Relevant Verses: Acts 4:8-12; Matt. 15:1-13; Exod. 20:8-11; 1 Cor. 15:51-54

Leading Question: Does a faith community decide issues of belief by democratic vote?

This week’s lesson focuses on particular beliefs that are important to Seventh-day Adventists. They sometimes come under the heading of “landmarks.”

The companion term to “landmark” is “present truth,” truth that is cutting edge, new for the “present” time.

Adventism has always experienced a certain tension between those who want to call everything “landmark,” even the smallest point, and those who are eager to explore the new. Ellen White fully affirmed the landmarks, but she opposed the impulse to ...