avondale Seminary Head Dr Kayle de Waal takes us inside his new book, Mission Shift, in this interview with Signs Publishing Book Editor Nathan Brown

A panel discussion concluding a one-day symposium at Wantirna Seventh-day Adventist Church featur... more A panel discussion concluding a one-day symposium at Wantirna Seventh-day Adventist Church featuring Avondale Seminary Head Dr Kayle de Waal exploring an Old Testament reading of Revelation

This chapter examines the challenge of interpreting the symbolism and the use of antecedent liter... more This chapter examines the challenge of interpreting the symbolism and the use of antecedent literature in the book of Revelation as a “discussion starter” that focuses on Millennial and Gen Y assumptions about the book. The chapter presents a Christo-centric methodology that builds the faith of students. The methodology emerges from the text itself and provides a responsible approach to the text that demonstrates its historical, theological, literary and contextual nuances. The symbol of the Lamb serves as a pedagogical tool that points to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and is woven into the narrative landscape amidst the rise and fall of beastly powers. Students are taught that this enigmatic book with its polyvalent symbols, intricate structure and hybrid genre is indeed a revelation of Jesus Christ

$Research paper thumbnail of North American Teachers\u27 Perceptions of Adventist Eschatology$

This book examines teachers perceptions of mission, service and eschatology in the Seventh-day Ad... more This book examines teachers perceptions of mission, service and eschatology in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America

$Research paper thumbnail of The Way of the Cross in Mark\u27s Gospel$

This article examines the usage of the word way in Mark and draws some theological and pastoral i... more This article examines the usage of the word way in Mark and draws some theological and pastoral implications

From its establishment, the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church has understood the close relations... more From its establishment, the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church has understood the close relationship between education, eschatology, and redemption. Ellen White provides a mandate to develop the whole person, challenging teachers to see education as a capacious undertaking and a process that impacts the whole person.

Amazing Jesus in turbulent times T he COVID-19 crisis is a demonstration of how words can lose th... more Amazing Jesus in turbulent times T he COVID-19 crisis is a demonstration of how words can lose their force. This global pandemic is called "a lifeand-death matter." Yet so many have continued business as usual while tens of thousands are dying all over the world. Life and death-words that would typically evoke a strong response now no longer do. Words appear to have lost their power to change and impact us. They have lost much of their descriptive and rhetorical power. Words like great, awesome, and amazing no longer refer to something grand and spectacular. Instead, they are often assigned to people, things, or events that are, indeed, far removed from the richness that these words convey. The deeper the reality of a fearsome crisis, the greater the need for a deliverance of awesome proportions-the Gospel of Mark addresses this need. While the situation of Mark's audience was different from ours, what was true is that they, like us, were in a time of crisis.

When John the Revelator read the scriptures to learn about Jesus and God’s plan for our world, he... more When John the Revelator read the scriptures to learn about Jesus and God’s plan for our world, he read what we know as the Old Testament. So when he tried to understand and explain the visions he received on the island of Patmos in his letter to the first-century church, it was natural that he would use its references, symbols and ideas. As such, the Old Testament offers valuable resources for our understanding of the Book of Revelation as 21st-century readers, particularly as it points us anew to Jesus— Revelation’s victorious Lamb and coming King

This book examines the theme of ‘way’ as it emerges in the book of Isaiah and is developed in the... more This book examines the theme of ‘way’ as it emerges in the book of Isaiah and is developed in the New Testament. It is developed along literary, theological, Christological, missiological and eschatological lines from Mark to Revelation. The notion of ‘way’ points to the richness of meaning early Christians found in the death and resurrection of Jesus

God’s dream for the Seventh-day Adventist Church is for it to be the last discipleship movement o... more God’s dream for the Seventh-day Adventist Church is for it to be the last discipleship movement on earth, preparing people for Jesus’ soon return. Kayle de Waal shares this dream in this book. He gives historical and theological insights into what needs to happen for this movement to become a reality. He gives inspirational practical examples of biblical movement thinking in action. Mission Shift will change your thinking

