EIGHT ‘SECRETS’ TO HEALTH D
uring my first West Coast pastorate, my son came down with a stubborn rash. Perplexed, our family physician referred us to Sang Lee as as “the best allergist in Orange County.” Lee’s tests identified the irritant: a eucalyptus bush in our yard. He suggested a particular diet for optimal health. I surveyed his list of recommended foods and smiled. “We already eat this way,” I told him. “Seventh-day Adventists have been doing so for more than a century.” Lee was amazed. “How did Seventh-day Adventists get such advanced information?” he asked. “Is there something you have that I can read?” His sudden request startled me. I hesitated, silently praying about what to give him. Well, what else? Ellen White’s Ministry of Healing. I told him, “Back in 1905, an Adventist woman AUTHOR Martin Weber wrote a book that says everything you are telling your patients today.” I brought him a copy. The following Sabbath, his white Mercedes ventured into our church parking lot. The Korean Adventists in Anaheim, California, studied the Bible with Lee and soon baptized him. He went on to become a world-renown advocate of Adventist living. The zeal of a new convert! I wonder whether longtime Sev42
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enth-day Adventists really appreciate our truth about theology and our truth about health. And do we value the role of Ellen White? I admit that many Adventists have unwittingly abused her gift by trying to turn God’s messenger into the message. People often ask, “Do you believe in Ellen White?” Actually, it’s Jesus we believe in. Focusing faith on anyone else amounts to idolatry. Some Adventists go to the other extreme and reject Ellen White’s writings. Not that everything she taught was original. Sister White warned that theology is rooted in