Ellen G. White\u27s Understanding of Indwelling of the Holy Spirit: A Chronological Study

Throughout history there have been two major understandings of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The first is the indwelling of the transcendent timeless God within the timeless soul of a body/soul, dualistic anthropology. The second is an allinclusive view in which either everything is God, pantheism, or everything is within God, panentheism. Adventism has traditionally rejected both of these understandings. Adventism teaches a monistic anthropology, denying the indwelling of the soul and a panentheistic point of view. How then is Adventism able to define the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? In order to begin to answer this question it seems fitting to study the prophetic voice of the Adventist church and come to at least an initial interpretation of Ellen White’s understanding of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. In this article an initial understanding of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit will be presented through a limited in-depth chronological study of four significant sources of the writings of Ellen White, rather than a surface study of her entire works. These are excerpts from Steps to Christ, “Growing Up Into Christ” (chapter 8), a letter written to Sister Wessels, Sr., referenced in Special Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, Series A No. 9 pg. 7580, Desire of Ages, “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled” (chapter 73), and Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 8 section 5. The results of this study show White’s understanding of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit as an abiding in Christ through a devotional interpersonal relationship of faith demonstrated most clearly in transformation of character for the Christian believer

Toward A Model Of The Ontology Of The Divine Indwelling Of Humans: A Comparative Study Of John Wesley And John Cobb

Topic The topic of this dissertation is moving toward a model of the ontology of the divine indwelling by the means of a comparative study of John Wesley and John Cobb. Problem The purpose of this research is to survey and analyze the writings of Wesley and Cobb, in order to present their models of the ontological nature of the divine-human indwelling. In addition, an effort will be made to evaluate their models, based on their interpretations of Romans 6-8 compared with each other and selected current scholarship. Sources Sources used in this research include but are not limited to the written works of both John Wesley and John Cobb, current Wesleyan and Process scholars, scholarship the engages the historical understanding of divine-human indwelling, and current selected exegetical scholars. Conclusions John Wesley presents a classically theistic understanding of an ontological union of the Holy Spirit with the soul. John Cobb has constructed an ontologically inclusive, non-substantive, panentheistic model. When compared with selected exegetical scholars concerning the way in which their understanding of divine-human indwelling affects the interpretation of Romans 6-8 there are some significant challenges. This study finds that current selected exegetical scholarship is moving away from an ontological understanding regarding the union of divine-human indwelling. The most probable option for an ontological nature to this process is the potential transformation of the believer who is united with Christ through the interpersonal engagement with the Holy Spirit. Both Wesley and Cobb support a holistic transformation process of the person who follows Christ both in internal motivation and external actions, however, they also teach an ontological union whether with the soul or panentheistically. These conclusions call for further canonical study for the purpose of constructing a more biblical model of divine-human indwelling

Effects of Soil Amendments on Water Quality and Hydrologic Properties in Low Impact Development Systems

Low impact development (LID) systems are practices that use natural elements, such as soils and vegetation, to absorb and filter stormwater to protect water quality and aquatic habitats. Many LID designs use native soils; however, urban soils typically have a limited potential for infiltrating and treating stormwater. Incorporation of soil amendments, such as compost and biochar, into LID soils can improve the physical properties of soil. However, soil amendments may increase or decrease pollutants in the water leaving the site. A comparison of the effects of different types and application rates of amendments on water quality is necessary to determine the appropriate use of amendments in LID systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of soil amendments in LID systems by examining the effects of sources and amendment rates on soil properties and water quality. Water draining from soils amended with three types of compost and one type of biochar at different amendment rates (0, 5, 10, 25, and 50% by volume) were monitored during five simulated storm events. Results showed that compost treatments increased nitrate and phosphate concentrations, with higher concentrations occurring with higher amendment rates. Nitrate was flushed from the soils within the first storm events, and phosphate was released steadily across all five storms. Biochar exported less nutrients than the compost treatments, and ammonium, copper, lead, and zinc were removed in all treatments. The export of dissolved arsenic resulted from the addition of all amendments to the control soil and was closely linked to dissolved organic carbon. The chemistry and amendment rates of compost and biochar were the primary drivers of pollutant export. Overall, biochar improved water quality and soil physical properties to a greater degree than compost. This study shows that amendment type and amendment rate can affect water quality when utilized in LID. Biochar was shown to outperform compost in water quality treatment and may be an optimal soil amendment source where available. The results of this study will help inform guidelines in statewide design standards for LID practices using soil amendments to improve stormwater capture and treatment

Interpretations of Spiritual House in 1 Peter 2:4–10 and Their Implications on the Indwelling of Divine Presence

The person-to-person paradigm of divine presence within the OT, the time of the first advent of Jesus in the NT, and after the second advent of the Jesus in the New Jerusalem poses a question of divine presence for the waiting period in between Jesus ascension and Second Advent. In what way is the Holy Spirit present with the Christian church during this time of waiting? The question for this research is in what way, if at all, does the concept of the spiritual house of 1 Peter address the issue of divine presence? The way in which this research will answer this question is by exegetically defining spiritual house and the closely related spiritual sacrifices in 1 Peter 2:4–10. These definitions will help to draw out the implications for divine presence based on this passage

“Natural” stress patterns and dependencies between edge alignment and quantity sensitivity

We conducted an artificial language learning experiment to study learning asymmetries that might reveal latent preferences relating to, and any dependencies between, the edge alignment and quantity sensitivity (QS) parameters in stress patterning. We used a poverty of the stimulus approach to teach American English speakers an unbounded QS stress rule (stress a single CV: syllable) and either a left- or right-aligning QI rule if only light syllables were present. Forms with two CV: syllables were withheld in the learning phase and added in the test phase, forcing participants to choose between left- and right-aligning options for the QS rule. Participants learned the left- and right-edge QI rules equally well, and also the basic QS rule. Response patterns for words with two CV: syllables suggest biases favoring a left-aligning QS rule with a left-edge QI default. Our results also suggest that a left-aligning QS pattern with a rightedge QI default was least favored. We argue that stress patterns shown to be preferred based on evidence from ease-of-learning and participants’ untrained generalizations can be considered more natural than less favored opposing patterns. We suggest that cognitive biases revealed by artificial stress learning studies may have contributed to shaping stress typology.publishedVersio

Bengali nasal vowels: Lexical representation and listener perception

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Effects of healthy ageing and bilingualism on attention networks

Both ageing and bilingualism can have positive as well as adverse cognitive effects. We investigated their combined impact on subcomponents of attention. We used the Attention Network Task to examine alerting, orienting, executive control and task-switching costs. Group comparisons revealed age-related declines for alerting alongside benefits for executive control, for mono- and bilinguals alike. For orienting, age-related decline was more pronounced for bilinguals than monolinguals. Task-switching was unaffected by age or language group. Within bilinguals, we found limited impact of individual differences in L2 proficiency, language switching or mixing: proficiency improves orienting and decreases switch costs, for young and older bilinguals alike; but no other individual differences effects were found. Thus, attention is a multi-faceted network, with clear adverse (alerting) and protective (executive control) ageing effects. We found these to be largely similar for mono- and bilinguals, with variability within bilinguals having only limited impact