understand better who God is and how He desires to work with His people. Every doctrine must reveal the love of God and better fit us for our mission. For further discussions of Adventists and the search for identity, see the papers by Japhet De Oliveira and Jeroen Tuinstra in this collection. Relationship is central to emotionally healthy living. Relationship was pivotal to God’s original plan for humanity. No sooner had God kissed Adam awake and set him among the animal