The release of Trevor Reed from a three-year-captivity reminds us of the Bible’s promise of freedom from a captivity far worse.

The present writer has recently discovered an Ellen White statement which could prove a game-changer in the church’s continuing discussions regarding the human nature of Christ.

Whenever the striving Adventist faithful, rightly or wrongly, find themselves disappointed in the leadership of the organized church, a century-old falsehood regarding the nature of the church tends to rear its ugly head. And it seems to be with us still.

If indeed, as some allege, people are more important than principles, which of the latter could possibly survive the rationalizations that would leap to the fore of one’s mind at a moment when life and death hang in the balance?