The Cultic Doctrine of Seventh-Day Adventists: An Evangelical Resource and an Appeal to Adventists

Although most SDA members will shun this book, I invite every Christian of all denominations to read this important book regarding the major doctrines of the SDA church and how they are different from mainstream Christianity. Dale Ratzlaff was a fourth generation SDA minister who had access to the earliest writings and doctrines of their church and learned the "truth" the hard way about the oppressive and misleading doctrines that some SDA members hold (especially the Sabbath keeping, the remnant belief, and soul sleep). I strongly recommend this book and his other book "Sabbath in Crisis" for all Christians.

I admit that I am biassed. I have been reading the Bible, reading books and other material provided by my Seventh Day Adventist friends, and reading books written by people who have left the Seventh Day Adventist church. I love each of the books in the Bible, both Old and New Testament, especially those that I have thoroughly read from beginning to end. I enjoy the fellowship and bible study with my friends yet do not agree with the way that some of my friends seem to have taken some verses out of their original context to prove their beliefs. As I began reading this book "Cultic Doctrine of Seventh-Day Adventists", I felt relaxed as the author acknowledged many of the strengths of the Seventh Day Adventist communities. I was looking forward to reading a satisfactory explanation of the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, and also the investigative judgment. What I found instead was that by accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour, I will love to obey God's commands. I had already reached the same conclusion myself before reading this book! I felt as though the author Dale Ratzlaff was standing alongside me empathically understanding how uncomfortable I feel about the church doctrine, and encouraging me in my faith in the true gospel of Jesus Christ. The author seems to me to have used the Bible quotations in the correct context.