1 - Introduction - The great controversy theme was the first to be
revealed to Ellen White in vision
2 - The Most Important Book of Our Time - Great Controversy is the
most important of all the Spirit of Prophecy books
3- The 1848-1849 Visions - The 1848-1849 cluster of visions,
provided a basic overview of final great controversy truths.
4 - From 1848 to 1858 - Why Heaven
waited until 1858 to give Ellen the major great controversy vision
5 - The 1858 Vision - The story of
this panoramic great controversy vision
6 - The Attempt on Ellen White's Life - Satan began his warfare
against Great Controversy by trying to slay the author before it could
be written. Why God permitted this
7 - The 1858 Edition: Spiritual Gifts,
Vol. 1 - The writing of the first edition of Great Controversy
8 - Preparation for the 1884 Edition - Work on the second edition,
which began in January 1879
9 - The Death of James White - Why
James White passed away in 1881
10 - Satan Changes the Method of
Attack - Failing in the first two tactics, Satan switched to the
primary method of attack he is still using
11 - The 1884 Edition: Spirit of
Prophecy, Vol. 4 - The writing of the second edition of Great
Controversy
12 - The Trip to Europe (1885-1887) -
Providence provided for this European writing tour, so Ellen would
immediately begin work on a much larger edition of Great Controversy
13 - The 1888 Edition: "Volume Four" -
The writing of the third edition of Great Controversy
14 - The Attempt to Stop the 1888 Edition - Battle Creek decides to
keep the 1888 edition from being circulated
15 - Post 1888: The Need for a
Revision - Although the complete text had been written, a strong
need existed for grammatical and typographical correction
16 - Preparation of the 1911 Edition -
The many details of how this, mission was carried out
17 - Type of Changes Made In the 1911 Edition- Examples of word
changes in the fourth edition
18 - Historical Research for the 1911
Edition - The extensive international search carried out
19 - The 1911 Edition:
The Great Controversy- Ellen White's appreciation of the
newly-published fourth edition
20 - Ellen White Speaks about all the
Editions- Her statement about each of the four editions
21 - Books Written Before and After 1885 -Almost none of her books
Were written before 1885
22 - People Helped by Great Controversy -Over the years, she
considered it one of the first books to be shared with those not of our
faith
23 - The Purpose of the Book- Her
own writings reveal seven objectives of the book
24 - The Most Valuable Book of All-
More quotations about the importance of this book
25 - The 1907 Dream - The very important March 1907 dream
26 - Basic Sections and Principles In
the Book- Searching for the divisions and principles in the book
27 - In Conclusion- Her attitude toward the book ought to be ours!
by Vance Ferrell
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