Kevin L . Morgan
40-year pastor, researcher, author, editor, content creator, husband, proud father, and grandpa. Graduate of Southern Adventist University with a Bachelor's in theology, a Master's in homiletics, and Master's level history at Appalachian State University.
Author, co-author, or contributor:
SABBATH REST: Is There Something Missing in Your Busy Life?
WHITE LIE SOAP: For Removal of Lingering Stains on Ellen White's Integrity as an Inspired Writer (2013),
JOURNEYING TO THE SAME HEAVEN: Ellen White, the Civil War, and the Goal of Post-Racialism (2015),
LITERARY BEAUTY OF ELLEN G. WHITE'S WRITINGS: Explore the Conflict of the Ages series in a new way! (2018),
MORE THAN WORDS: A Study of Inspiration and Ellen White's Use of Sources in The Desire of Ages (2009),
SACRED TIME unRemembered: How the original Sabbath was lost and why it matters (2014),
STEPS TO CHRIST, Andrews annotated edition (2017),
GLORY! GLORY! GLORY! Exploring Ellen White's Early Visions (2025)
Editor:
Brenda Abell, Dying With Jesus: A Love Story
Samuel Abraham, Amazing Truth: A New Believer's Guide to the Bible
Reginald Alexander, Why Me, Lord? Finding Joy in Affliction
John Bartels, Elijah Time III: Is There a Final Fulfillment of Prophecy Yet to Come?
Samuel Bulgin, PRAYER: CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD,
Stuart Cedrone, Points of Grace: Empowerment for Hard Times,
Michael G. Coleman, Women's Ordination and the San Antonio Compromise,
Valerie Knowles Combie, Memories/Recuerdos,
Gary Davis, Born to Die in Order to Live,
Lowell Dunston, Faith Trek into the Unknown,
Mitch Elrod, Like Father, Like Son, Like Grandson: Curse-Proofing Your Family and Home,
Robert Esco, His Story: Getting to Know the Man on the Cross Through First-Person Interviews,
Linda May Everhart, Bonita and the Barn on Hiram Edson's Farm,
Linda May Everhart, Molly Finds a Home: Getting to Know William Miller Through a Visit to His House,
Joseph Farah, Behold the Bridegroom Cometh,
Linda Franklin, SHADOWS POINT TO RAINBOWS: An Unwanted Dog Becomes an Injured Boy's Best Friend,
Allen W. Freed, OUR WONDERFUL JUDGE: Abiding in His Love,
Lyndon G. Furst, THE TABLE’S STORY: And Other Observations Instructive to the Christian Journey,
Dan Gabbert, Unbound!: Insights into Mental and Spiritual Healing and Victory,
Conrad Gren, Ancient Standard Version, Genesis,
Conrad Gren, Parallel Old Testament Tenakh, Daniel,
Thomas Hardy, The Layman's Guide to Biblical Preaching: A Seven-Step Plan,
Paul Haynes, Battling the Dragon: A Prophetic Guide to Survival in the Last Days,
Paul Haynes, Four Horsemen, Four Hearts: Responding to the Gospel in Revelation 6,
Brian T. Heath, God in the Dark Side of Chicago: A Story of Pain and Redemption,
Loren and Cheryl Herbert, DESIGNER SCIENCE: Dynamic Demonstrations that Illustrate,
Tom M. Hughes, Perfect Grace: It's All About Jesus,
Fitzroy Hunte, 28 FUNDAMENTAL BIBLE STUDIES,
George Javor, Magnifying Creation,
Michael R. Karr, The Alpha and Omega,
Gladys Ogoti Kerubo - FATHER, BLESS ME INDEED,
King-Taylor
Daniel Knauft with Kevin Morgan, Sacred Time Unremembered: How the Original Sabbath Was Lost--and Why It Matters
Doris Irish Lacks, Boy Power: How Famous Men Chose to Answer God’s Call When Young
Nancy Berthiaume LaPierre, God’s Power Revealed Through Prayer: True Life Stories
Karen R. Levine, God’s Vision
Melvin Maxwell, Bible Truth or Church Tradition: Finding a Church Built Squarely on the Word of God
A. Leroy Moore, The Power of Humility: What to do when you are "right"
A. Leroy Moore, Adventist Cultures in Conflict: Principles of Reconciliation
Allen A. Nueske, The Chiasm of Daniel and Revelation, Omega Segment, Part One
Gladys Ogoti, Father, Bless Me Indeed: A Devotional Reading of Bible Blessings
Marie Pflugrad, How EMDR Therapy Transformed My Life: From "God Hole" to "God Whole"
Jean T. Saint Sauveur, The Key to Effective Spiritual Growth
Warren A. Shipton, Christ With Us: Instruction and Encouragement from the Sanctuary
David Spaulding, To Obey is Better: and Other Stories with Life Lessons for Children
Kevin Straub, Of the Times and the Seasons: And the Delay of the Return of Christ
Hubert F. Sturges, More Than a Promise: The Everlasting Covenant as Presented Throughout History
Dan Tierney, I AM IS: Absolute Proof that God Does Exist
Phillippa M. Turner, The Power of a Mother's Prayer: Changing Lives and Relationships Through Heaven's Life Line with the Holy Spirit
Jan Voerman, Ellen White and the Trinity
Jan Voerman, Juggling Work & Home: The Toll on Motherhood
Jan Voerman, The Future of Israel: A Biblical Prophetic Perspective
Jan Voerman, The Ordination of Women: The Priesthood of All Believers and Other Aspects
Louis F. Were, The Moral Purpose of Prophecy
Julia L. Wise, Chronicles of a Thirsty Traveler: An Allegory about the Source of the Water of Life
Michael Wood, Go—Mobilizing the Body of Christ
Address: Millers Creek, North Carolina, United States
Author, co-author, or contributor:
SABBATH REST: Is There Something Missing in Your Busy Life?
