David P. Duffie (1920-2017)

Dr. David P. Duffie

These documents by a beloved teacher and mentor from my early days at Loma Linda are provided by his permission and that of his son, in honor of his memory. These first three papers are posted the week of his memorial service.

May 1978: Ford and Paxton at Loma Linda (The Apparent Triumph of the Doctrine of Unrighteousness Covered by Faith) 18 pages
Reflection on the visit April 1978 of Desmond Ford and Geoffrey Paxton to the Seventh-day Adventists of Loma Linda, California.

May 1978: John Wesley and Cross Currents in Adventism (An Introductory Survey of the Wide Congruence of John Wesley’s and Ellen White’s Views on Perfection, and its Relevancy to Opposing Emphases upon Reformation Theology within Contemporary Adventism) 35 pages
Submitted to Robert G. Tuttle, Jr. for his Class on Wesley at Fuller Theological Seminary. Covers Wesley’s dialog with Zinzendorf.

January 1979: Toward Understanding the Atonement   43 pages Some 19th and 20th Century Developments in Non—liberal Theology of the Atonement. Highlighting the thinkers of the Atonement

September 1985: John Mcleod Campbell and Thomas Erskine:
 Scottish Exponents of Righteousness, Faith, and the Atonement (A Thesis in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Religion, Loma Linda University Graduate School) 277 pages 
Analysis of two contemporaries of Joseph Bates, with concluding reflections on “the impact which their insights might yet have upon Adventism.” What if the majority of the Millerites had been open to the Third Angel’s Message?

27 March 2018