The Book of Revelation was written for a listening community of faith living in Asia Minor in the... more The Book of Revelation was written for a listening community of faith living in Asia Minor in the late first-century CE. 384 The members of the seven churches were largely illiterate and so their communication would have been oral and aural. 385 Harry Gamble states, "we must assume. .. that the large majority of Christians in the early centuries of the church were illiterate, not because they were unique but because they were in this respect typical." 386 These facts, while acknowledged by recent commentators, have not had a significant impact on the interpretation of the book of Revelation. 387 This can be seen in the various publications that continue discussion of the contextual or non-contextual use of the Old Testament in Revelation, thematic approaches to the book and the deployment of traditional schools of thought in interpretation. 388 According to John D. Harvey, "most biblical scholars continue to examine the NT documents using presuppositions that apply more to nineteenth and twentieth-century literary/print culture than to the culture in which those documents were originally produced." 389 Generally speaking the aural features of this enigmatic book and the role of the lector have been neglected in scholarship even though John pronounces a blessing on both those that read and hear his book (Rev 1:3). 390 More specifically, the passages about the seven trumpets (Rev 8:1-11:19) have been deemed by some to be the most difficult to interpret in Revelation. R. H. Charles says chapter 8 and 9 present "insuperable difficulties." 391 According to Herman Hoeksema, "the interpretation of the trumpets in the book of Revelation is very difficult." 392 Roy Naden confirms that "Revelation 8 and 9 contain the most graphic example of apocalyptic writing in the Bible. The complexity of the imagery has led to more speculative nonsense than can be found written about any other chapter of John's final work." 393 Methodology This chapter will develop a sound map of Rev 8:7-12 in an attempt to uncover fresh meaningmaking potential from this passage. 394 Revelation 8:7-12 is acknowledged as a unit of text that symbolically depicts the blowing of the first four trumpets.

Paul's church planting strategy as I examine his missionary endeavors. However, before I can focu... more Paul's church planting strategy as I examine his missionary endeavors. However, before I can focus on the book of Acts I need to address the subject of when exactly did the church begin. In this regard I will examine the redemptive purposes of God in the Old Testament and attempt to develop the notion of church from the Old Testament. I will also discuss the relationship between Israel and the church in the light of God's redemptive plan. This will form the first chapter of this thesis. The second chapter of this thesis will attempt to articulate an appropriate interpretation of Acts. The central question here will be the one of biblical precedent. Is what happened in Acts to be considered "normal Christianity?" What is the general movement and flow of Luke's writing and the main features of his document? I will also examine the impact of Stephen's ministry and death and the Jerusalem council, in particular as it relates to Church Growth. I will also attempt to develop a theological framework from my study of the text itself. Here I will discuss the mission of Christ from a Lukan perspective and how this interrelates with the mission of the church.

Socio-rhetorical interpretation, as developed by Vernon Robbins, uses five textures, namely, inne... more Socio-rhetorical interpretation, as developed by Vernon Robbins, uses five textures, namely, inner texture, intertexture, social and cultural texture, ideological texture and sacred texture. My work introduces intratexture. These textures are used to analyse Rev 8.2-9.21 and 11.15- 18, which is identified as the focus text. Chapter 1 addresses the prior literature on the trumpets, analyses the dominant image of trumpet and introduces the interpretive analytic. Chapter 2 investigates inner texture to ascertain how words function as a means of communication. Chapter 3 concentrates on intertexture and intratexture which focuses on cultural intertexture. Constructs within this aspect of intertexture include allusions and echoes. A symbol marker establishes the intertextual relationship between the successor and precursor text. To facilitate whether the precursor text, initially identified by the symbol marker, is an allusion or echo, Richard Hays criteria are used. The allusions and ech...

Louis F. Were (1896-1967) was a pastor, evangelist and author who worked for the Seventh-day Adve... more Louis F. Were (1896-1967) was a pastor, evangelist and author who worked for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia and New Zealand from 1919 to 1943.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1095/thumbnail.jp

$Research paper thumbnail of North American Teachers\u27 Perceptions of Adventist Eschatology$

$Research paper thumbnail of The Way of the Cross in Mark\u27s Gospel$