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It is a query that ought to shake you all the way down to the soles of your comfortable shoes. George R. Knight has been wrestling with this very question for nearly five decades. He says he wasn't born that way (like some) and isn't addicted (like others)--hence the struggle.
His dilemma?
The Seventh-day Adventist Church was founded upon an apocalyptic message that needed to be preached to the entire world--immediately and at any cost. But does the church today preach that same message with the same urgency? Has the Adventist Church become irrelevant because it has sought to be more relevant to the world? Does the Adventist Church have any reason for existence if it has lost that which makes it different from all the rest of Christianity?
And if in fact Adventism has neutered itself, is there anything we can do--as individuals and as a denomination--to remedy this shocking condition in which we find ourselves?
Knight challenges us to go back to our roots, to examine the prophecies that fueled the early Seventh-day Adventists' determination to evangelize the world. Buried within the books of Daniel and Revelation are the only reasons for this end-time church to exist. But beware: you may have to uproot yourself from the pew in order to be truly Adventist.
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- Published on: 2009-01-09
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It is a query that ought to shake you all the way down to the soles of your comfortable shoes. George R. Knight has been wrestling with this very question for nearly five decades. He says he wasn't born that way (like some) and isn't addicted (like others)--hence the struggle.
His dilemma?
The Seventh-day Adventist Church was founded upon an apocalyptic message that needed to be preached to the entire world--immediately and at any cost. But does the church today preach that same message with the same urgency? Has the Adventist Church become irrelevant because it has sought to be more relevant to the world? Does the Adventist Church have any reason for existence if it has lost that which makes it different from all the rest of Christianity?
And if in fact Adventism has neutered itself, is there anything we can do--as individuals and as a denomination--to remedy this shocking condition in which we find ourselves?
Knight challenges us to go back to our roots, to examine the prophecies that fueled the early Seventh-day Adventists' determination to evangelize the world. Buried within the books of Daniel and Revelation are the only reasons for this end-time church to exist. But beware: you may have to uproot yourself from the pew in order to be truly Adventist.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Neoapocalyptic repackaging of traditional 1844 theology
By Arlin Baldwin
There is a great deal to commend and recommend in this book, not only in Gospel content but in amazing candor and information. Dr. Knight begins on p. 11 with a warning that "if Adventism loses its apocalyptic vision, it has lost its reason for existing as either a church or as a system of education. ... If Seventh-day Adventist institutions are Christian only in the sense that they have Jesus and the evangelical gospel, then any good evangelical school will do." On p. 15- he states plainly: "...Adventism has to a large extent lost the apocalyptic foundation of its message." On pp 19-20 he says, "Adventism became strong by proclaiming that it had a prophetic message for our time. And it is that message repackaged for the twenty-first century that will give Adventism strength both in the present and the future. On the other hand, if we discover that Adventism does not have something unique and valuable to offer, lets be honest, fold up our tents, and find something useful to do with our lives. Adventism cannot escape the dilemma between being meaningful or being neutered. It can't have both. ... Modern Adventism, whether we like it or not, is firmly rooted in the apocalyptic visions of Daniel and Revelation." Very commendable candor, Dr. Knight!
Such honest candor and objectivity is refreshing and sorely needed in the present acute "identity crisis" in Adventism. But how Dr. Knight proposes to "repackage" that "prophetic message" (in his last chapter he calls it "neoapocalyptic") is "where the rubber meets the road." Commendably, Dr. Knight throughout uses a Christ-centered, Gospel-oriented approach. And He makes some amazing admissions of errors, both personal and corporate, that sometimes seem as though he is bareing his heart and soul in a public repentance sitting in sack cloth and ashes. Yet there is both honest repentance and retrenchment, sometimes almost to the point of leaving the reader in a state of shizophrenia or what Jesus in the Gospels calls "double-mindedness." There are numerous attempts to mix the New Wine with the Old, and patch the old "traditions of the elders" with the new whole cloth of the Gospel, which Jesus said is impossible. In this sense, Dr. Knight is attempting the impossible, and ends up with a "synthesis neoapocalyptic theology" than simply does not work and cannot work, for he is attempting to essentially reconfirm the disconfirmed.
