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Wow! way over my head. However, thanks for the insights, I'm sure others as well appreciated just how you come up with your information.

If you want to study SDA history, read the periodical articles on the SDA archives site [too many]. You can also do topical studies on EGW sites. I'm posting articles on the Jesuits from old Review articles. Once you find a topic which interests you, for example "investigative judgment," plug it into a search of pioneer writings to find the writings of various individuals. You can also download .pdf files of periodical articles and use the search function to identify terms such as "Jesuits" "Investigative Judgment," "make" or "declare" righteous. Maintain a narrow focus. Specific time period, specific topic. For early SDA history, EGW's lifetime is the limit I once took an independent study course with Fred Veltman. First I wanted to study the Biblical doctrine of perfection. Too big a topic, he said, for a single quarter course. We finally narrowed it down to perfection in the book of Hebrews, which was manageable for a single course. Perfection could have worked for a doctoral thesis, not a single academic quarter. When he did his EGW study, he limited his work to a limited number of chapters. He didn't do the entire book. When I studied Waggoner, I limited the study to his use of the terms "imputation," "make righteous," and "declare righteous." Find the passages which elaborate on the topic rather than just mention it. Avoid special pleading, that is comments which only sustain your prejudices. Waggoner used both terms "make" and "declare" righteous, although his emphasis was on "make righteous" from Romans 5 "many shall be made righteous." Check out Cleansanctuary. blogspot.com for other examples.

👀 Scoop: "Jesus" meme backstory Bill Pulte and the meme Trump posted late Sunday, before removing it Monday. Images: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images, Truth Social Before President Trump posted an image of himself as a Christ-like healer, he discussed the meme with his controversial housing finance chief, Bill Pulte, Axios' Marc Caputo has learned. Why it matters: Pulte has a penchant for stirring up controversy, grabbing headlines and irritating other members of Trump's administration. Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is a ubiquitous figure in the president's orbit both in the White House and at Mar-a-Lago, where Pulte is a member. Trump was in South Florida over the weekend and the two spent time together, according to two advisers who spoke to the president about the image. At some point, Pulte brought the image to Trump's attention, the advisers told Axios. It's not clear whether he just displayed the rendering on his phone or actually sent it to the president. "Everyone thought it was a joke," one of the advisers said. A third adviser who's friendly with Pulte said he didn't provide the meme to Trump. The intrigue: Adding to the strangeness of the AI-generated image Trump posted late Sunday was the inclusion of a mysterious, horned creature in the heavens that some interpreted as a demon. The original image of Trump as Christ-like healer didn't include the horned creature. Keep reading. ps:How anyone could even suggest this is sad