The Changing World
of Seventh-day Adventism
These articles are designed specifically for the Serious Research Student of the history of Adventism and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Most have been authored by scholars who are part of the Progressive Adventists or Evangelical Adventists. Hence, they generally reject Ellen G. White and the early teachings of the SDA Church and are striving for change within the SDA Church. Most of these documents are posted on serious academic websites.
Disclaimer: Lion and Lamb Apologetics may or may not agree with every position taken by individual authors.
The Remnant Concept in Early Adventism
When a new denomination is formed, a viable ecclesiology is vital for its survival. The case of the Millerite movement and its Adventist heirs is particularly interesting because of the initial ecclesiological dimness associated with their apocalyptic expectation and revivalist antisectarianism.
1844: Pillar of Faith or Mortal Wound?
Similarly to the proto-Adventists of New England on that cold, gloomy day 171 years ago, those modern-day Adventists that actually remember the events of that day are too filled with
a mix of hope and sadness: sadness for the delay and hope that the coming of Christ will materialize some day soon.
1844 and the Limits of Biblical Hermeneutics
Every year on October 22 , Adventists recall the events of 1844, the year when thousands of North American Millerites expected that the sanctuary of Daniel 8:14 pointed to the “cleansing” of earth by the return of Christ.
1844 and the Future of Adventism
In these articles, I usually delve briefly into the nuts and bolts of the arguments used to bolster 1844 and then offer a brief reflection. This year, we’ll revisit arguments on Daniel 8 that I discussed in a debate with Clifford Goldstein on Adventist Today.
The Adventist Problem with Revelation
As the late blogger and Spectrum commentator extraordinaire Aage Rendalen once quipped: “There is simply no Adventist sheol left into whose darkness serious scholars can be thrown.”
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