Ellen G. White: Prophet of Destiny [Paperback]

Rene Noorbergen (Author)

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Publication Date: June 2001

In April, 1906 Ellen G. White was granted a vision foreseeing the destruction of the city of San Francisco. Two days later, an earthquake struck, leveling the city. Once again, Ellen G. White had somehow seen into the future.

Since girlhood, she had had more than 2,000 visions, revealing truths of religion, history, medicine and nutrition, often foreshadowing scientific discoveries yet to be made. Inspired by these visions and her sense of the presence of God, Ellen G. White worked throughout her life, first to help found the Seventh-day Adventist Church, then to spread its word around the world. She lived to see it become one of the major religious forces of our time; and during her lifetime, wrote more than fifty books which have been translated into one hundred languages and sold in the millions of copies. All of this she accomplished in the face of dire poverty, with no formal schooling beyond the third grade.

Rene Noorbergen's bestseller is a full and fascinating portrait of a truly remarkable, yet strangely little-known woman.

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About the Author

Rene Noorbergen was born in Groningen, the Netherlands, and educated at La Sierra College in California, and at the University of Groningen.

His writing assignments have been divided between Europe and this country. He was Chief Correspondent for the U.S. Army's The Soldier Illustrated, West Coast correspondent for many European magazines, and wrote for Camera Press Ltd. of London and the London Daily Mail. He also did on-the-spot news coverage for the Netherlands Radio Network, as well as television documentaries. In 1966, Mr. Noorbergen was named Managing Editor in the Publications Department of the Ford Motor Company.

He has long been interested in phenomena which eludes scientific means of measurements, but which nevertheless have been shown to have validity. This interest led to his co-authorship, with Jeane Dixon, of the best-selling book, My Life and Prophecies and The Ark File. He has also written the recent You Are Psychic, The Story of David N. Bubar. He also was roving editor on the staff of International Wildlife Magazine, and a war correspondent for various international publications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Teach Services Inc (June 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572581999
• ISBN-13: 978-1572581999
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,410,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard To Refute, July 14, 2006

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R. McRae (Saugus, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ellen G. White: Prophet of Destiny (Paperback)

By the same author of "Jeane Dixon: My Life and Prophecies." This author knows the difference between a Psychic and a Seer. "Ellen G. White: Prophet of Destiny" examines the life of this amazing woman, 1827-1915. With only a formal third grade education, she is arguably the most translated and best selling female author ever. Including Agatha Christie! A co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, along with her husband James White, and Joseph Bates, through her over 2,000 visions and dreams, she was instrumental in the establishment of that church's medical, educational(the second largest parochial school system behind only the Roman Catholic Church), and worldwide publishing and missionary successes of today.

Labeled a plagiarist by some like D.M. Canright, and more recently Walter Rea in his "The White Lie," these charges have been proven false over-and-over again. See the Ellen G. White Estate internet Website for proof.

Her insight into medically proven facts, and shunning the now medically proven rediculous is examined in Mr. Noorbergen's book. For instance, he looks at the statement she made, now some 101 years ago, in her 1905 publication "Ministry of Healing" page 313, that flesh foods carry "cancerous GERMS"(emphasis mine). 5 years later in 1910, Dr. Francis Peyton Rous made virtually the same findings, stating "viruses cause some types of cancer." The thought of viruses/germs possibly causing cancers was considered foolish in 1910, and unheard of in 1905. Scoffed at for years in the medical profession, Dr. Francis Peyton Rous shared the 1966 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine. The "theory" of cancer causing viruses/germs is now a medically proven fact! Who plagiarized whom? And all this foreseen by a woman who never dabbled in the occult, or used Crystal Balls, Palm Readings, or Tarot Cards. Only claiming to receive her visions directly from the Holy Spirit.

A must read for every critic, doubter, and firm believer like myself.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, a must read, May 27, 2010

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This review is from: Ellen G. White: Prophet of Destiny (Paperback)

This book was written by an athiest who wanted to prove Ellen White as a fake. The more he researched for the book the more he started to believe. Then he published this book and was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist church and is still an Adventist to this day! Great look into the life of Ellen White and the visions God gave her.