Monte Sahlin at Faith in Context has just put up his take on the last article of the Fundamental Beliefs of Adventism in which he writes:

“To say that I believe the end of religion is for God to have a world where there is no more poverty and then ignore the problems of poverty as they exist today is to live a lie! To say that I believe the ultimate purpose of Jesus is to have a world where is no more prejudice and injustice and then ignore the problems of racial, ethnic, gender and other injustice as they exist today is to live a lie. As Matthew 25:31-46 quotes Jesus stating in the starkest, simplest terms, unless I invest my life in working to overcome hunger, poverty, disease, injustice and oppression, I demonstrate a lack of faith in God’s ultimate purpose.”

Read the rest here.