In this unusual little book, written in his well-deserved retirement, Dr. Knight is commendably far more candid than ever before(retirees often feel freer to speak their minds). But unfortunately, his amazing candor is also coupled with a subtle but fallacious "repackaged" neoapocalyptic apologia for the traditional SDA 1844 time-setting theology that time and history have disconfirmed and that no "neoapocalyptic repackaging" can reconfirm, even with Dr. Knight's historical and theological acumen.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
A timely warning
By David Read
In this short but thoughtful book, George Knight argues that Adventism is in the process of de-emphasising its historic apocalyptic message and mission, and that if it does, it will become irrelevant and wither away.
He notes that the mainline Protestant denominations traded their historic Christian beliefs for a mess of modernist pottage, and since the 1960s have been shrinking, in some cases dramatically. He notes that many younger Adventist pastors not only do not highly value the Church's historic apocalyptic message, they are not even very familiar with it. If we abandon our apocalyptic message, however, Adventism will neuter itself and become essentially irrelevant.
Knight has some problems with the way some Adventist evangelists have presented the Church's apocalyptic message--in a way that is not Christ-centered--which he calls "beastly preaching." But he argues that the basic structure is sound. Specifically, even though the historical method of prophetic interpretation has been abandoned, in favor of preterism and futurism, by virtually everyone except Adventists, the historical method is dictated by the second chapter of Daniel, and the rest of Daniel, as well as Revelation, follows from that template. Likewise, the day/year principle is grounded in the 70 weeks prophecy that predicts the Messiah's appearance and death, and cannot be overthrown without deranging the entire prophetic structure.
Knight argues that the Adventist interpretation of 1844, the sanctuary, and the investigative judgment are sound, except that Adventists bizarrely have used the doctrine as an occasion for legalism, when in reality it centers around and celebrates the sufficiency of Christ's merits on our behalf. He notes that Adventists have become ensared with arguing about chronology and about furniture in the heavenly sanctuary, to the point of losing sight of the larger truths. Knight even argues that the traditional Adventist interpretation of the three angels messages--as calling out the Sabbath truth--is sound.
So Knight has no real problem with the structure of Adventist prophetic interpretation, except that it has often failed to be Christ-centered, and hence has given our detractors the opportunity to argue that we are a cult and not true evangelical Christians.
Perhaps the real significance of this work is not so much what is being said, but who is saying it. Knight is something of a liberal, or least certainly not a conservative, so if he is concerned that the church is losing its way with regard to its historic mission, that is an alarm bell that must be taken very seriously.
If I have a criticism, it is that in Chapter 4, Knight commits the same mistake that has rendered so much Adventist apocalyptic preaching so annoying, namely, plugging in a pet theory on why the crisis is upon us. In Knight's case, he mentions Paul Erlich's "Population Bomb", Jared Diamond's "Collapse", and the spectre of "global warming." That is the type of alarmism that appeals to political liberals, but political conservatives like myself just deride that nonsense. Knight's mention of the "Population Bomb" is particularly brave in light of (1) his book's title and chief metaphor, and (2) the fact that America's birth rate is just barely at replacement level and many European countries' birth rates are plunging far below replacement level. One of our most serious problems will soon be the lack of people, not their overabundance, especially in light of social welfare systems in all the developed nations that are set up like Ponzi schemes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Insighful and Thought-provoking
By J. N.
An interesting and well-written exploration of the core of Adventism. Knight's work is a must read, whether simply learning about Adventists or exploring one's identity as an Adventist. His timely, pointed reflections challenge this generation of Adventists to be balanced, humble, Bible-based Christians, all the while comfortable teaching and preaching an eschatology that the greater portion of Christendom has either abandoned or never heard of.
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