The Great Controversy

Written by Ellen G. White

Narrated by Barbara Caruso

The Great Controversy is the story of how the forces of good triumph over the forces of evil. The story picks up with the destruction of Jerusalem and continues down the ages to the present. It is a story of truth and how it was lost by many, but not all then gradually rediscovered by the broader Christian community through the Reformation. It climaxes with the eschaton and delineates how we in the present can navigate the final moments of earth's history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paris Publishing Company, LLC
• Release date: Jul 5, 2018
• ISBN: 9780998152431

Reviews for The Great Controversy

[david_fosco · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book was not at all what I was expecting. I found it to be extremely interesting and informative; furthermore, as someone who grew up in the Catholic Church, this book taught me a lot about the protestant faith. I am left agreeing with many of the points made and feel more comfortable in my faith. The largest downfall of the book is it is written poorly in my opinion. Often times the book rambles or repeats itself for chapters at a time.

[drfuriosa · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is a mixed bag for me. On the one hand, I appreciate White's placing Adventist theology within an eschatological context. On the other hand, there is some shameless borrowing of historical sources that is poor scholarship and needed clear editorial guidance. Also, it's not good practice to mail copies of this book to the general public, especially if they don't have a Christian background.

[mattries37315 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The death of the Apostles brought an end to the sacred history recorded in the Bible save for the prophecies of the future in the Books of Daniel and Revelation, however the message of the Gospel and the history of the Church continued. The Great Controversy, the final volume of Ellen G. White’s Conflict of the Ages series in which the history of the Christian Church is chronicled from the destruction of Jerusalem to the end of sin and the recreation of Earth. At almost 700 pages, the events of the last two millennia are touch with special emphasis on the Reformation, the message of 1844, and the climax of the Great Controversy between Christ and Satan at the end of time.The Great Controversy focuses entirely on the Christian Age with White beginning the history with the how Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire yet at the same time was watered down with the influences of paganism and other errors. Yet White emphasizes that like Biblical Israel, even though the majority of Christians worshiped—unknowingly—in error, some still held to the truth of Scripture. Then over the course of the next 250 pages, White describes the Protestant Reformation from Wycliffe through the Pilgrim Fathers arrival on the shores of the New World. White then transitions to the events leading up to Great Disappointment of 1844 and the Biblical explanation for the significant event that occurred in Heaven. White explains how the Great Controversy is effecting those living not only when she first wrote the book but to the reader today and how it our decisions will effect where we stand during the events she describes at the end of the book with the second coming of Christ and the destruction of sin.The Great Controversy is the last of the five-book Conflict of the Ages series and is a mixture of non-Biblical history as well as explanations of the prophetic events of Daniel and Revelation that have and yet to occur through to the end of sin. This book shows that God’s message of love through His law is still relevant today as it was from the beginning of Genesis and before, even with the attempts by Satan to undermine it or simply overthrow it for his own vision. As in even book in this series Ellen White wants the readers of The Great Controversy to know that the present world of sin will not last and there will be an end, yet it is up to the reader to decide where they will stand in relation to Christ and Satan.

[darrol_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This is an important book in the Ellen G. White corpus and important toward understanding the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. However, I would exercise caution concerning this book's interpretation of history and the sources used.

[ioalleyne · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book outlines the history of the reformation and protestant movement. Before reading this book I had no idea thet the Catholic church was so brutal in the persecution of the protestant christians