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1941 The Voice of The Spirit, p. 100.3 (Juan Carlos Viera)

… the church of God. Nevertheless, the biblical concept is clear—the church is Christ’s body. It is the human expression of “the fullness of him who fills everything …

1942 The Voice of The Spirit, p. 102.2 (Juan Carlos Viera)

… the church off course ( 2 Peter 2:1, 2 ). Our only security rests in continually listening to the voice of the Spirit, and in remaining united as a body. This is giving …

1943 The Voice of The Spirit, p. 114.1 (Juan Carlos Viera)

… “the body of Christ,” His church. It is the head of the church Himself who gives it that type of superhuman wisdom and understanding that makes it worthy of confidence …

1944 The World of Ellen G. White, p. 121.5 (Gary Land)

… ministers, churches, other ecclesiastical bodies, and religiously oriented temperance organizations. The chief petitioners, aside from the WCTU, were …

1945 The World of Ellen G. White, p. 122.6 (Gary Land)

… the church has weight with great political ... bodies has been demonstrated most effectively,” agreed J. O. Sands, a United Presbyterian minister.

1946 The World of Ellen G. White, p. 175.1 (Gary Land)

… religious bodies—a natural outcome in a nation seeking to separate church and state. The most influential of these religious schools were those operated …

1948 What Ellen White has Meant to Me, p. 25.1 (Herbert E. Douglass)

… the church of Christ, as the different members are necessary to the well-being of the body. While, therefore, the Bible recognizes the gifts of the Spirit, these …

1949 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 8.4 (Francis D. Nichol)

… Adventist Church come from? How did it begin? Travel back with us to the opening decades of the nineteenth century, when there developed, first in Europe and …

1950 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 9.1 (Francis D. Nichol)

… Protestant bodies who traveled about, lecturing on the subject of Bible prophecy and the end of the world. The fifty thousand, or more, people who accepted …

1951 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 10.1 (Francis D. Nichol)

… Protestant churches because their preaching tended to bring a spiritual revival—and after all, these ministers held regular credentials from their respective …

1952 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 20.3 (Francis D. Nichol)

… -organized church government or means of defining church membership. That is why it is easy for eccentric and designing persons to claim membership or even …

1953 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 35.1 (Francis D. Nichol)

… no church government, there were no conferences. There was not even a church name! This situation was almost inevitable. That has been the history of the beginnings …

1954 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 35.2 (Francis D. Nichol)

… of church organizations, with their well-defined names and rigid creeds. In fact, it was the very rigidity of the different church bodies that had caused them …

1955 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 36.2 (Francis D. Nichol)

church organization up to the 1860’s brought with it perplexing problems grave enough to endanger the very life of this newly forming religious body. The …

1956 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 64.5 (Francis D. Nichol)

… Adventist Church did not settle down as simply one more of a wide array of small Protestant bodies confined to America, but became, instead, ever more widely …

1957 Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White, p. 91.1 (Francis D. Nichol)

… Christian church, as the New Testament reveals, there were prophets and prophetesses? And is it not also true that Paul, speaking of the gifts of the Spirit …

1958 Understanding Ellen White, p. 21.5 (Dr. Merlin Burt)

… the church. Paul, however, is more concerned about the unity of the church (cf. the one-body imagery of 12:12-27 ), which is a co-theme of this section. In 1 Corinthians …

1959 Understanding Ellen White, p. 107.1 (Dr. Merlin Burt)

… His church, in every age, spiritual gifts that are to be employed in ministry for the common good of the church and humanity. These gifts are apportioned by …

1960 Understanding Ellen White, p. 159.2 (Dr. Merlin Burt)

… the church, to add a supplement to the canonical books,—what a Babel of opinions would he find existing on almost every theological subject!— and how highly …