Clifford Goldstein

American author and editor (born 1955)

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

Biography

Goldstein was born in Albany, New York in the United States.^[3] He was raised a secular Jew, but became a Seventh-day Adventist ^[1] in 1980. He studied at Southern College and at Outpost Centers International. 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 the belief that one cannot be an Adventist and an 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^{[permanent dead link]})
Life Without Limits (publisher's pages: normal version^{[permanent dead link]}, deluxe version^{[permanent dead link]})

Touch Points tracts. [1]^{[permanent dead link]} [2] [3]^{[permanent dead link]} [4]^{[permanent dead link]} [5]

References

^ ^a ^b Bull, Malcolm; Lockhart, Keith (2007). Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-253-34764-0.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Ervin (23 May 2011). "Evolution: Cliff Goldstein's Addiction". Adventist Today. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Brief biography Archived 2003-05-11 at the Wayback Machine on the publisher's page for his book God, Gödel, and Grace: A Philosophy of Faith. Accessed 2008-01-19
^ 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
^ Seeking a Sanctuary, p107
^ Adult Bible Study Guide: Contact Us Archived 2013-02-23 at archive.today. Accessed 2008-01-17
^ Available online from the Sabbath School Network here (an independent site), and from the Archives Archived 2012-07-21 at archive.today of the official Adult Bible Study Guide website
^ "The Hypocrisy of the Adventist Left Archived February 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine", an excerpt from The Day of the Dragon by Goldstein. Chapter reprinted in Adventist Today
^ "Goldstein Declares War: An Adventist Fundamentalist Ultimatum Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine" by Ervin Taylor