Only Hope

The Only Hope “comes to us as fellow believers with a tremendous challenge. it contains an excellent condensation of the story of the 1888 message of righteousness by faith and the appeal of the True Witness to the church of Laodicea in the latter days. It is, in brief, the spiritual history of the remnant church concentrated in fifteen short chapters. It describes days of encouragement, of standstill, of advance, of retreat, of failures, and of darkness. But the last chapter describes the final and certain glorious victory of the people of God.” –H.M.S.Richards, Sr. Felix Lorenz traces the development of the doctrine of Laodiceanism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church through the writings of Ellen G. White and other historical documents. He shows how the church has risen or faltered spiritually according to whether it has accepted or ignored the Laodicean teaching and the concept of righteousness by faith. But even more, he brings the reader to the realization that each one of us must apply the implications of these teachings to his own personal life if the church is to accomplish its divine goal. Pastor H.M.S. Richards calls it the most hopeful and stirring appeal for the reception and proclamation of the Lord’s message to Laodicea that I have ever read or heard.”