Leading Question: Is the Sabbath a test or a gift?

Our leading question takes us into territory not suggested by the official study guide. But it is a crucial opportunity for us at a time when many traditional Adventists are reacting against their heritage.

In our early years Adventists were gripped by the Sabbath-Sunday conflict, an issue that was thrown into bold relief by events in the last decades of the 19th century. That issue has virtually vanished from our culture in general, but still lurks in traditional Adventist blood.

So in conjunction with our leading question, we should ask two additional questions:

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