https://hcommons.org/members/mkorpman/activity/ Activity feed for Matthew Korpman. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:33:09 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 cc771366a3c0be5a8f276231d53cfaed https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1906161/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:31:56 -0500 0 0a4689757b58576788534f7022a15ba2 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876997/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:00:55 -0500 For many Christians, the two words in the English language that don’t seem possible to combine are “faithful” and “disobedience.” For Adventists especially, who have too often grown up hearing an emphasis solely on obeying the commandments of God, such ideas are all too unthinkable. If God says it, the saying goes, that settles it. Yet, Ellen Whi…[Read more]

]]> 0 0a4689757b58576788534f7022a15ba2 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876996/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:00:55 -0500 For many Christians, the two words in the English language that don’t seem possible to combine are “faithful” and “disobedience.” For Adventists especially, who have too often grown up hearing an emphasis solely on obeying the commandments of God, such ideas are all too unthinkable. If God says it, the saying goes, that settles it. Yet, Ellen Whi…[Read more]

]]> 0 6af75f70fa118f72f45905081a8adefa https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876995/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:00:54 -0500 For many Christians, the two words in the English language that don’t seem possible to combine are “faithful” and “disobedience.” For Adventists especially, who have too often grown up hearing an emphasis solely on obeying the commandments of God, such ideas are all too unthinkable. If God says it, the saying goes, that settles it. Yet, Ellen Whi…[Read more]

]]> 0 5c3ae578ad0672b6c3f5e1ab51d7cd99 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876994/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:00:44 -0500 For many Christians, the two words in the English language that don’t seem possible to combine are “faithful” and “disobedience.” For Adventists especially, who have too often grown up hearing an emphasis solely on obeying the commandments of God, such ideas are all too unthinkable. If God says it, the saying goes, that settles it. Yet, Ellen Whi…[Read more]

]]> 0 f8332511e4c56e07a6eeeb2c23dd4325 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876993/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:00:39 -0500 For many Christians, the two words in the English language that don’t seem possible to combine are “faithful” and “disobedience.” For Adventists especially, who have too often grown up hearing an emphasis solely on obeying the commandments of God, such ideas are all too unthinkable. If God says it, the saying goes, that settles it. Yet, Ellen Whi…[Read more]

]]> 0 f480202c5e6e572a8f352308c3f631dd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876951/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 04:30:58 -0500 For many Christians, the two words in the English language that don’t seem possible to combine are “faithful” and “disobedience.” For Adventists especially, who have too often grown up hearing an emphasis solely on obeying the commandments of God, such ideas are all too unthinkable. If God says it, the saying goes, that settles it. Yet, Ellen Whi…[Read more]

]]> 0 c0452bd61bdbe1adbc40ae3cd93d65f7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870505/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:04:17 -0500 This chapter explores the contribution of the Seventh-day Adventist theologian/preacher Ellen White to Black Theology by comparing her early 19th century work to the later writings of James Cone. An argument is put forward that White intuited many of the insights that Cone would later formulate, demonstrating both that White can be a valuable…[Read more]

]]> 0 72220ac351917e8fdcdb1fa60f222c86 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870504/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:04:10 -0500 This chapter explores the contribution of the Seventh-day Adventist theologian/preacher Ellen White to Black Theology by comparing her early 19th century work to the later writings of James Cone. An argument is put forward that White intuited many of the insights that Cone would later formulate, demonstrating both that White can be a valuable…[Read more]

]]> 0 cafbbc27b67cc1dc292cda3edf0bc756 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870503/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:04:02 -0500 An analysis of William Foy's visions are compared with Ellen White's, noting that the two shared the same vision. Both visions are ultimately traced to the apocryphal work of 2 Esdras, popular among Millerites, allowing us to analyze how both Foy and White utilized the Apocrypha in their visionary renditions. Furthermore, this analysis sheds light…[Read more]

]]> 0 3e84f1a4f931471d3728b27794b00d81 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870502/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:55 -0500 The White Estate early on was aware of a report by some Adventists that claimed, as eyewitnesses, that Ellen White had (during a camp-meeting during May 1-10 of 1908) declared that: “Any one killed from an aeroplane would be lost.” Although considered apocryphal by the Estate when first heard, it turns out that this statement is likely not fic…[Read more]

]]> 0 1dba7850e3a34e75aabf3ba44fee8ae1 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870501/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:48 -0500 Within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a common conception is that Ellen White, one of the denomination’s three founders and a 19th-century female theologian, warned of a singular time in the future when a theological “shaking” would occur. However, by comparing all possible references to the word “shaking” (as well as associated ideas) in…[Read more]

]]> 0 0150f260a2ed64ee408960d014a9dd21 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870500/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:40 -0500 A short peer-reviewed essay exploring my pedagogical approach at teaching a required Introduction to New Testament course for students at a Criminal Justice program. It outlines creative ways to engage students in biblical material by focusing attention on those aspects of it that directly relate to the legal profession and sensibility.

