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Is Ellen White REALLY a Lesser Light? Deinsidepartvolm Ellen White a Spokesperson The Assumptions Dominating for the “Emerging Church”? Behind 1844 the World SummEr 2011 • WWW.atoday.Com AdventistToday Is Ellen White rEALLy a Lesser Light? DEInSIDEpArTvoLm. 19 no.E 3nT AdventistToday Editor J. David Newman Copy Editor Debra J. Hicks Contributing Editors Nathan Brown, James Walters Art Director Chris Komisar Online Editors cover story Blogs: Clive Holland Columns: Timo Onjukka Features: Helen Grattan 12 Is Ellen White REALLY Forums: Eric Eckhart a Lesser Light? Reviews: Edwin A. Schwisow Facebook: Steve Lescanec by J. David Newman Executive Director of Development Edwin A. Schwisow F O u n dat i O n B oa r D Clive Holland – Board Chair, Mark Gutman – Treasurer, Larry Downing, Elwin Dunn, Edmund Jones, Chuck Mitchell, Jim Nelson, Nate Schilt, J. Gordon Short, James Stirling, Ervin Taylor, David Van Putten, John Vogt SEniOr LiFEtimE ADvisorS ($25,000+) Beth and Elwin Dunn, Patricia and Douglas Ewing, Kathi and Richard Guth, Judy and John Jacobson, Betty and Al Koppel, Joan Ogden, Lori and Thaine Price, Judy and Gordon Rick, J. Gordon Short, Marilynn and Ervin features Taylor, Nancy and John Vogt, Priscilla and James Walters 6 The Assumptions of the Daniel 25 Tonstad Answers Thompson L i fe t i m E AD v i so r S ($10,000+) Susan and Hernan Barros, Kelli and Robert Black, Pat and Revelation Committee in by Sigve Tonstad and Ron Cople, Kathryn and James Dexter, Rosemary and Merlyn Duerksen, Patricia Hare, Mariellyn and Defending 1844 Edwin Hill, Carmen and Clive Holland, Carmen and Yung by Roy Ingram departments Lau, David T. Person II, Patricia Phillips, Judith Rausch, James Stirling 3 Editorial unDErwriting ADvisorS ($2,500+ during last two years) Stewart Bainum, Arleen and Larry Downing, Erika and 4 Letters Brian Johnson, Dee Dee and Nate Schilt gEnErAL ADvisorS ($500+/year plan) Donald Ackley, Cherry Ashlock, Charmaine Bainum, 20 Alden Thompson Almon J. Balkins, Hernan and Orfi Barros, Diana Ellen White: An “Emerging Church” and Ken Bauer, Galeta Brewer, Ginny and Todd Spokesperson? Burley, Ruth Christensen and Glenn Henrickson, Beverly Christiansen, Sid Christiansen, L. Humberto Covarrubias, Anders Engdahl, Dan Engeberg, Paul Eun, Galen Fillmore, Beth and Charles Freidline, Annette 6 30 Remnants and Gary Frykman, Karita and DeWitt Goulbourne, 7 Questions for … Clive Holland Jackie and Thomas Hamilton, Dolores and Robert 22 What Should We Know About Hasse, Jackie and Jim Henneberg, John Hoehn, Sarah and Greg King, Lloyd Janzen, Marga and Elton Kerr, Muslim Radicals? 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Copyright © 2011 by Adventist Today Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering open dialogue in the Adventist community. 2 ADvEntist Today • summer 2011 EDITorIAL Slanting the truth J. David Newman “It is difficult to create an environment in which conference for him to be transferred to a new individuals are expected on the one hand to obey district. His wife is seeking a new job, and the ideal orders unquestioningly and on the other to speak one opens up in that location. His wife’s job need is their minds freely.” So wrote William J. Crowe, former given as the reason for moving, which is certainly chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, near the end of true. But the real reason is left out. his Ph.D. dissertation. No lies have been told, yet certain omitted facts When Crowe left Princeton after completing distort the truth. If they were given, these facts might a doctorate in politics, he determined always to prevent the planned move. speak his mind. However, he soon discovered that Another example could be an executive committee independent thinking isn’t always appreciated. discussing a large financial item. No money can In 1967 Crowe headed the East Asia Pacific be spent until the committee authorizes it. The Branch, the U.S. Navy’s politico-military division. comments and questions of the committee members Asked by a senior officer to prepare a memo seem to indicate that if the motion is put to a vote, it on why a particular Air Force position was full will fail. The presenter finally is forced to admit to the of holes, Crowe studied the matter and wrote a group that a subcommittee has already contracted paper concluding that the Air Force argument was with a certain party to do the work, and therefore acceptable. they are morally if not legally bound to pay the Crowe’s boss told him, “We didn’t send you up amount. “Even facts there [to Princeton] to come back with new ideas. If the members had voted in favor without any We sent you up there to learn how to write and questioning, no one would have known of the may be so represent the ideas we’ve got. If we want you to do unauthorized action. And in presenting the need stated as to original thinking, we’ll let you know about it.” for the money, no lies were told. But neither was the We like to think that what we preach, write, or whole truth told. The truth was slanted. Naturally, convey a false publish represents the whole truth about the church. the presenter felt embarrassed to admit that a impression.” Yet, like Admiral Crowe, we feel pressure to always mistake had been made. But how much better to paint the organization in the best possible light. have been candid from the beginning. When we —Ellen g. white Our reports may be factual but slanted and even slant the truth, many people wonder whether other misleading as far as the truth is concerned. It is not actions taken may not be as pure as they seem, either. always what we say that is most important, but what Ellen White, in commenting on the words of Jesus we leave out! that our yea be yea (Matt. 5:37), says: “Even facts For example, a pastor has a history of making may be so stated as to convey a false impression. And sexual advances to the women in his congregation. ‘whatsoever is more than’ truth, ‘is of the evil one.’ He may not have acted unwisely enough to warrant “Everything that Christians do should be as dismissal from the pastorate, but he certainly has transparent as the sunlight. Truth is of God; worn out his welcome in that congregation. So deception, in every one of its myriad forms, is of the conference leadership arranges with another Satan.”1 editorial philosophy telling the Whole truth The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily So how should a pastor or church executive act when reflect the views of the editor or the editorial board. One of the faced with the question of whether to slant the truth? purposes of this magazine is to encourage dialogue between Admiral Crowe faced that issue many times. He was those of differing viewpoints within the Adventist Church. Thus, asked to write a paper for the secretary of defense we will publish articles ranging throughout the conservative- liberal continuum. Continued on page 27 WWW.atoday.Com 3 LETTErS and Abel. What, then, is the explanation Desmond Ford replies to of the text in Genesis 2:5, which states that Darrel Lindensmith “there was not a man to till the ground”? Darrel has favored us with a very This before Adam was created. If there interesting article (Spring 2011), but it were other humans in another part of the will prove puzzling for many readers. In earth He had created, God didn’t seem to the first paragraph, three times he indicts be aware of them. me for departing from the traditional JODi PAttErson Ooltewah, Tennessee Adventist historicist mode of interpreting prophecy. Yet his article from start to finish deviates from traditional Adventist Political injustice prophetic positions in amazing ways. I was surprised that you published For example, nowhere is the the article “Social (In) Justice” by investigative judgment seen by Darrel as William Noel (Spring 2011).
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