Graham Maxwell

Arthur Graham Maxwell is a Seventh-day Adventist theologian, and the emeritus professor of New Testament studies at Loma Linda University. In a 1985 questionnaire of North American Adventist lecturers, Maxwell tied for fourth place among the Adventist authors who had most influenced them. [cite journal
author = Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart
title = The Intellectual World of Adventist Theologians
journal = Spectrum
volume = 18
issue = 1
pages = 32–37
publisher = Adventist Forums
location = Roseville, California
issn = 0890-0264
date = October 1987
url = http://spectrummagazine.org/files/archive/archive16-20/18-1bull.pdf
format = PDF
doi =
accessdate = 2008-05-29]

Biography

Maxwell is the son of "Uncle Arthur" Maxwell, who was known for his children's books.

Maxwell taught at Pacific Union College. [http://www.atoday.com/magazine/2001/05/my-life-loma-linda] [http://spectrummagazine.org/files/archive/archive26-30/26-2responses.pdf]

Theology

Maxwell supports the moral influence theory of the atonement. ["Seeking a Sanctuary", p81. See also pages 389 and 485] [" [http://www.atoday.com/magazine/archive/1999/mayjun1999/articles/FatLady.shtml Adventism: Fat Lady or Beautiful Bride?] "] [ [http://www.adventistarchives.org/doc_info.asp?DocID=6727 Ministry Magazine refutes The Moral Influence Theory] (March, 1992 pp. 6-10)] [ [http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/endtimeissues/passion_of_christ2.html Adventist Confusion on Atonement] ]

Alden Thompson has compared various different Adventist theologians to either Peter, Paul or Apollos. He compares Graham Maxwell to Apollos, because of their shared emphasis on God's love. [Alden Thompson, "The Adventist Church at Corinth", sermon at Walla Walla College Church on December 9, 1989. http://people.wwc.edu/staff/thomal/text/unpublished_lectures_sermons_papers/the_adventist_church_at_corinth.rtf. (Perhaps also "The Adventists at Corinth and Their Favorite Preachers" September 30, 1991. http://people.wwc.edu/staff/thomal/text/unpublished_lectures_sermons_papers/the_adventists_at_corinth_and_their_favorite_preachers.rtf)]

Publications

* "Can God Be Trusted?" (Nashville, Tennessee: Southern Publishing) was the denominational book of the year. David McMahon says it "is conspicuous for what it omits in discussing the atonement."David P. McMahon. "Ellet Joseph Waggoner: The Myth and the Man" (Fallbrook, California: Verdict Publications, 1979). Chapter 10, "Waggoner in Retrospect" – [http://sdanet.org/atissue/books/mcmahon/waggoner-10.htm SDANet version] , [http://www.presenttruthmag.com/7dayadventist/Waggoner/10.html "Present Truth" magazine version] ] He compares the chapter, "Why Did Jesus Have to Die?" to a similarly-titled much earlier article by E. J. Waggoner, "Why Did Christ Die?" (British) "Present Truth" 21 September 1893, p385–88.
* "I want to be free" (Mountain View, California: Pacific Press, c. 1970)
* "Servants or Friends?" (Redlands, California: Pine Knoll, 1992). See one [http://spectrummagazine.org/files/archive/archive21-25/22-5reviews.pdf review] by Gordon Bietz

See also

References

External links

* [http://www.pineknoll.org/ Pine Knoll] , Maxwell's website
** " [http://www.pineknoll.org/graham/wdjhtd.html Why Did Jesus Have to Die?] ", an interview of Maxwell by Jonathan Gallagher
* [http://www.sabbathschoolstudy.org/ Sabbath School Study] , run by Pine Knoll
* " [http://spectrummagazine.org/files/archive/archive26-30/26-1davis.pdf Growing Up On Zion's Holy Mountain] " by Delmer Davis. "Spectrum" 26:1 (January 1997), p13–19
* [http://www.loudcry.org/main/audio/Dr_Graham_Maxwell/index.html Audio sermons] from Loud Cry
* [http://jewel.andrews.edu:82/search/a?Maxwell+A+Graham Articles by Maxwell] ( [http://jewel.andrews.edu:82/search/a?Maxwell+Arthur+Graham plus one] ) as cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)