]]> 0 e03f462683fb1820e8fee80741febdca https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870499/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:39 -0500 A short peer-reviewed essay exploring my pedagogical approach at teaching a required Introduction to New Testament course for students at a Criminal Justice program. It outlines creative ways to engage students in biblical material by focusing attention on those aspects of it that directly relate to the legal profession and sensibility.

]]> 0 d768f3f2a4380020b2c1b31f4cb71180 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870498/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:35 -0500 A short peer-reviewed essay exploring my pedagogical approach at teaching a required Introduction to New Testament course for students at a Criminal Justice program. It outlines creative ways to engage students in biblical material by focusing attention on those aspects of it that directly relate to the legal profession and sensibility.

]]> 0 009a466c41aeb7de35ee3550bac4aa07 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870497/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:33 -0500 Our earliest Christian sources suggest that it was common for Christian communities in the first and second century to disregard or ignore statements by Jesus that were perceived to be problematic, even at times claiming they originated with their enemies. This paper turns attention to this early Christian phenomenon of rejecting Jesus’ sayings, e…[Read more]

]]> 0 a24a1cb467a23110af9e2bf4288ce05f https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870496/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:29 -0500 Our earliest Christian sources suggest that it was common for Christian communities in the first and second century to disregard or ignore statements by Jesus that were perceived to be problematic, even at times claiming they originated with their enemies. This paper turns attention to this early Christian phenomenon of rejecting Jesus’ sayings, e…[Read more]

]]> 0 86a67095bc6c87b9f00f28e4f401ac75 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870495/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:28 -0500 Our earliest Christian sources suggest that it was common for Christian communities in the first and second century to disregard or ignore statements by Jesus that were perceived to be problematic, even at times claiming they originated with their enemies. This paper turns attention to this early Christian phenomenon of rejecting Jesus’ sayings, e…[Read more]

]]> 0 ce28e10e2bd6deccfd8b346f2795079e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870494/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:21 -0500 In this short article, the later views of Ellen White toward the Apocrypha are explored, building on previous studies that have demonstrated her continued utilization of apocryphal works past 1850. It is argued that by examining her views on inspiration and a reference she makes to the Septuagint, a plausible understanding of her views about the…[Read more]

]]> 0 4a9fb81a53fdd13ec5a3e3db7fb3e3cd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870493/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:16 -0500 An article that explores the theology of Sabbath keeping, and the biblical arguments for when God wishes his laws to be violated. A theology of the Sabbath, if it is to serve God’s desire in Scripture, must focus on the why of Sabbath, not the when. It cannot rely on arguments from authority or the Law as a cheap excuse for not engaging in a…[Read more]

]]> 0 be0ac73ab0ab1c9faa2d7fde46a9417d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870492/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:15 -0500 An article that explores the theology of Sabbath keeping, and the biblical arguments for when God wishes his laws to be violated. A theology of the Sabbath, if it is to serve God’s desire in Scripture, must focus on the why of Sabbath, not the when. It cannot rely on arguments from authority or the Law as a cheap excuse for not engaging in a…[Read more]

]]> 0 6aa74ea15ca2a6d8087846113216b137 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870491/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:11 -0500 An article that explores the theology of Sabbath keeping, and the biblical arguments for when God wishes his laws to be violated. A theology of the Sabbath, if it is to serve God’s desire in Scripture, must focus on the why of Sabbath, not the when. It cannot rely on arguments from authority or the Law as a cheap excuse for not engaging in a…[Read more]

]]> 0 c04836ff699e6c79ff7fab5c3a46904f https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870490/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:10 -0500 An article that explores the theology of Sabbath keeping, and the biblical arguments for when God wishes his laws to be violated. A theology of the Sabbath, if it is to serve God’s desire in Scripture, must focus on the why of Sabbath, not the when. It cannot rely on arguments from authority or the Law as a cheap excuse for not engaging in a…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d49ca38d6728f0c71bab08aa090017c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870489/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:03:03 -0500 A survey of Adventist church statements regarding church policy in the North American Division and World Church regarding Climate Change. It will be argued that unlike other policies the Adventist church supports, its statements on Climate Change lack the typical biblical support common for other initiatives and indicates a lack of spiritual…[Read more]

]]> 0 3856fe30377fd7e049bea40e20dc99cf https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870488/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:59 -0500 A survey of Adventist church statements regarding church policy in the North American Division and World Church regarding Climate Change. It will be argued that unlike other policies the Adventist church supports, its statements on Climate Change lack the typical biblical support common for other initiatives and indicates a lack of spiritual…[Read more]

