Clifford Goldstein

Clifford R. Goldstein (b. in 1955) is an American author and editor. He is a leading figure in the Seventh-day Adventist denomination and espouses traditional Adventist beliefs.^[1][2]

Biography

Goldstein was born in Albany, New York in the United States.^[3] He was raised a secular Jew, but converted to the Seventh-day Adventist Church^[1] in 1980. He studied at Southern College (now Southern Adventist University) and Wildwood. He received a B.A. from the University of Florida.^[3]

He edited the journal Shabbat Shalom from 1984 till 1992. In the early 90s, Goldstein interpreted the end of the Cold War as a new sign of the end of the world, with the end of the Soviet Union as the end of "the most implacable barrier to Adventist eschatology."^[4] He was a popular apocalyptic writer in the church at this time.^[5]

In 1992 he received a M.A. in Ancient Northwest Semitic languages from Johns Hopkins University. He was the editor of Liberty magazine from 1992 till 1997.^[6] He became the editor of the Adventist Adult Sabbath School Lesson in 1999. He wrote the 2006 third quarter (July to September) edition, entitled The Gospel, 1844, and Judgment,^[7] which upheld the traditional views of the 1844 investigative judgment and heavenly sanctuary teachings.

Goldstein and his wife Kimberly have two children.^[3]

Beliefs

According to Goldstein he has never been a member of the Adventist Theological Society (ATS).^[8] 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".^[9]

He is known to espouse Historic Adventist beliefs, particularly in his claim that one cannot be an Adventist and a Evolutionist, a claim that some disagree with.^[2]

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: "The Gospel and the Judgment" and Chapter 7: "The Gift of Prophecy" reprinted on the Adventist Review website
• The Mules That Angels Ride (2005) (publisher's page)
• Life Without Limits (publisher's pages: normal version, deluxe version)

Touch Points tracts. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Seeking a Sanctuary, p275
2. ^ ^{a b} Taylor, Ervin (23 May 2011). "Evolution: Cliff Goldstein's Addiction". Adventist Today. http://www.atoday.com/article.php?id=715. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Brief biography on the publisher's page for his book God, Gödel, and Grace: A Philosophy of Faith. Accessed 2008-01-19
4. ^ Seeking A Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream, 2d ed. (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2006), by Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart, p62. Quote from Goldstein, as quoted in Seeking a Sanctuary
5. ^ Seeking a Sanctuary, p107
6. ^ Adult Bible Study Guide: Contact Us. Accessed 2008-01-17
7. ^ Available online from the Sabbath School Network here (an independent site), and from the Archives of the official Adult Bible Study Guide website
8. ^ "The Hypocrisy of the Adventist Left", an excerpt from The Day of the Dragon by Goldstein. Chapter reprinted in Adventist Today
9. ^ "Goldstein Declares War: An Adventist Fundamentalist Ultimatum" by Ervin Taylor

External links

• The Hypocrisy of the Adventist Left
• Articles by Goldstein as cataloged in the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI)

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