Clifford Goldstein

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]})
• Risen: Finding Hope in the Empty Tomb (2020) (publisher's page)

Touch Points tracts. ^{[permanent dead link]}

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