and death? The Great Controversy Theme provides the background for the development of evil – the story of Lucifer's (Satan's) rebellion against the government of God. The thrust of Satan's argument is that God cannot be trusted, that His law is severe and unfair, and thus the Lawgiver is unfair, severe, and arbitrary. According to Douglass: the Great Controversy theme ties together the plan of redemption, Bible truth, and the peril and triumph of Jesus' entry into humanity and his death upon the cross. It holds together Christ's death for us with the application of his power within us. It shows why God purposes to demonstrate through his end-time people the ultimate fruition of what his grace can do, and clarifies how Satan's charges will be finally negated. At the end of time God has called a people to understand, live out, and present to the universe God's love through our individual opportunities in the climax of the great controversy. Messenger of the Lord In 1998 Douglass published Messenger of the Lord: The Prophetic Ministry of Ellen G. White, about Ellen White's claimed prophetic gift, after being commissioned by the Ellen G. White Estate. Non scholarly books and denominational publications 1972 If I had one sermon to preach (editor) 1973 What Ellen White Has Meant to Me (editor) 1974 Why I Joined: Moving Stories of Changed Lives" (editor) 1975 Perfection: the Impossible Possibility 1975 We Found This Faith (editor) 1976 Why Jesus Waits: How the Sanctuary Doctrine Explains the Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (revised edition in 1987) 1977 Jesus: the Benchmark of Humanity (with Leo R. Van Dolson) 1978 Faith: saying Yes to God 1979 The End: Unique Voices of Adventists about the Return of Jesus 1980 Parable of the Hurricane 1982 How to Survive the 80s (with Lewis R. Walton) 1991 The Faith of Jesus 1994 Rediscovering Joy 1998 Messenger of the Lord: the Prophetic Ministry of Ellen G. White 2000 How to Survive in the 21st Century 2003 Should We Ever Say 'I am Saved'?: what it means to be assured of salvation 2004 God at Risk: The Cost of Freedom in the Great Controversy Between God and Satan 2005 They Were There: Stories of Those who Witnessed Ellen White's Prophetic Gift—and believed 2006 Truth Matters: An Analysis of the Purpose Driven Life Movement 2007 Dramatic Prophecies of Ellen White: World Events Divinely Foretold 2007 Love