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With big Portland Maine thanks to MB!

You knew they're from Portland, right?

New Banner!

I finally got around to changing the banner at the top of the blog. It took a while to get something that not only looked decent, but also grabs attention in the most appropriate way possible, while still retaining the fun-ness of the blog.

If you want to know why I had to remove the other banner, click here for a tale of intrigue including lawyers from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and more!

It was a sad day when I took down the old banner, and Old Banner, just because you're not at the top of the page doesn't mean I have stopped loving you! I will never forget you, Old Banner. You still have a place in my heart!

Have a look at the banners I had to choose from, and drop me a comment below letting me know which one I should have used (or just let me know that it doesn't really matter which banner I use because I will never be able to do justice to Adventism's first couple anyhow).

Where Adventist Theology Comes From

Adventist Gothic

Adventism's First Couple, Ellen and James White.
(see also Grant Wood's American Gothic)

James White

James White had a sort of doughy face. That comes through better in clay.

Happy Independence Day from James and the gang!

James White

James Springer White is most famous for his marriage to Ellen Gould Harmon (thereafter Ellen G. White). But James White was an accomplished leader, author and administrator in his own right. In 1849 James White started the first Sabbatarian Adventist periodical entitled "The Present Truth" (now known as the Adventist Review).

James White left a legacy as a writer, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (on more than one occasion), and vocal opponent of the Christian doctrine of the trinity (which he later conceded was biblical). Illness later in life would ultimately claim the life of one of Adventism's founding fathers, Elder White, despite the best efforts of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg of Corn Flakes fame.