werent
short
on
texts
of
a
sort
or
a
certain
type
of
logic.
Rather,
they
fell
short
on
centrality,
on
having
a
vital
topic.
They
were
focusing
on
a
theology
of
the
edges.
Many
educators,
unfortunately,
have
fallen
into
the
same
pit.
Adventist
history,
like
that
of
other
denomina-
tions,
is
littered
with
the
remains
of
those
who
fo-
cused
on
a
theology
of
the
edges.
People
can
read
the
Bible,
Ellen
White,
and
other
authors
in
at
least
two
ways.
One
is
to
look
for
their
central
themes;
the
other
is
to
search
for
whatever
is
new
and
different.
The
first
approach
leads
to
what
can
be
called
a
the-
ology
of
the
center,
while
the
second
produces
a
the-
ology
of
the
edges.
or
years,
|
followed
the
second
path
in
my
reading
of
religious
materials.
With-
out
thinking
through
the
consequences,
I
began
to
make
collections
of
Bible
verses
and
Ellen
White
quotations
that
seemed
Drawing
Removed
ADVENTIST
EDUCATION
People
can
read
the
Bible,
Ellen
White,
and
other
authors
in
at
least
Wo
ways.
One
is
to
look
for
their
cen-
tral
themes;
different.
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