I know that many Adventists - including David Larson and Trisha Famisaran - have had the opportunity to meet and work with theologian John Cobb, Jr. while at Claremont.

I had the pleasure of talking briefly with him at the AAR meetings and found him to be a polite and very witty man - a world famous theologian who didn't mind the awkwardness of a bunch of graduate students standing around a little tongue-tied.

In these short clips, Dr. Cobb discusses some key theological concepts rooted in a careful textual reading of scripture.

The Faithfulness of Jesus vs. Faith in Jesus

At Adventist Today, Cliff Goldstein writes:

It was one of the hardest things in the world for me to become an SDA. I had to totally revamp my entire view of reality at the most fundamental level possible. I pretty much had to admit that the intellectual and cultural foundations of my first 23 years of existence were, well, flat-out wrong.
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Karen Armstrong writes about multiple faiths in her bestselling books, including Muhammad, A History of God, Buddha, The Battle for God, and The Great Transformation. In her critical studies and the memoirs Through the Narrow Gate and The Spiral Staircase, Armstrong's perspective is based on compassion instead of reduction.

"It doesn't really matter what you believe as long as it leads you to practical compassion," Armstrong has said.