Watchman, What of the Night?

Watchman, What of the Night (shortened to WWN) was a monthly newsletter containing a thought paper published by Wm H. Grotheer between 1968 and 2006. In 2007, Elder Grotheer was unable to continue his work, due to his declining health. This section has preserved the newsletters published from 1980 to 2006 as well as newsletters published between 2013 and 2025 from Adventist Laymen Foundation of Iowa.

Grotheer's WWN (1980 - 2006)

1980

• WWN January 1980: What Might Have Been
• WWN February 1980: The End
• WWN March 1980: Coming Events Cast Their Shadow Before
• WWN April 1980: Age of the Chemical Substance of the Earth in the Light of Special Revelation (Dr. Frank Lewis Marsh)
• WWN May 1980: Criticism (Elder David L. Bauer)
• WWN June 1980: What do we Believe?
• WWN July 1980: New Fundamental Statement of Beliefs Prepares the Way for Joining World Council of Churches
• WWN August 1980: 1844 Re-Examined
• WWN September 1980: The Witness of Jesus
• WWN October 1980: Key Doctrinal Comparisons From Statements of Belief 1872-1980
• WWN November 1980: The Heresy of the Seventh-Day Adventist Evangelical Conferences Confirmed by the Action of the 1980 General Conference Session
• WWN December 1980: This We Believe

1981

• WWN January 1981: Coming to Grips with a Problem
• WWN February 1981: Do We Have a Third Canon of Scripture?
• WWN March 1981: The Heart of the Problem
• WWN April 1981: The Final Arrest of Vladimir Shelkov
• WWN May 1981: Let's Talk About the Atonement I
• WWN June 1981: Let's Talk About the Atonement II
• WWN July 1981: Adventist Editor Lies to Readers
• WWN August 1981: Omega Pleads Case for Hierarchy
• WWN September 1981: The Deadly Peril of Futurism
• WWN October 1981: Cover Up - Hierarchy Way of Life
• WWN November 1981: Cracks in the Foundation
• WWN December 1981: The Pot, The Kettle - Black

ALF Iowa WWN (2013 - 2025)

• WWN IOWA November 2013: What and Why?
• WWN IOWA December 2013 - January 2014: The Importance and Necessity of Maintaining Biblically Sound Doctrine
• WWN IOWA February - March 2014: The Sanctuary Truth: Part One
• WWN IOWA April - May 2014: The Sanctuary Truth: Part Two
• WWN IOWA June - July 2014: The Sanctuary Truth Part Three: The Atonement #1
• WWN IOWA August - September 2014: The Sanctuary Truth Part Four: The Atonement #2
• WWN IOWA August - September 2014: The Sanctuary Truth Part Five: The Atonement #3
• WWN IOWA December 2014 - January 2015: The Sanctuary Truth Part Six: The Atonement #4
• WWN IOWA February - March 2015: The Sanctuary Truth Part Seven: Observations and Review #1: Type and Anti-Type
• WWN IOWA April - May 2015: The Sanctuary Truth Part Eight: Observations and Review #2: The Great Apostasy
• WWN IOWA June - July 2015: The Sunday Issue: The Lord's Day Alliance Re-Examined
• WWN IOWA August - September 2015: The Sunday Issue: The Lord's Day Alliance Re-Examined Conclusion
• WWN IOWA October - November 2015: The Sunday Issue, Redux: The Papal Position: Re-examined in Light of Pope Francis' New Encyclical Letter on the Environment - LAUDATO SI'
• WWN IOWA December 2015 - January 2016: The Sunday Issue, Redux: The Papal Position Concluded
• WWN IOWA February - March 2016: Is the Protestant Reformation Dead?: A Further Examination of the Tony Palmer / Pope Francis Appeal and its Implications
• WWN IOWA April - May 2016: The Encroachment of Worldliness and its Deadly Impact on our Spiritual Life
• WWN June - July 2016: Parallels Between Noah's and Lot's Time with our Day: Christ's Emphasis Examined
• WWN IOWA August - September 2016: Feast Day Observance: Progressive Truth or Type/Anti-Type Confusion?
• WWN IOWA October - November 2016: Luke 21:24 A Continuing Conundrum... Why?
• WWN IOWA December 2016 - January 2017: The Significant Nature of the Truth
• WWN IOWA February - March 2017: Is the Roman Catholic Papacyh and its Allies the Prophesied Apostasy of the Latter Times ... or Not?
• WWN IOWA April - May 2017: Last Generation Theology - Biblical Fact or Fanciful "Fiction"?
• WWN IOWA June - July 2017: Pathetically Apathetic
• WWN IOWA August - September 2017: The Laodicean Enigma
• WWN IOWA October - November 2017: Farewell, Sola Scriptura: Will Scripture and Tradition be the New Final Authority for Catholics and Protestants
• WWN IOWA December 2017 - Jan 2018: The Sanctuary Truth [Reprised]: Interpretive Considerations Regarding Key Biblical Texts
• WWN IOWA February - March 2018: The Sanctuary Truth [Reprised]: Lessons From the Levitical Minstration Type - Part One
• WWN IOWA April - May 2018: 500th Year Reformation Anniversary Aftermath | The Sanctuary Truth [Reprised]: Lessons From the Levitical Minstration Type - Part Two
• WWN IOWA June - July 2018: Paradigms for Today: The Northern Kingdom of Israel - 793 B.C. to 722 B.C. | The Sanctuary Truth [Reprised]: Lessons From the Levitical Minstration Type - Part Three
• WWN IOWA August - September 2018: The Growing Popularity of Venerating Christian Relics and the Primary Danger of Saint/Relic Veneration | The Sanctuary Truth [Reprised]: Lessons From the Levitical Minstration Type - Part Four
• WWN IOWA October - November 2018: What Basic Gospel Truths Does the "Old Covenant" Reveal and Teach Us
• WWN IOWA December 2018 - January 2019: God's Character and the Last Generation (1)
• WWN IOWA February - March 2019: God's Character and the Last Generation (2)
• WWN IOWA April - May 2019: God's Character and the Last Generation (3)
• WWN IOWA June - July 2019: God's Character and the Last Generation (4)
• WWN IOWA August - September 2019: God's Character and the Last Generation (5)
• WWN IOWA October - November 2019: God's Character and the Last Generation (6)
• WWN IOWA December 2019 - January 2020: God's Character and the Last Generation (7)
• WWN IOWA February - March 2020: "Light Shining in the Darkness" A 1999 WWN Article Reconsidered
• WWN IOWA April - May 2020: "The Ascension of Christ Into Heaven: Another Look Into Various Aspects of this Essential Truth" (1)
• WWN IOWA June - July 2020: "The Ascension of Christ Into Heaven: Another Look Into Various Aspects of this Essential Truth" (2)
• WWN IOWA August - September 2020: "The Ascension of Christ Into Heaven: Another Look Into Various Aspects of this Essential Truth" (3)
• WWN IOWA October - November 2020: "The Ascension of Christ Into Heaven: Another Look Into Various Aspects of this Essential Truth" (4 - Part 1)
• WWN IOWA December 2020 - January 2021: "The Ascension of Christ Into Heaven: Another Look Into Various Aspects of this Essential Truth" (4 - Part 2)
• WWN IOWA February - March 2021: "The Ascension of Christ Into Heaven: Another Look Into Various Aspects of this Essential Truth" (5)
• WWN IOWA April - May 2021: "The Ascension of Christ Into Heaven: Another Look Into Various Aspects of this Essential Truth" (6)
• WWN IOWA June - July 2021: "The Papal Social Agenda - Pope Francis' Vision of a Global Universal Brotherhood" (Part 1) | The Sanctuary Truth [Reprised]
• WWN IOWA August - September 2021: CLARIFICATIONS: A Statement Regarding the Iowa Foundation | The Sanctuary Truth [Reprised]: Lessons From the Levitical Minstration Type - Part Eleven
• WWN IOWA October - November 2021: "The Papal Social Agenda - Pope Francis' Vision of a Global Universal Brotherhood" (Part 2) | Pope Francis' Latest Encyclical letter: "Fratelli Tutti"
• WWN IOWA December 2021 - January 2022: "Remembering ... Elder Milian Lauritz Andreasen" | The Sanctuary Truth | New Publications Now Available From the Foundation
• WWN IOWA February - March 2022: "The Crux of the 1888 Message"
• WWN IOWA April - May 2022: And the Way of Peace Have They Not Known | Tri-fold: "War Christ vs. Satan" The Cosmic Conflict Intensifies
• WWN IOWA June - July 2022: ... And The Way of Peace Have They Not Known (Conclusion)
• WWN IOWA August - September 2022: Divine Salvation Purview: The 'Heart' of the Matter
• WWN October - November 2022: Divine Salvation Purview: Further Insights into The "Heart"...
• WWN December 2022 - January 2023: The Biblical Testimony Concerning the Significance of Christ's Resurrection 'According to the Scriptures' (1)
• WWN February - March 2023: The Biblical Testimony Concerning the Significance of Christ's Resurrection 'According to the Scriptures' (2)
• WWN IOWA April - May 2023: The Biblical Testimony Concerning the Significance of Christ's Resurrection 'According to the Scriptures' (Addendum)
• WWN IOWA June - July 2023: The Persistent Belief in a Form of 'Corporate Calvanism' That Continues to Exist Within the Seventh-Day Adventist Movement
• WWN IOWA August - September 2023: The Final Betrayal of the Sacred Trust: Ellen G. White Discredits the S.D.A. Notion of Corporate Calvanism
• WWN IOWA October - November 2023: A More Scripturally Comprehensive Meaning of the 'New Birth'
• WWN IOWA December 2023 - January 2024: The Biblical Cosmological Import of the Sanctuary Truth
• WWN IOWA February - March 2024: The True Historical Foundation of the Seventh-Day Adventist Movement's Sanctuary Doctrine
• WWN IOWA April - May 2024: A Compromised Hermeneutic: The Extant Aftermath of the Post 'Glacier View' Consultation I & II Conferences
• WWN IOWA June - July 2024: The True Biblical Doctrine Concerning the Incarnation of Jesus - (Revisited 1)
• WWN IOWA August - September 2024: The True Biblical Doctrine Concerning the Incarnation of Jesus - (Revisited 2)
• WWN IOWA October - November 2024: The True Biblical Doctrine Concerning the Incarnation of Jesus - (Revisited 3)
• WWN IOWA December 2024 - January 2025: The True Biblical Doctrine Concerning the Incarnation of Jesus - (Revisited Addendum A)
• WWN IOWA February - March 2025: The True Biblical Doctrine Concerning the Incarnation of Jesus - (Revisited Addendum B)