The Management of EGW's Writings

don · 03-01-09 2:13 pm

The Management of EGW's Writings The pastor knocked on the door. The family at this home watched "It Is Written". They invited him in. "Oh, you are from the "It Is Written" church they enthused. The pastor noted that their library contained the book "Steps to Christ". The woman of the home, a member of the United Pentecostal Church, declared, "Oh, that's one of our books." This puzzled the Adventist pastor, but he also considered it a positive development. Questions:<ul><li>Can the ideas found in a book like "Steps to Christ" become important to a community irregardless of who the author is? <LI>How much ownership can the community claim for the writings? <LI>When it comes to the Bible, we encourage everyone to paraphrase the Word of God to reflect their personal faith. Should this be encouraged with Ellen White's writings?</li></ul> .

elaine · 03-01-09 8:45 pm

As long as the reader feels benefits from what is read, why does it make any difference who is the author? Isn't it the message rather than the messenger of any saying or writing that is most important?

bob_2 · 03-01-09 11:54 pm

One can keep from wasting a lot of time by not wading in to known bad authors.

bob · 03-02-09 2:31 pm

My former neighbor, a Baptist, used "steps to Christ" in his bible study group. He was very impressed with it. Fannie Bolton swore that it was not Sister White who wrote it. Fannie said she was responsible for its contents. For some reason I believe Fannie. I understand the whole crew put "Desire of Ages" together. They needed to raise some funds quickly, so what better way. Use the proven method. It certainly provided the good sister with a fanciful lifestyle.

john8verse32 · 01-02-10 8:33 pm

somebody wrote this stuff about the flood!!! like a writer of fiction filling in the stuff the Bible didn't tell us.... like the claim that prior to the flood, it had never rained!!!!! <a href="http://www.grisda.org/2009/12/the-worlds-first-rain/" target=_top>http://www.grisda.org/2009/12/the-worlds-first-rai n/</a> Upon the eighth day the heavens gathered blackness. The muttering thunders and vivid lightning flashes began to terrify man and beast. The rain descended from the clouds above them. This was something they had never witnessed, and their hearts began to faint with fear. . . . The storm increased in violence until water seemed to come from heaven like mighty cataracts. The boundaries of rivers broke away, and the waters rushed to the valleys. uh.... how were there rivers if there had never been rain? one more reason to get away from allowing uneducated, unscientific people tell us how the earth works!!! by expanding on what the superstitious, scientifically uneducated nomads believed....

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