Faith on Trial - Donald K. Short
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cry can be recognized, and received. Could any<br />
other kind of ‘loud cry’ than that which would<br />
follow a denominati<strong>on</strong>al repentance lighten the<br />
earth with glory’? What glory for God would there<br />
be in it?” (p. 137). But this c<strong>on</strong>cept of corporate<br />
and denominati<strong>on</strong>al repentance is rejected<br />
emphatically: “We do not believe that it is<br />
according to God’s plan and purpose for the<br />
present leadership of the movement to make<br />
acknowledgement or c<strong>on</strong>fessi<strong>on</strong>, either private or<br />
public, c<strong>on</strong>cerning any of the mistakes made by the<br />
leadership of a by-g<strong>on</strong>e generati<strong>on</strong>. … Your<br />
proposal is not according to God’s plan in His<br />
dealings with His people.”<br />
• The manuscript noted Ellen White’s<br />
predicti<strong>on</strong> of Baal worship as a result of rejecting<br />
the 1888 message (Testim<strong>on</strong>ies to Ministers, pp.<br />
467, 468), and asserted that we face that danger of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>fusi<strong>on</strong> with a false christ and Baal worship in<br />
our books and presentati<strong>on</strong>s. This is also stoutly<br />
denied: “Such a charge that the ministry is in any<br />
sense of the word, following the pattern of Baal<br />
worship, is entirely false and unfounded. It is our<br />
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