Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 The historical background of Seventh-day Adventism
Chapter 2. Psychological factors
- Early handicaps
- Identity concealed
- Ellen G. White on interdenominational fellowship
Chapter 3. The heart of Adventist theology
- Inspiration and authority of the scriptures
- The Godhead
- The nature of Christ
- The atonement
- The resurrection
- The second coming
- The plan of salvation
- The spiritual nature of man
- Punishment of the wicked
- The sanctuary and the investigative judgment
- The scapegoat teaching
- The Sabbath and the mark of beast
- The question of unclean foods
- The "remnant church"
- Past positions and conflicting literature
- Foreign missions program
Chapter 4. Ellen G. White and the spirit of prophecy
- Seventh-day Adventist statements-Life and ministry of Ellen White
- Mrs. White and her critics
- Was Mrs. White a plagiarist?
-Outside influences and the spirit of prophecy
- The Verdict of the evidence
Chapter 5. The sleep of the soul and the destruction of the wicked
- Textual analysis
- "Soul" and "spirit"
- Hell and eternal punishment
- Hell and punishment in New Testament Greek
Chapter 6. The Sabbath, the Lord's day, and the Mark of the beast
- The Sabbath
- The Sabbath or the Lord's day?
- Creation and the Sabbath
- Primary Anti-Sabbatarian texts
Chapter 7. The sanctuary, the investigative judgment, and the scapegoat
Chapter 8. Law, Grade and salvation
- The principle of law
- Relationship of law
- The author of salvation
Chapter 9. The "remnant church"
Chapter 10. The problem of fellowship-a great controversy
- The ministry-attitudes and relationships
- Objections to fellowship
- The biblical basis of fellowship