]]> 0 1f52076ae69494743a93f215afbac027 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870487/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:52 -0500 A survey of Adventist church statements regarding church policy in the North American Division and World Church regarding Climate Change. It will be argued that unlike other policies the Adventist church supports, its statements on Climate Change lack the typical biblical support common for other initiatives and indicates a lack of spiritual…[Read more]

]]> 0 31ec3867d8779497c6185996a15b33c4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870486/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:45 -0500 The passage of Genesis 22 is reviewed and examined through four interpretive lenses: Narrative Criticism, Canonical Criticism, Historical Criticism, and a Hermeneutic of Confrontation. After reviewing extensively the history of child sacrifice in Ancient Israel, the argument of Omri Boehm's reconstructed text (lacking the angelic speeches), and…[Read more]

]]> 0 a16c81421fe1a3ae26f8aec30d5b505d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870485/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:44 -0500 The passage of Genesis 22 is reviewed and examined through four interpretive lenses: Narrative Criticism, Canonical Criticism, Historical Criticism, and a Hermeneutic of Confrontation. After reviewing extensively the history of child sacrifice in Ancient Israel, the argument of Omri Boehm's reconstructed text (lacking the angelic speeches), and…[Read more]

]]> 0 08a70bdc9bef37bce715317ec15bd15e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870484/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:43 -0500 The passage of Genesis 22 is reviewed and examined through four interpretive lenses: Narrative Criticism, Canonical Criticism, Historical Criticism, and a Hermeneutic of Confrontation. After reviewing extensively the history of child sacrifice in Ancient Israel, the argument of Omri Boehm's reconstructed text (lacking the angelic speeches), and…[Read more]

]]> 0 f1f64c46c2dbf97e4789615c27106ecf https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870483/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:39 -0500 The passage of Genesis 22 is reviewed and examined through four interpretive lenses: Narrative Criticism, Canonical Criticism, Historical Criticism, and a Hermeneutic of Confrontation. After reviewing extensively the history of child sacrifice in Ancient Israel, the argument of Omri Boehm's reconstructed text (lacking the angelic speeches), and…[Read more]

]]> 0 79fd37c096f75b47fb3045948bf7f2a1 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870482/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:38 -0500 The passage of Genesis 22 is reviewed and examined through four interpretive lenses: Narrative Criticism, Canonical Criticism, Historical Criticism, and a Hermeneutic of Confrontation. After reviewing extensively the history of child sacrifice in Ancient Israel, the argument of Omri Boehm's reconstructed text (lacking the angelic speeches), and…[Read more]

]]> 0 a372d4a5d362f9aa4375c9bb9e7d2db5 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870481/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:31 -0500 This short-form article explores the various presentations of "the Middle" within Valentinian authored documents (the Gospel of Truth and Gospel of Philip) and sources which report about the Valentinians (Irenaeus and his report about Ptolemy's theology). It suggests underscores the deep distinctions each view has and suggests that these may be…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b5af0f237d56e0eb3d2a180344769b8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870480/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:25 -0500 This short-form article explores the various presentations of "the Middle" within Valentinian authored documents (the Gospel of Truth and Gospel of Philip) and sources which report about the Valentinians (Irenaeus and his report about Ptolemy's theology). It suggests underscores the deep distinctions each view has and suggests that these may be…[Read more]

]]> 0 8663b36791ba37337bdf929feeef9e43 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870479/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:23 -0500 This short-form article explores the various presentations of "the Middle" within Valentinian authored documents (the Gospel of Truth and Gospel of Philip) and sources which report about the Valentinians (Irenaeus and his report about Ptolemy's theology). It suggests underscores the deep distinctions each view has and suggests that these may be…[Read more]

]]> 0 ed0f08a0f7e6dafffe6dfccf48cbe5d2 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870478/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:21 -0500 This short-form article explores the various presentations of "the Middle" within Valentinian authored documents (the Gospel of Truth and Gospel of Philip) and sources which report about the Valentinians (Irenaeus and his report about Ptolemy's theology). It suggests underscores the deep distinctions each view has and suggests that these may be…[Read more]

]]> 0 6c5e306028bdbb8b017ab51bb39fd241 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870477/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:17 -0500 Discussions about the history of the reception of the Apocrypha within Protestantism are often mired by blanket negative presumptions that differ markedly from the actual beliefs attested to in available historical sources. This chapter seeks to rectify such historical misrepresentations by presenting an initial attempt to summarize the entire…[Read more]

