A prominent speaker in contemporary Adventism has recently alleged that the voice of a Holy Spirit-led conscience can not only guide the believer in matters not spelled out by the written Word, but that to violate the admonitions of that voice—just like violations of the Word itself—should rightly be called sin. 

Is this correct?

Critics of the Adventist Sabbath doctrine have often said that there is “no redeeming power in a day.”  Perhaps not, but neither was there strength in Samson’s long hair.  Nor was there healing power unique to the waters of the river Jordan.  But both represented tokens of loyalty and obedience.  The same is true with the seventh-day Sabbath.

This message was delivered by Elder Erton C. Kohler, newly elected President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, at the ASI Convention in Orlando, Florida, on Sabbath, August 2, 2025.

No focus on mission can accomplish God’s purpose for the church if the Biblical message which drives that mission is lost.  Message must always drive mission, never the other way around.

May the trials and triumphs of this new quinquennium be bathed in the glory of the blessed hope!  May our transcendent agenda be the unbroken conquest of evil in our lives, and in the life of God’s corporate faith community, resulting in the glad refrain: “Next stop: the New Jerusalem.”

The global witness of the great Advent movement dare not be moderated or temporized for the sake of superficial unity, nor can it digress from its divine purpose in pursuit of causes defined by cultural grievance or secular political ideologies. 

Love-based, Spirit-empowered obedience is the condition of our salvation because such obedience is the only kind God will accept—the only kind that will secure the universe for eternity against a recurrence of the present rebellion.

“The world can only be warned by seeing those who believe the truth sanctified through the truth, acting upon high and holy principles, showing in a high, elevated sense, the line of demarcation between those who keep the commandments of God and those who trample them under their feet.”

Ellen G. White, SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 980.

A popular presenter in certain circles of conservative Adventism is claiming that these two are different? What does the inspired evidence teach?

A most revealing exchange during the recent debate in the Texas state legislature over a law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools.

The question is, Who does the imparting?

The loving acts of our Lord extended to all, regardless of their beliefs or practices, but in no way does this imply that acceptance within Christ’s kingdom is open to all, regardless of what they choose to believe or how they choose to live.

The election of the first American pope gives every evidence of highlighting the prophetic interplay between the two symbolic beasts of Revelation 13.

Grace is the underlying and overarching theme of the Bible story, the heartbeat of its doctrinal and moral imperatives and the rationale of its prophetic revelations.