What, if anything, do they have in common?

Rumors and online screeds continue to proliferate in our present context regarding alleged agreements between the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the United Nations. But can anyone produce hard evidence that our proclamation of the three angels’ messages has been muted or curtailed anywhere, in any way?

“The pleasing fable that all there is to do is to believe, has destroyed thousands and tens of thousands, because many have called that faith which is not faith, but simply a dogma.  Man is an intelligent, accountable being; he is not to be carried as a passive burden by the Lord, but is to work in harmony with Christ.  Man is to take up his appointed work in striving for glory, honor, and immortality.”

Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, April 1, 1890

Few remember their names today. Can anyone guess why?

“A uniform day of rest that limits commercial activity can provide temporal boundaries that help communities to set aside time for religious observance, family gatherings, outdoor activities, and rest. A stable base of research shows that these practices correlate with better mental health, stronger social bonds, and more stable family structures.” https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/SR323.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

On January 6, 2026, famed Christian author Philip Yancey admitted to having engaged in an eight-year adulterous affair with a married woman, and has thus chosen to withdraw from his written and spoken ministry. What influence might his popular teachings relative to sin, grace, and salvation have exerted in bringing about this tragedy?

As Ellen White has written, “The story of Bethlehem is an exhaustless theme” (The Desire of Ages, p. 48).

Speaking of the world before Noah’s Flood, the modern prophet writes:

“The land was filled with violence.  War, crime, murder, was the order of the day.  Just so it will be before Christ’s second coming.”

Ellen G. White, SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1, p. 1090.

Both our SDA Fundamental Beliefs and a recent survey of the global Seventh-day Adventist membership constrain us to answer this question decidedly in the negative.

Does humanity’s inborn sinful nature require divine forgiveness, even if one does not yield to it? If so, is this doctrine (often called original sin) compatible with the Bible doctrine that through heaven’s power, human beings can live earthly lives free from sin?

Both baptismal vows listed in the Church Manual, the larger one and the shorter alternative, assume that the new believer has accepted the Fundamental Beliefs of the church, which include acceptance of Ellen White’s prophetic authority.

It’s usually a question of whose proverbial “ox” is being gored.

The secret of religious faith is not adaptation, but transcendence.  The Word of God addresses its cultural context, but it must remain the judge thereof, never its child. 

The new rapprochement between the papacy and Anglicanism offers fresh evidence of hands stretched “across the gulf,” as the modern prophet foretells.