WHITE LIE SOAP: For Removal of Lingering Stains on Ellen White's Integrity as an Inspired Writer (2013),
JOURNEYING TO THE SAME HEAVEN: Ellen White, the Civil War, and the Goal of Post-Racialism (2015),
LITERARY BEAUTY OF ELLEN G. WHITE'S WRITINGS: Explore the Conflict of the Ages series in a new way! (2018),
MORE THAN WORDS: A Study of Inspiration and Ellen White's Use of Sources in The Desire of Ages (2009),
SACRED TIME unRemembered: How the original Sabbath was lost and why it matters (2014),
STEPS TO CHRIST, Andrews annotated edition (2017),
GLORY! GLORY! GLORY! Exploring Ellen White's Early Visions (2025)
Editor:
Brenda Abell, Dying With Jesus: A Love Story
Samuel Abraham, Amazing Truth: A New Believer's Guide to the Bible
Reginald Alexander, Why Me, Lord? Finding Joy in Affliction
John Bartels, Elijah Time III: Is There a Final Fulfillment of Prophecy Yet to Come?
Samuel Bulgin, PRAYER: CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD,
Stuart Cedrone, Points of Grace: Empowerment for Hard Times,
Michael G. Coleman, Women's Ordination and the San Antonio Compromise,
Valerie Knowles Combie, Memories/Recuerdos,
Gary Davis, Born to Die in Order to Live,
Lowell Dunston, Faith Trek into the Unknown,
Mitch Elrod, Like Father, Like Son, Like Grandson: Curse-Proofing Your Family and Home,
Robert Esco, His Story: Getting to Know the Man on the Cross Through First-Person Interviews,
Linda May Everhart, Bonita and the Barn on Hiram Edson's Farm,
Linda May Everhart, Molly Finds a Home: Getting to Know William Miller Through a Visit to His House,
Joseph Farah, Behold the Bridegroom Cometh,
Linda Franklin, SHADOWS POINT TO RAINBOWS: An Unwanted Dog Becomes an Injured Boy's Best Friend,
Allen W. Freed, OUR WONDERFUL JUDGE: Abiding in His Love,
Lyndon G. Furst, THE TABLE’S STORY: And Other Observations Instructive to the Christian Journey,
Dan Gabbert, Unbound!: Insights into Mental and Spiritual Healing and Victory,
Conrad Gren, Ancient Standard Version, Genesis,
Conrad Gren, Parallel Old Testament Tenakh, Daniel,
Thomas Hardy, The Layman's Guide to Biblical Preaching: A Seven-Step Plan,
Paul Haynes, Battling the Dragon: A Prophetic Guide to Survival in the Last Days,
Paul Haynes, Four Horsemen, Four Hearts: Responding to the Gospel in Revelation 6,
Brian T. Heath, God in the Dark Side of Chicago: A Story of Pain and Redemption,
Loren and Cheryl Herbert, DESIGNER SCIENCE: Dynamic Demonstrations that Illustrate,
Tom M. Hughes, Perfect Grace: It's All About Jesus,
Fitzroy Hunte, 28 FUNDAMENTAL BIBLE STUDIES,
George Javor, Magnifying Creation,
Michael R. Karr, The Alpha and Omega,
Gladys Ogoti Kerubo - FATHER, BLESS ME INDEED,
King-Taylor
Daniel Knauft with Kevin Morgan, Sacred Time Unremembered: How the Original Sabbath Was Lost--and Why It Matters
Doris Irish Lacks, Boy Power: How Famous Men Chose to Answer God’s Call When Young
Nancy Berthiaume LaPierre, God’s Power Revealed Through Prayer: True Life Stories
Karen R. Levine, God’s Vision
Melvin Maxwell, Bible Truth or Church Tradition: Finding a Church Built Squarely on the Word of God
A. Leroy Moore, The Power of Humility: What to do when you are "right"
A. Leroy Moore, Adventist Cultures in Conflict: Principles of Reconciliation
Allen A. Nueske, The Chiasm of Daniel and Revelation, Omega Segment, Part One
Gladys Ogoti, Father, Bless Me Indeed: A Devotional Reading of Bible Blessings
Marie Pflugrad, How EMDR Therapy Transformed My Life: From "God Hole" to "God Whole"
Jean T. Saint Sauveur, The Key to Effective Spiritual Growth
Warren A. Shipton, Christ With Us: Instruction and Encouragement from the Sanctuary
David Spaulding, To Obey is Better: and Other Stories with Life Lessons for Children
Kevin Straub, Of the Times and the Seasons: And the Delay of the Return of Christ
Hubert F. Sturges, More Than a Promise: The Everlasting Covenant as Presented Throughout History
Dan Tierney, I AM IS: Absolute Proof that God Does Exist
