The Truth About Death That Adventists Know | EP 21 unScripted
11 Jul 2026
The Quarterly Has a Secret — And Cliff Goldstein Just Told It
What if everything you thought you knew about death was completely wrong? And what if the Adventist Church has had the answer for over 140 years — while the rest of Christianity has been fighting over it?
This week on unScripted, Shawn sits down with Clifford Goldstein — 30-year Adventist Review columnist and 26-year editor of the Adult Sabbath School Quarterly — for one of the most raw, honest, and surprisingly hilarious conversations we've ever had.
What you'll hear in this episode:
🔹 Why Kirk Cameron nearly got "crucified" by Christians for questioning eternal torment — and why Adventists already know the answer he was looking for
🔹 Cliff's personal story: a secular Jewish kid from Miami Beach who got into the occult, had real astral projections, and how Satan "overplayed his hand" and led him straight to Adventism
🔹 The Ouija board moment that scared Shawn out of the occult for good (full name. First, middle, last. Nobody in the room knew him.)
🔹 The shocking behind-the-scenes of how the Sabbath School Quarterly actually gets made — 5-year planning windows, global committees, 100+ language translations, and the sweat-inducing moments when Cliff has absolutely no idea how to edit a lesson
🔹 Why Cliff believes he's "cramming for finals" at 70 — and what he says happens the moment you close your eyes in death
This episode is raw, unfiltered, and exactly what unScripted was built for.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — Intro
3:03 — Kirk Cameron almost got crucified for saying this
5:37 — "At 70, I'm cramming for finals"
10:46 — "Satan overplayed his hand on me"
11:00 — Shawn's Ouija board story (you have to hear this)
12:28 — How the Sabbath School Quarterly actually gets made
13:00 — They're already planning 2031–2035
19:37 — The moment Cliff breaks into a cold sweat editing
21:47 — Why we're Adventists for the doctrine — and nothing else
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