Dr. George R. Knight.
The name alone is likely to pique the interest
of nearby ears.
Dr. Knight, a church historian and recently
retired professor at the Seventh-day Adventist
Theological Seminary at Andrews University,
has never shied away from books on
controversial topics.
After authoring countless articles and some 50
books, which are printed in nearly 60 languages,
Knight is an established authority on church
history and Adventist issues.
And speaking of authority, Knight’s new
book, Prophets in Conflict, deals with exactly
that issue.
Part one covers how modern-era prophets relate
their own gift to the authority of the Bible.
Adventist prophet Ellen White went one way
and Mormon prophet Joseph Smith went another.
Yet Adventists have long struggled with the
temptation to be Mormon in their use of prophetic
authority.
Part two presents frameworks for understanding
Ellen White’s authority and part three dives
into a more recent controversy—the authority
of compilations.
Finally, part five gets into how we apply
the prophet’s counsel to daily life.
Then Dr. Knight wraps the volume with a look at White's accomplishments
and the future of Ellen White studies.
Though Knight doesn’t try to provide the
final answers to the questions that he raises in this book
Prophets in Conflict does provide a
platform for discussion
and it refines our understanding of Ellen White's authority.
Here's a sample excerpt from the book:
