The Heartbeat of Adventism

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The Great Controversy Theme in the Writings of Ellen White

By Herbert E. Douglass

Hardcover, 416 pages

Pacific Press, 2013

ISBN: 9780816324583

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Overview

Dr. Herbert E. Douglass provides a clear and deep analysis of Ellen White's understanding of the great controversy theme and will provide honest seekers with the indispensable big picture from which to frame the world and the church's quest for truth.

The Heartbeat of Adventism is a well organised compilation of the great controversy theme that features all through Ellen White's writings, not just in her book titled The Great Controversy.

Contents

Introduction: the great controvert theme is the grand central theme of the Bible
The great controversy theme explains the background for the rise of sin, suffering, and death
The great controversy theme recognizes “the change in man’s condition, through the coming in of a knowledge of evil”
The great controversy theme highlights the charges that Satan has made against God
The great controversy theme illuminates how God has told his side of the story!
The great controversy theme explains why Jesus became man, not only to reveal the truth about God, but to identify with human beings, thus giving credibility to his appeal to us to overcome, even as he did
The great controversy theme makes clear why Jesus died
The great controversy theme unfolds the glorious subject of the atonement
The great controversy theme explains the role of the holy spirit
The great controversy theme reveals the role of Jesus as our high priest
The great controversy theme unfolds what God intends to achieve with his plan for our salvation
The great controversy theme directly informs all aspects of the Christian’s life
The great controversy theme has a beginning and an end, and its end is clearly predicted, with its participants plainly identified
The great controversy theme begins in heaven, when Satan attempted by deceit and subterfuge to overthrow the law of God—and that hellish enmity continues on earth, with his final attack being ratcheted up in the end times.
The great controversy, in the end times, will develop into a perfect storm, when Satan will employ all his deceptions in such a way that even “the elect” will be challenged (Matthew 24:24).
The great controversy’s last-day issues, forecasting Satan’s final attempts to conquer this world, are outlined in the Bible.
The great controversy theme describes two groups in the last days that define those who honour God and those who represent Satan’s rebellion.
The great controversy theme outlines the final events that precede our lord’s return.
The great controversy theme provides Satan’s playbook for alert, end-time loyalists.
Preaching the great controversy theme requires special kinds of preachers and sermons.
The great controversy ended—all issues settled, universe forever in harmony.