{{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=July 2021}} {{notability|Biography|date=March 2023}} }} {{short description|Seventh-day Adventist theologian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox Christian leader | image = | name = Jon Paulien | caption = | birth_name = Jonathan K. Paulien | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}} | birth_place = New York City, NY | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Professor, writer <br /> Seventh-day Adventist theologian | alma_mater = Atlantic Union College<br />Andrews University | salary = | networth = | website = | footnotes = }}
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'''Jonathan K. Paulien''' (born 1949) is a Seventh-day Adventist theologian.
==Biography== Paulien has a BA from Atlantic Union College, and an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Andrews University. His doctoral thesis, ''Decoding Revelation’s Trumpets: Literary Allusions and Interpretation of {{bibleverse||Revelation|8:7-12|NIV}}'' was completed in 1987. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked as a Seventh-day Adventist church pastor for several years in New York City.
He was professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He spent over two decades at Andrews.<ref name="Presenters :: Questions on Doctrine">{{Cite web |url=http://qod.andrews.edu/presenters.html |title=Presenters :: Questions on Doctrine<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=13 July 2007 |archive-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007052019/http://qod.andrews.edu/presenters.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, he became dean of the Faculty of Religion at Loma Linda University, a position he held until 2019.
He and his wife Pamella have three children.
== Theology ==
Paulien stated he has found material on the "stages of faith" to be "the most life-changing material I have ever learned or shared."<ref>Paulien, "[http://revelation-armageddon.com/2010/08/03/stages-of-faith.aspx Stages of Faith] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127062733/http://revelation-armageddon.com/2010/08/03/stages-of-faith.aspx |date=2010-11-27 }}" blog, 8 March 2010. First of a series of blogs about the stages of faith</ref>
==Publications== Paulien writes primarily for a Seventh-day Adventist audience. The majority of his books and articles have been published by non-academic publishing houses and magazines owned by the Seventh-day Adventist church. His scholarly articles also have been largely published by Seventh-day Adventist journals. {{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}
===Non-Academic Books===
* 2008. ''Armageddon at the Door: An Insider's Guide to the Book of Revelation'' * 2008. ''Everlasting Gospel, Ever-Changing World'' * 2004. ''The Deep Things of God: An Insider's Guide to the Book of Revelation'' * 2003. ''John: The Beloved Gospel'' * 2002. ''The Day That Changed the World: Seeking God After September 11'' * 2001. ''Everyday Faith: How to Have an Authentic Relationship With God in the Real World'' * 1999. ''The Millennium Bug: Is This the End of the World As We Know It'' * 1995. ''John: Jesus Gives Life to a New Generation (The Abundant life Bible amplifier)'' with George R. Knight * 1994. ''End Time'' (full title ''(As speculation builds, let's keep our eyes focused on) What the Bible says about the end-time'') * 1993. ''Present Truth in the Real World: The Adventist Struggle to Keep and Share Faith in a Secular Society''
===Articles=== * "The End of Historicism? Reflections on the Adventist Approach to Biblical Apocalyptic" - {{cite web |url= http://www.atsjats.org/publication_file.php?pub_id=25&journal=1&type=pdf |title= part 1 |access-date= 2006-12-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101126070628/http://www.atsjats.org/publication_file.php?pub_id=25&journal=1&type=pdf |archive-date= 2010-11-26 |url-status= dead }} ''Journal of the Adventist Theological Society'' 14:2 (Fall 2003), p15–43; {{cite web |url= http://www.atsjats.org/publication_file.php?pub_id=243&journal=1&type=pdf |title= part 2 |access-date= 2006-12-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101126070623/http://www.atsjats.org/publication_file.php?pub_id=243&journal=1&type=pdf |archive-date= 2010-11-26 |url-status= dead }} ''JATS'' 17:1 (Spring 2006), p180–208 * "{{cite web |url= http://www.atsjats.org/publication_file.php?pub_id=174&journal=1&type=pdf |title= Revisiting the Sabbath in the Book of Revelation |access-date= 2006-12-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070318174351/http://www.atsjats.org/publication_file.php?pub_id=174&journal=1&type=pdf |archive-date= 2007-03-18 |url-status= dead }}". ''Journal of the Adventist Theological Society'' 9:1–2 (1998), p179–186 * "Armageddon" entry in ''Anchor Bible Dictionary'' I:394-5
== See also == {{Portal|Christianity|Biography|New York (state)|New York City}} * Seventh-day Adventist Church * Seventh-day Adventist theology * Seventh-day Adventist eschatology * History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church * 28 Fundamental Beliefs * Questions on Doctrine * Teachings of Ellen G. White * Inspiration of Ellen G. White * Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church * Investigative judgment * Pillars of Adventism * Second Coming * Conditional Immortality * Historicism * Three Angels' Messages * Sabbath in seventh-day churches * Ellen G. White * Adventism * Seventh-day Adventist Church Pioneers * Seventh-day Adventist worship * Ellen G. White Estate * Loma Linda University
==External links== * [http://www.revelation-armageddon.com/ Revelation-Armageddon.com], Paulien's blog, which has as its purpose "to provide sane, evidence-based information about the Bible’s Book of Revelation" in today's context<ref>[http://revelation-armageddon.com/2006/11/27/first-thoughts.aspx Revelation – Armageddon: First Thoughts<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125230829/http://revelation-armageddon.com/2006/11/27/first-thoughts.aspx |date=2007-01-25 }}</ref> * [http://www.thebattleofarmageddon.com/ The Battle of Armageddon.com], companion website, also by Paulien ** "Simply Revelation" 3ABN interview ([http://www.thebattleofarmageddon.com/revelation_1.html part 1], [http://www.thebattleofarmageddon.com/revelation_2.html part 2]) ** [http://www.thebattleofarmageddon.com/revelation_translation_paulien.html Book of Revelation], a personal translation by Paulien * [https://archive.today/20121212193302/http://jewel.andrews.edu:82/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=Paulien,+Jon Articles by Paulien] cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070221035803/http://www.andrews.edu/~jonp/jonhome.htm Andrews University faculty entry] * [http://www.llu.edu/llu/faculty/directory/faculty.html?id=jpaulien Loma Linda University faculty entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220846/http://www.llu.edu/llu/faculty/directory/faculty.html?id=jpaulien |date=27 September 2007 }}
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