Seventh-Day Adventists Believe

by General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists

Jesus, the central focus of Scripture and history, is also the central focus of Adventist doctrine and experience. In this dynamic book, the basic beliefs shared by Seventh-day Adventists are at your fingertips, ready to be explored, appraised, studied, and substantiated. This single volume shows in detail how each belief is grounded in the Bible and focused on Jesus Christ. The different beliefs, or doctrines, emphasize different facets of Christ's lovely character. Each one reveals more of what He is like and what a relationship with Him means. Seventh-day Adventists Believe stands as an authentic resource on Adventist doctrine because it is written by Adventists themselves - more than 230 men and women were involved in the production of this book. Many of them contributed insights gained from years of study, prayer, and their personal walk with Jesus.

Genres: Christian, Theology, Religion

448 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has traditionally shied away from formulating creeds for a variety of reasons. Yet, even from its founding the church has had to release answers to doctrinal questions or to challenge false statements about what its actual beliefs were. At the 1980 General Conference session, the church decided on a statement of 27 Fundamental Beliefs that described the church’s official positions, but were not criteria for membership. An additional Belief was added at the 2005 General Conference session, just like after 1980 the General Conference expanded upon the statements in Seventh-day Adventists Believe: A Biblical Exposition of Fundamental Doctrines.

As stated in the subtitle states, the 28 Fundamental Beliefs are based on and explained through numerous passages in the Bible. In fact, the Fundamental Belief “Holy Scripture” begins the book and is the basis for the rest of the book. The 28 Beliefs are grouped into 6 doctrines: God, Humanity, Salvation, The Church, Christian Life, and The Restoration; with each Belief and doctrinal group leading into one another. With this structure, the reader is given better understanding to Seventh-day Adventist theology.

Seventh-day Adventists Believe services a dual purpose of helping Adventists--both longtime and new--learn about their beliefs better and to answer questions as well as misconceptions from non-Adventists. Amongst the questions answered are the Trinity, sola scriptura, and the experience of salvation. Also answered are those beliefs that are seemingly unique to Adventism: the Seventh-day Sabbath, the Great Controversy, Jesus’ work in the Heavenly Sanctuary, and the Gift of Prophecy amongst others.

If you have ever wondered what Seventh-day Adventists really believe then this book is highly recommended to answer your questions.

[Christie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Was looking for a study that divulges into the history and displaying doctrines of Seventh-Day Adventists. This pretty much just kept saying the same thing over and over again. I know the verses and understand them but just saying the same thing just makes it boring and uneasy to read

[Winnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book talks about each of the 28 fundamental beliefs of a Seventh Day Adventist as well as giving a deeper understanding of the beliefs. In general, I think this book is really well written. I was able to understand most of everything that it was explaining. The author(s) were/was able to explain in depth of what each belief meant, and it also had a lot of references from the Bible. Being an SDA, I have to know the 28 fundamental beliefs to better understand why I am an SDA. Therefore, I recommend this book to those who are SDA, or to those who think it looks like an interesting and want to read it.