Who is producing this film? are they Adventist?

A few months back I called my local Conference to express my outrage over this. They did not think this is a big deal. I was not surprised, because competitive sports is rampant in our schools and we have pastors who belive in victory over sin.

If God can pull me from Snoop Dogg, Wu Tang, violent games, violent movies, ungodly TV, and give me the desire for the simplicity of the Word, then He can do it for other people too. I didn't need plays and movies for God to reach me and I was just as worldly as they come.

Inappropriate movie for the SDA church

Would you mind praying fervently about this and also studying the council that Ellen white gives on the topic? I find it very confusing why one would use a book written by Ellen White to make a sci-fi movie but totally ignore everything else she says about theatrics and especially in our work as Adventists. Young people long for something real and genuine. Don't you think they are going to smell the hypocrisy of the whole thing?? They are really good at picking up on this sort of things...and leaving the church in disgust. We have always taught that we must study the whole Bible in context, not picking and choosing what we want in order to support a certain doctrine. That is something that makes us different than many churches. Now we can all of a sudden turn around and pick and choose what we want from Ellen white, out of context, to support pretty much anything. Don't we need to study the entire topic carefully before launching a huge and costly project like this?? God doesn't like us to be lukewarm, trying to keep the religious veneer on the one hand (using Ellen White), and on the other hand using worldly methods. We are either His or the worlds. If some don't believe the councils from Ellen White are inspired, then stop using her to support what you are doing.

Movies only limit the truth to the directors vision. Inspired books, such as the Great Controversy, leave room for the Holy Spirit to work in the heart and mind. Movies limit the truth and when too much license is taken it distorts the truth. Please discontinue The Record Keeper and put the funds into distributing books. The Spirit of Prophecy counsel's are there for us to avoid such mistakes as this.

Not being raised SDA I am having a hard time believing that the whole Record Keeper project isn't just a bad dream of a Sci-Fi movie.

If we are to have success in our evangelistic efforts there is only one way that we will ever be effective at winning the lost to a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. Christ's method alone will guarantee success.

Even without the internet and social media our Lord knew that revealing His truth through the created works of nature would bring them close to the creator Himself.

The Adventist name should not be associated with the record keeper.

I see it as a wait of time and money. We need to have the book in a person hand, that the way the God told us to do not by movie or tv. When it in "Hollywood" it will be not good any more. People wouldn't want to read the true story.

Psalms 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me....... 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. When A Faithful Seventh-Day Adventist Learns what the three stripes really mean in the Newish Seventh-Day Adventist Church logo. They first will want to Vomit and then will howl and weep before The Most High GOD to give them purity of heart and real piety and Escape Judgments that is to come upon our unfaithful leaders and the flocks that are lead of them.......
Ezekiel 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.......Psalms 17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;.......Psalms 36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.......

Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 5:27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah 6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. 6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. 6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.......Refrain From All Theatrical Display.--I have a message for those in charge of our work. Do not encourage the men who are to engage in this work to think that they must proclaim the solemn, sacred message in a theatrical style. Not one jot or tittle of anything theatrical is to be brought into our work. God's cause is to have a sacred, heavenly mold. Let everything connected with the giving of the message for this time bear the divine impress. Let nothing of a theatrical nature be permitted, for this would spoil the sacredness of the work. {Ev 137.2}.......Notice how this Holy Spirit quote by Ellen G. White States [Men will change the Religion] of the faith once delivered to the saints and not change the name [Seventh-Day Adventist] ....... The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place, what would result? The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be discarded. [Our religion would be changed]. The fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A new organization would be established. Books of a new order would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new movement. The leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but God being removed, they would place their dependence on human power, which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure. {1SM 204.2}
Who has authority to begin such a movement? We have our Bibles. We have our experience, attested to by the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit. We have a truth that admits of no compromise. Shall we not repudiate everything that is not in harmony with this truth? {1SM 205.1}
I hesitated and delayed about the sending out of that which the Spirit of the Lord impelled me to write. I did not want to be compelled to present the misleading influence of these sophistries. But in the providence of God, the errors that have been coming in must be met. {1SM 205.2}
This is their main object in writing out their falsehoods and in misrepresenting the truth and the characters of those who love and advocate the truth. They will die out more speedily to be left unnoticed, to have their errors and falsehoods treated with silent contempt. They do not want to be let alone. Opposition is the element that they love. If it were not for this, they would have but little influence. – {3T 37.1}