]]> 0 a2b1540d5c74334670480253a6314ff5 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870476/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:10 -0500 Discussions about the history of the reception of the Apocrypha within Protestantism are often mired by blanket negative presumptions that differ markedly from the actual beliefs attested to in available historical sources. This chapter seeks to rectify such historical misrepresentations by presenting an initial attempt to summarize the entire…[Read more]

]]> 0 7cf8b4d53e151906152655653fe117d4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870475/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:09 -0500 Discussions about the history of the reception of the Apocrypha within Protestantism are often mired by blanket negative presumptions that differ markedly from the actual beliefs attested to in available historical sources. This chapter seeks to rectify such historical misrepresentations by presenting an initial attempt to summarize the entire…[Read more]

]]> 0 379520faec803560263a909ec49230f0 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870474/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:04 -0500 Discussions about the history of the reception of the Apocrypha within Protestantism are often mired by blanket negative presumptions that differ markedly from the actual beliefs attested to in available historical sources. This chapter seeks to rectify such historical misrepresentations by presenting an initial attempt to summarize the entire…[Read more]

]]> 0 4181fb3eb80be28c795fe19045b41e1e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870473/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:02:03 -0500 Discussions about the history of the reception of the Apocrypha within Protestantism are often mired by blanket negative presumptions that differ markedly from the actual beliefs attested to in available historical sources. This chapter seeks to rectify such historical misrepresentations by presenting an initial attempt to summarize the entire…[Read more]

]]> 0 15c5e17596848bc8b249a910b17ba6f6 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870472/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:01:57 -0500 This essay seeks to introduce briefly the background and idea of what can be called a confrontational approach to theology. It will begin by outlining the biblical background of this often-ignored portrait and then will proceed to outline how this theological approach can breathe new life into various approaches toward God.

]]> 0 c71c2d16d2d08d464ac81d006892c449 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870471/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:01:53 -0500 This essay seeks to introduce briefly the background and idea of what can be called a confrontational approach to theology. It will begin by outlining the biblical background of this often-ignored portrait and then will proceed to outline how this theological approach can breathe new life into various approaches toward God.

]]> 0 445af0bb11c7c112b53b530968d10006 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870470/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:01:46 -0500 This essay seeks to introduce briefly the background and idea of what can be called a confrontational approach to theology. It will begin by outlining the biblical background of this often-ignored portrait and then will proceed to outline how this theological approach can breathe new life into various approaches toward God.

]]> 0 a893eba3522307740d812b3bc562672e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870469/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:01:40 -0500 In this chapter, a biblical overview of the topic of doubt is provided, focused on the Gospel accounts. A theological argument is made for the necessity and contribution of doubt toward the process of faith.

]]> 0 641c40731ef8b061f35651a479a910f2 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870468/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:01:36 -0500 In this chapter, a biblical overview of the topic of doubt is provided, focused on the Gospel accounts. A theological argument is made for the necessity and contribution of doubt toward the process of faith.

]]> 0 189350960e1df6d7e4badbe5f3beb775 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870467/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:01:29 -0500 In this chapter, a biblical overview of the topic of doubt is provided, focused on the Gospel accounts. A theological argument is made for the necessity and contribution of doubt toward the process of faith.

]]> 0 0c2bf2a1f12ffbed870b5419e735ed95 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870461/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:01:10 -0500 Although bumper stickers abound that propose otherwise, the Bible itself reveals that just because "God says it," does not, in fact, mean "that settles it." On the contrary, a close reading of Scripture reveals that God does not want us to blindly obey him, but rather, invites us to "lock hands" with him and fight. The purpose of this book is to…[Read more]

]]> 0 28312118cc76cbd52fea6dd44eecb248 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870460/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:01:03 -0500 Although bumper stickers abound that propose otherwise, the Bible itself reveals that just because "God says it," does not, in fact, mean "that settles it." On the contrary, a close reading of Scripture reveals that God does not want us to blindly obey him, but rather, invites us to "lock hands" with him and fight. The purpose of this book is to…[Read more]

]]> 0 ed0a2f969acf7cd70002683537343d95 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870455/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:00:38 -0500 The Tribe of Dan has always appeared to biblical scholars and archaeologists as something of an enigma. For decades, certain scholars, beginning with Yigael Yadin, have proposed a connection between the Denyen/Danaoi Sea People and the Danites of Ancient Israel, arguing that the former became the latter and were adopted into Israel at a later date…[Read more]

]]> 0 ed0a2f969acf7cd70002683537343d95 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870454/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:00:38 -0500 The Tribe of Dan has always appeared to biblical scholars and archaeologists as something of an enigma. For decades, certain scholars, beginning with Yigael Yadin, have proposed a connection between the Denyen/Danaoi Sea People and the Danites of Ancient Israel, arguing that the former became the latter and were adopted into Israel at a later date…[Read more]

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