Clifford R. Goldstein (born in 1955) is an American author and editor. He is a leading figure in the
Seventh-day Adventist
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denomination and espouses mainline Adventist beliefs.
Biography
Goldstein was born in
Albany,
New York
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in the
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.
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on the publisher's page for his book ''God, Gödel, and Grace: A Philosophy of Faith''. Accessed 2008-01-19 He was raised a
secular Jew, but became a Seventh-day Adventist
in 1980. He studied at
Southern College and at Outpost Centers International. He received a B.A. from the
University of Florida
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.
He edited the journal ''Shabbat Shalom'' from 1984 till 1992. In the early 90s, Goldstein interpreted the end of the
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as a new sign of the end of the world, with the end of the
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as the end of "the most implacable barrier to
Adventist eschatology."
['' Seeking A Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream'', 2d ed. ( Bloomington, ]Indiana
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: Indiana University Press
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, 2006), by Malcolm Bull
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and Keith Lockhart
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, p62. Quote from Goldstein, as quoted in ''Seeking a Sanctuary'' He was a popular apocalyptic writer in the church at this time.
In 1992 he received a M.A. in Ancient
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from
Johns Hopkins University
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. He was the editor of ''
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'' magazine from 1992 till 1997.
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. Accessed 2008-01-17 He became the editor of the Adventist
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in 1999. He wrote the 2006 third quarter (July to September) edition, entitled ''The Gospel, 1844, and Judgment'', which upheld the traditional views of the 1844
investigative judgment
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and
heavenly sanctuary
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teachings.
Goldstein and his wife Kimberly have two children.
Beliefs
According to Goldstein he has never been a member of the
Adventist Theological Society
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(ATS). However he has been described as one of the two "effective spokesmen for the ATS perspective", and "the most visible and vocal exponent of the ATS agenda".
[Goldstein Declares War: An Adventist Fundamentalist Ultimatum]
" by Ervin Taylor
He is known to espouse the belief that one cannot be an Adventist and an
Evolutionist
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, a claim that some disagree with.
Publications
* ''1844 Made Simple'' (1989)
publisher's page
* ''Best Seller'' (1990), republished as ''The Clifford Goldstein Story'' (1996)
publisher's page, an autobiography
* ''How Dare You Judge Us, God'' (1991)
* ''False Balances'' (1992)
* ''A Pause for Peace: What God's Gift of the Sabbath Can Mean to You'' (1992)
* ''The Day of the Dragon'' (1993)
publisher's page. Excerpt
The Hypocrisy of the Adventist Left reprinted in ''Adventist Today''
* ''The Remnant: Biblical Reality or Wishful Thinking?'' (1994)
publisher's page
* ''Between the Lamb and the Lion'' (1995)
* ''One Nation Under God?'' (1996)
* ''Children of the Promise'' (1997)
publisher's page
* ''Like a Fire in My Bones'' (1998)
* ''By His Stripes'' (1999)
* ''The Day Evil Dies'' (1999)
publisher's page
* ''The Great Compromise'' (2001)
publisher's page
* ''God, Gödel, and Grace: A Philosophy of Faith'' (2003)
publisher's page
* ''Graffiti in the Holy of Holies'' (2004)
publisher's page. Chapter 5:
and Chapter 7:
reprinted on the ''
Adventist Review
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'' website
* ''The Mules That Angels Ride'' (2005)
publisher's page
* ''Life Without Limits'' (publisher's pages
normal versiondeluxe version
''Touch Points'' tracts
See also
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
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Seventh-day Adventist theology
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Seventh-day Adventist eschatology
The Seventh-day Adventist Church holds a unique system of eschatology, eschatological (or Eschatology, end-times) beliefs. Adventist eschatology, which is based on a historicism (Christianity), historicist interpretation of prophecy, is characteri ...
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History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
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28 fundamental beliefs
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Questions on Doctrine
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Teachings of Ellen White
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Inspiration of Ellen White
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Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventists believe that Ellen G. White, one of the church's co-founders, was a prophetess, understood today as an expression of the New Testament spiritual gift of prophecy.
Seventh-day Adventist believe that White had the spiritual gi ...
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Investigative judgment
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The Pillars of Adventism
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Second Advent
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Baptism by Immersion
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Conditional Immortality
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Historicism
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End times
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Ellen G. White
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References
External links
Articles by Goldsteinas cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)
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1955 births
Living people
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