• The Everlasting Covenant—its beginnings in the Christian Church
• The relationship between Law and Gospel
• The Development of the Covenant doctrine
• The Anabaptist concept of the covenants
• The Nineteenth Century and the Second Great Awakening
• The National Reform Movement
• The Rise of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• The Law in Galatians Controversy and the Covenant Concept
• Analysis of Waggoner's and Butler's positions
• The proper position of the moral and ceremonial laws defined
• The Covenant Controversy of 1890
• Ellen White saw more in this situation than did most of the people
• Waggoner and Jones were presenting the "third angel's message in verity"
• The solution to the problem of human nature
• Waggoner's Understanding of the Doctrine of the Covenants
• Ellen White supported Waggoner and his view
• Examine the whole testimony
• This message revolutionized the doctrine of righteousness by faith
• Waggoner's Later Presentations of the Everlasting Covenant
• An Evaluation of Waggoner's Covenant Concept
• Preparing a people who can properly represent Christ
• Endnotes
• Selected Bibliography

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