Author: Dale Ratzlaff

Not long after camp meeting, I was told by Charles Cook that I would have to agree to teach all 27 doctrines as listed in the Fundamental Beliefs of SDAs or […]

Here I was a fourth-generation Seventh-day Adventist, pastoring the growing Watsonville, California, SDA  church,  and  nearly  through  my  doctor  of ministry program at Andrews University. Now I had serious questions about […]

As I look back I am utterly amazed at the amount of material that came bubbling up from the seething Adventist underground which was boiling like the mud pots in […]

While teaching at Monterey Bay Academy, I would often run on the beach for my morning exercise, sometimes as many as six miles a day. One summer, a visitor from Australia […]

My first church assignment was to be associate pastor in Santa Monica, California. As an intern, my job was to serve the senior pastor in whatever way he suggested. He gave […]

One day in Greek class, Dr. Fred Veltman14 gave us a translation assignment which included Ephesians 2:8, 9. I could see that the correct translation was “For by grace you have been […]

In about three days after my sickness and experience with God, I was completely well. The farming partnership with Carolyn’s father was not working out, so we moved to Phoenix. We […]

After the summer of selling Adventist books, I went to Pacific Union College, Napa, California, to start pre-medical courses. Carolyn moved to St. Helena and lived with an Adventist family […]

Sitting at my computer,  I hear the familiar “ding” telling  me  that  another  email  hit  my  corner  of cyberspace. Curious, wondering who it might be, I leave my sermon preparation for a […]