Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach

THE ISSUE OF ELLEN G. WHITE
own neighborhood did not approve of it. It was this
discovery that forced her to admit using outside sources in
the book The Great Controversy. Even then, she only
admitted what she knew others knew about her use of
sources. It is not wrong to use source material. But Ellen
White was careful to point out to others that proper credit
must always be given when using material from another
author. Meanwhile she was disregarding these guidelines in
her own work. She was claiming originality in her writings.
This double standard is deeply problematic. 6 The Scriptures
make it plain that such dishonest borrowing is not pleasing to
the Lord. Notice Jeremiah 23:30.
"Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," says the
LORD, "who steal My words every one from his
neighbor.”
There is also the cover up of her visions that taught the
opposite of what she later believed. Early Writings claims in
the preface pages iii and iv that there have been no deletions.
They claim to include all of her early works. They claim that
only a word here and there has been substituted to update the
original meaning. All of this was done “under the author’s
own approval.” The truth is, significant portions of her early
visions were left out, and the original meaning was changed.
I have seen comparisons between her earlier documents and
the book Early Writings. Clearly the deletions were
6 Ellen White wrote to Jones and Waggoner in 1887, “I have not been in
the habit of reading any doctrinal articles in the paper, that my mind
should not have any understanding of anyone’s views, and that not a
mold of any man’s theories should have any connection with that which I
write.” Letter 37-1887. She also wrote in 1904, “I am glad you are
having success in selling my books; for thus you are giving to the world
the light that God has given me. These books contain clear, straight,
unalterable truth and they should certainly be appreciated. The
instruction they contain is not of human production.” Letter 339-1904.
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