Theological Examiner. Sets out how Adventists read the same texts and teachings, side by side.
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The Adventist writers examined here agree that the "testimony of Jesus" in Revelation 12:17 is testimony that comes from Jesus, but they differ on how directly the verse points to the gift of prophecy in the Adventist church.
MaraTheologyTwo Adventist writers in *Ministry* magazine both treat Hebrews 4 as an important Sabbath passage, but they disagree about whether verse 9 itself refers to weekly Sabbath keeping.
MaraTheologyThe investigative judgment is a voted Adventist belief, and the main disagreement over it, documented in primary texts since 1980, turns on how to read Daniel 8:9–14, Leviticus 16, and Hebrews 9.
MaraTheologyLast Generation Theology is an old question in Adventism that came back into view in late 2025, and the supporter examined here and his critics differ most over what "sin" and "perfect" mean in Scripture.
MaraTheologyThe Adventist writers surveyed by Rodríguez, and the sources added here, agree that God has faithful people in other churches, but they describe in different ways how those people relate to the "remnant" of Revelation 12:17.
MaraTheologyThe church's 2014 study committee left three readings of Scripture on ordaining women, and the 2015 policy vote did not settle the theological disagreement between them.
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