Despite the fear so dominant just now in many conservative Christian circles, even some Adventists, the inspired pen never predicts a coming dominance of the church by secular government. 

Despite their inadequacy, labels are unavoidable.  But when in the spiritual realm we find ourselves using them, it behooves us to employ grace, understanding, and a listening ear.  If at all possible, labels which offend should be avoided.  What is most imperative for the Christian to understand is that while compromise and the quest for a middle ground may be prudent in the play of secular ideas—politics in particular—such a quest is most unwise when faithfulness to the inspired Word is at stake.

Unless transcendent divine revelation is the basis of kindness, the latter can become little more than a passing fad, subject to the slings and arrows of life and culture like any other expression of the human spirit. 

Giving up too soon is often a problem for would-be reformers. Understanding the role of testing truths in the experience of the faith community, together with the imperative of maximum effort and total trust in God to aid in the pursuit of revival and reformation, must inform and attend the work of the striving faithful in God’s last-day church.