Why seventh day adventists are a cult

It is the charge of legalism. This charge relates both to the Sabbath question, deliberately unmentioned up to this point, and to the keeping of the other commandments.

If, on the other hand, the charge of legalism is more academic and formal than real, then perhaps SDA will fall within the minimal orbit of evangelicalism. Is this charge of legalism one of language and semantics, or does it touch the structure of reality and mark off SDA from evangelicalism?

To this question we shall address ourselves in the second installment of this article. Since Seventh-day Adventism was formally organized in , the movement has attracted a world membership approaching the million mark. Their Sabbath schools have a membership of more than a million. Some related issues are covered in this article by Harold Lindsell, Dean of the Faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary, a church historian who has long appraised the cults.

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The Doctrinal Conflict SDA admits that it espouses certain teachings that evangelicals normally reject. Article continues below. Free Newsletters Get the best from CT editors, delivered straight to your inbox!

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