Offshoot movements which depart from organized Adventism as a protest against problems in the church—real or imagined—carry a powerful allurement for the disenchanted among the striving faithful. Those joining or initiating such movements presume that purity of faith and practice beckons them on, that if only the faithful could start all over they could avoid and preclude the intrusion of all the problems that presently beset the organized church body.

A recent online article recycles a number of old attacks on Ellen White’s theological credibility. For the sake of those in whose minds these challenges might raise questions, it is important that credible answers be provided.

Is ranked authority necessary in a perfect world?

A new online article has raised four objections to Last Generation Theology—what may well be the hottest discussion topic right now in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. We pray this discussion will bring honest and searching hearts to the written counsel of God for answers (Isa. 8:20; Acts 17:11). What follows is an assessment of the four objection raised by the article in question, together with answers thereto from Scripture and the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy.

This article, for reasons we have not yet discovered, disappeared from our website more than a week ago. Here it is once again. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused.