June, 2008

Throughout 2007 Elder Wm. H. Grotheer was not prepared to authorize the disclosure of specific information about the state of his health.  He frequently stated his intention to send out a letter to the readers of Watchman, What of the Night? explaining his increasing disability on his own terms.  This did not happen before he was hospitalized after a fall in the last week of December.  Since then there has been such a degree of deterioration in his condition that he is now unable to carry out his intention.

During 2007, some of us observed a progressive decline in the giant intellect of this preacher and teacher of Present Truth, as demonstrated over decades.  The observations were made by those of us who were living close to him, and by others of us who talked with him on the telephone.  Those who could observe him in person were also aware of physical changes in the way he walked and maintained his balance.

We now feel it incumbent on us to disclose from the  diagnosis of a physician that Elder Grotheer is in an advanced stage of progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging.  Although the diagnosis does not specify the underlying disease, general knowledge and experience suggest that it is either Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s; and quite likely Parkinson’s, because of the associated shuffling gait and frequent falls to which Elder Grotheer was subject during 2007.

We ask you to join us in prayer that God will ease the pain and suffering of this man who has worked so diligently for the cause of Truth, in his present hour of affliction.

While there may yet be some areas of the biblical expositions covered by Elder Grotheer's writings and sermons which can be explored in greater depth, his is essentially a finished work, anchored in the Bible, and a sound foundation for further study.

We hope that visitors to adventistlaymen.com will carefully study and/or review the many articles on the great issues of Present Truth that are on this website, dating from the critical year of 1980 until the end of 2006.  To find them, just click on one of the WWN Index hyperlinks on this page, above or below.

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.  The night is far spent, the day is at hand . . . Romans 13:11, 12a

Report on the Eleventh Chapter of Daniel
(Exegesis which clearly establishes that the "King" of Dan. 11:36-39,
and consequently of verses 40-45, is the Papacy)

Source:  Ministry Magazine, March 1954

Lest we forget!:

The Divine Viewpoint in Meaningful Symbols

How long yet before the end comes?:

The Sign of the End of Time

Why the Ignorance

A Fearful Warning

What Does It Mean for Us?

ARMAGEDDON!!

Not a Physical Battle Between Nations Divided, but a Spiritual Battle Between the Nations of the World United (a planet in rebellion) Against God

EXEGESIS OF REVELATION -6- The Tale of Two Cities

WWN XXV - 10 & 11(92) Excerpts:

CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY Part 1

CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY Part 2

WWN XXXVIII - 9(04):

ELLEN G. WHITE'S CHOICE OF WORDS TO DEFINE
FINAL BETRAYAL OF THE SACRED TRUST
"Balances of the Sanctuary" "Another Coming Out" "the Alpha" and "the Omega"

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We must not think, "Well, we have all the truth, we understand the main pillars of our faith, and we may rest on this knowledge."  The truth is an advancing truth, and we must walk in the increasing light."  (R&H,  March 25, 1890; emphasis supplied)
See What Is It? BASIC ADVENTISM WWN XXVI - 5(93) 

OBSERVANCE OF THE JEWISH FEAST DAYS BY CHRISTIANS?

SDA LEADERSHIP POLITICKING WITH WORLD LEADERS

FINAL WORLD EVENTS IN PROPHECY FORESHADOWED

The Masterpiece of Deception
By "Swift Messenger"