The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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in letters, articles, and manuscripts that relate to the<br />
1888 message and history. <strong>The</strong> four volumes of<br />
these 1888 Materials total an astonishing 1,800<br />
pages—more than she wrote about any other single<br />
subject. Whatever may have been the human faults<br />
or weaknesses of the 1888 messengers, her<br />
endorsement of their message is massively<br />
supportive, leaving only an isolated hook on which<br />
objectors can precariously hang an unbelieving<br />
doubt.<br />
This author is convinced that it's far too late in<br />
the day to entertain any doubt. A quote from the<br />
dust cover of one of John F. MacArthur's recent<br />
books is sadly appropriate to the spiritual condition<br />
of many of us in the Seventh-day Adventist Church<br />
today:<br />
Pragmatism ignores doctrine and focuses more<br />
on achieving "success" than on communicating<br />
God's Word unashamedly. Tragically this theology:<br />
• emphasizes church growth over church doctrine<br />
• makes entertaining congregations more<br />
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