Phillippa M. Turner, The Power of a Mother's Prayer: Changing Lives and Relationships Through Heaven's Life Line with the Holy Spirit
Jan Voerman, Ellen White and the Trinity
Jan Voerman, Juggling Work & Home: The Toll on Motherhood
Jan Voerman, The Future of Israel: A Biblical Prophetic Perspective
Jan Voerman, The Ordination of Women: The Priesthood of All Believers and Other Aspects
Louis F. Were, The Moral Purpose of Prophecy
Julia L. Wise, Chronicles of a Thirsty Traveler: An Allegory about the Source of the Water of Life
Michael Wood, Go—Mobilizing the Body of Christ
Address: Millers Creek, North Carolina, United States
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The new 2018 edition is annotated to reflect recent research in literary studies of Ellen White's use of sources and Marian Davis's role as editor of her books.
This selection includes the first chapter with some additional exhibits. It was last updated 12/29/18.
The full printed or PDF edition of the book is available through Honor Him Publishers. [email protected]
In THE WHITE LIE, author Walter Rea included many examples of literary parallels between Ellen White's writings and earlier writers. This fulfilled aspects of the FIRST step in the evaluation of literary parallels. He did not mark the parallels in any way or provide an evaluation of their usage.
Hampered by a dictational view of Inspiration, Rea wrongly concluded that Ellen White copied 75-90% of her writings from other authors. (Websites that repeated this charge have over the last several decades quietly removed this exponentially inflated figure. Current documentation of literary parallels is currently at 4% for the corpus of her published writings.) Rea held a binary notion about Inspiration--either THE DESIRE OF AGES was “the work of Ellen and the angels” (TWL 222) or Ellen White and her assistants drew it “largely from other writers” (TWL 72). Rea precipitously opted for the latter, not waiting for the outcome of Fred Veltman's research in "The Life of Christ Research Project."
WHITE LIE SOAP, "Only the First Step," is an expansion of Chapter 3 of WHITE LIE SOAP (2013). Because of space constraints, the listing of parallels required condensation. (The full chapter was included in a little known first edition of WHITE LIE SOAP. See https://books.google.com/books/about/White_Lie_SOAP.html?id=r2dglwEACAAJ.)
Rea read the manuscript for WHITE LIE SOAP before publication and before he died in 2014, and he gave it positive marks. "I have read the entire manuscript. You have done a fine job." Nonetheless, because of his view of Inspiration, he likely did not understand its conclusions.
In the eight-year study entitled, "The Life of Christ Research Project," Dr. Fred Veltman made a valuable contribution to the study of Ellen G. White's use of sources in THE DESIRE OF AGES by cataloguing and categorizing sources used in 15 random chapters in THE DESIRE OF AGES.
This chapter from my 2009 book, WHITE LIE SOAP, takes Veltman's system of evaluation a step further, creating a visual system that informs the reader at a glance what was used from previous authors and suggesting the uniqueness of Ellen White's perspective and treatment of the subject.
The following excerpt from Journeying to the Same Heaven is a careful analysis of Ellen White's statements on amalgamation.
The first chapter, "What 'Elephant'?" investigates why Americans ignored the issue of slavery in relation to the Civil War, and it places Seventh-day Adventist within the context of other abolitionists of the period.
In other chapters are a fuller treatment of Ellen White's Civil War messages, an exploration of conditions in the South that caused the church that Ellen White helped to start in the midst of the war to delay its work among the freedmen when the war was over and the post-war Seventh-day Adventist strategy for working among blacks under the extreme prejudice of the Jim Crow period.