I am also receiving printed matter, tracts and leaflets, from one and another, which present a large array of Scriptures, put together in a way that would seem to prove certain theories; but they only prove the theories in the estimation of their authors; for truth set in a framework of error, diverts the mind from the real subject which should take the attention, and aids error in calling the minds of men away from the present truth which is essential for this time. These persons bring certain Scriptures together, and interpret passages of the Bible, so as to give coloring to their views; but they are wresting the Scriptures to make them appear to say that which they do not say. False theories will thus be propagated in the world to the very end, and as long as there are printing presses and publishing houses, erroneous matter will be presented for publication, and books will be prepared for public circulation. – {CW 153.1}

Please. Cancel The Record Keeper.

I do not think this movie will represent sda church.

Questions erupt about why we loose our youth. This trash -the named film - is an example of many tokens of apostasy-in-progress of my church. Compromise erodes faith in the dogs who will not bark. So support goes elsewhere; some to other mission groups or to other sources for truth - which are not truth.
When the dogs refuse to bark, we little pebbles must cry out!!!

It doesn't strike me as something I would want to watch. I don't watch movies because I don't like fiction. Would any one watching the drama think this is fiction just like all the movies?

I am a video/media producer, so it's not like I am against using media and technology to further the truth of the gospel, and the three angel's messages.
However, the writer of the Great Controversy, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit also gave the following testimony from Jesus:

Can the Lord Jesus Christ accept these theatrical exhibitions as service done for Him? Can He be glorified thereby? No. All this kind of work is done in the service of another leader.
11MR 335.2

...Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

1 Chronicles 20:20

Dear Elder Wilson and other leaders of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists,

I have personally done a fair amount of research into God's view of theatrics and drama, as revealed in the Spirit of Prophecy, and I believe the proposed film series, "The Record Keeper" violates the principles God has given us along these lines.

For the last several months, my husband and I have been reading through the Testimonies for our morning and evening worship. We are currently nearly a quarter of the way through volume 3.

Recently, we have read quite a bit about the high and holy standard God had for those who worked in the publishing office in the early days of our church. Backing (in any way) a production using non-SDA actors and actresses to portray the sacred scenes of the Great Controversy is, from my humble perspective, a serious betrayal of the trust we, as Seventh-day Adventists, have placed in you by nominating you to be the leaders of our church. It is impossible for these secular individuals to to rightly represent something so foreign to their lifestyle and way of thinking.

For a number of years, Ezekiel 35:23 ("And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.") has intrigued me. To me, this verse explains the "bottom line" of "reaching the world": Having my life in complete harmony with God's character as expressed in His written word (both the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy).

No amount of Hollywood-type productions can substitute for godly lives in those who profess to be looking for the soon return of Jesus. From my observations over the past 4 decades of adult life, there seems to be an inverse relationship between holy living and "programs." "Programs" increase in direct proportion to the decrease in spirituality in the church. On the other hand, increased spirituality finds no need to resort to such measures to reach souls for Christ. The early Christians turned the world upside down -- without any of this type of thing. The early SDA pioneers likewise made a huge impact on the people of their time, also without resorting to human inventions like this.

It will be a real challenge and test of faith to buck the current at this point, but God is bigger than the enemy, and He can (and will, if you ask Him to) give you the wisdom and tact to handle this in a way that honors and glorifies Him.

Thank you (in advance) for using your influence to put a stop to this project.

Kathy (Belknap) Kendall
(fellow Takoma Academy student with Elder Wilson, though a year behind him, 1966-1967)

Thank you for your very well written petition. I will pray that our leaders will do the right thing and uphold Bible truth and the inspired counsel of Sister White.

Dear Eld. Wilson, I think that the SDA Church is on very dangerous ground when we go against the plainest counsels of inspiration to produce a Hollywoood-type of theatrical series such as this. For sensible minds, this kind of production can only degrade/mock the elevated truths of heaven that we as SDAs hold so dear. It certainly will be a blend of the common and sacred fire that God condemns in His Word. I would urgently plead for you to lend your influence to put a halt to it.

Most sincerely,
Bonnie Rogers

Please do not allow this abomination to go forward.