The Shifting Spotlight traces the Great Controversy from Eden to the last days, showing how the battle over authority and worship moves through history by changing methods rather than purpose. Beginning with the serpent questioning God’s word, it follows pagan Rome’s persecution, the church-state union of the medieval era, the Reformation’s restoration of Scripture, and the Counter-Reformation’s redirection of prophetic understanding so the true conflict would seem distant or unclear. As the world moves toward a final global unity, the same original question returns: who has the right to define truth — human authority or God’s Word — concluding that Christ alone ultimately vindicates truth at the end of history.

THE SHIFTING SPOTLIGHT

A Great Controversy Song — The Jesuit Chapter

Verse 1 — The First Question (Genesis)

In E ...