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.

Recent evidence demonstrates that despite the claim of certain ones that secularism is overwhelming American society, religious interest is presently growing, theologically conservative churches continue to flourish, and theologically liberal churches continue to decline.

“Christ calls for unity.  But He does not call for us to unify on wrong practices.  The God of heaven draws a sharp contrast between pure, elevating, ennobling truth and false, misleading doctrines.  He calls sin and impenitence by the right name.  He does not gloss over wrongdoing with a coat of untempered mortar.  I urge our brethren to unify upon a true, scriptural basis.”

Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, vol. 1, p. 175.

The Bible condemns same-gender sexual intimacy without qualification, and is equally clear that in God’s paradigm, only two genders exist. But does this mean the inner urge to engage in such conduct must be obliterated from one’s fleshly nature in order to please God?

At the memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 21, 2025, White House official Stephen Miller declared that the assassination had “awakened a dragon.”  Unwittingly, we can be sure, Mr. Miller directed students of Bible prophecy to what we find in the 13th chapter of Revelation, how a beast power that begins as a lamb morphs into a dragon—Revelation’s symbol of Satan himself (Rev. 12:9; 22:2). 

A recent Second Coming date-setting fiasco reveals yet again the importance of understanding Biblical teachings regarding the return of Christ.

When words and phrases such as “legalism” and “righteousness by faith” are used in theological discourse, they must be defined by the inspired writings themselves, not distorted by scholarly speculation and experience-driven testimonies.