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Spirit: A study of Soul Sleep
Only three groups teach the concept of soul sleep, SDAs, Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphians. It was a necessary corollary to the doctrine of the Investigative Judgement. It has also caused a sad neglect of the Holy Spirit in Adventism. Here's why.
Chapter One: A Mystery
This couldn't happen in my family. We don't believe these things. It must have been a neurochemical phenomenon - or was it?
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 278 min read
Chapter Two: Adventist Teaching on Soul Sleep
In this chapter we will establish what the Adventist church teaches about the intermediate state of the dead between death and the second coming of Christ.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2717 min read
Chapter Three: The Human Spirit
It seems that we have spirit. What does that mean?
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2710 min read
Chapter Four: Made In the Image of God
God is Spirit and so are we. We are his children, made in His image
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 277 min read
Chapter Five: Separate But Not Equal
What is the difference between spirit and soul? Is there a difference? Do we have both, either? Let's look
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2717 min read
Chapter Six: The Immortality of the Soul
Even saying the words “the immortality of the soul” still evokes a powerful emotional response in me. It is the equivalent of high treason within Adventism and inexorably associated with caution, warning and fear.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2726 min read
Chaper Seven: Spiritual Implications
It turns out that it matters what we believe about our spirit. Embracing the realm of our spirits filled with The Spirit turns “plain old” into extraordinary. Try it!! You’ll like it.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2718 min read
Chapter Eight: The Intermediate State
The logical place to go next is to Sheol and Hades. Bring your shovels and we will excavate the mysteries of death.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2721 min read
Chapter Nine: What Do the Proof Texts Prove?
There are a number of scriptures used by those who are called “conditionalists” and those teaching soul sleep to support their positions. Those “proof texts” will be explored in this chapter.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2718 min read
Chapter Ten: The Final Outcome
In this chapter we will study the resurrection, judgment and final disposition of the saved and the lost.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2719 min read
Chapter Eleven: What Of The Lost?
We live in an age of pluralism that proclaims all viewpoints to be equally valid; that there is no such thing as “truth” and to assert that we can find truth is arrogant and bigoted.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2713 min read
Chapter Twelve: The Search For Hell
What is hell? Where is hell? Actually, the bible has quite a bit to say about the subject. T
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2712 min read
Chapter Thirteen: Redeeming Hell
How can anything about hell glorify God? Those who advocate annihilation often appeal to the love and mercy of God as the basis for their rejection of eternal punishment.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2721 min read
Appendix: What Languages Did Paul Speak?
Some say that Paul's education didn't include the Greek language. Theories and speculation are offered in an attempt to support the pro-names argument that the NT was originally written in Hebrew, not Greek.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 2716 min read
Books Consulted
Over the past several years I have read quite extensively to see what is taught by others in the body of Christ regarding the subjects in this study.
Cherry Brandstater
Apr 272 min read
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