Jerry A. Gladson > Quotes

“What if, Paxton questioned, the Adventist church’s teaching about justification contradicts this central emphasis of the Reformation? What if there is a fundamental difference between the Adventist teaching on justification and that of the Reformers? If Adventist teaching about justification—a doctrine crucial to the Protestant Reformers—contradicted that of the Reformation itself, how can Adventists then logically claim to be a continuation of the work of the Reformers? How can they say they are in continuity with the Protestant Reformation? This was the question Paxton insistently posed.”
― Jerry A. Gladson, Out of Adventism: A Theologian’s Journey

“Fred Veltman was in attendance. Eagerly we listened to a preview of his research into the sources of Ellen White’s book, the Desire of Ages. Our mouths fell open as he revealed that White had borrowed from novels as well as theological works.”
― Jerry A. Gladson, Out of Adventism: A Theologian’s Journey