The Sabbath: From Ritual to Reality
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) A farmer in the med-west had a small apple orchard that his cows occasionally would get into, so he decided to build […]
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Author: Dale Ratzlaff
Wise Men Still Seek Him
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) What is significant about the story of the magi? On the back window of a pickup I recently saw a decal which […]
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The Gospel is Good News!
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) The New Testament makes it clear that obedience to the law is neither a good definition of the righteousness of God nor […]
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Encountering the Risen Christ on the Road to Emmaus
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Originally published in the March/April 2002 print edition of Proclamation! The literal bodily resurrection of Christ is the non-negotiable foundation upon which true […]
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Why repeat the Gospel?
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Republished and edited from Proclamation!, November/December 2008 Question: Why do you keep repeating your understanding of the gospel? Answer: In this world of good […]
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You Must Be Born Again
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) At Life Assurance Ministries we often speak of the “simple gospel of Jesus Christ.” It is simple in that even a child […]
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Did Paul Misunderstand Jesus?
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Periodically I encounter resistance against the authority of the Apostle Paul’s epistles. This resistance comes primarily from educated people with college degrees—usually […]
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Why do you persist in publishing against Adventism and the Sabbath?
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Republished and edited from Proclamation!, Fall 2016 It began in the early 80’s when a small group of us organized a church […]
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We Can Trust the Bible
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) How does one choose the right version of the Bible? Do we choose the one that translates our favorite verses the way […]
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Is Breaking the Sabbath Breaking the Whole Law?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, SUMMER, 2016. Doesn’t James 2:10 teach that if you break the Sabbath, […]
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Can a Believer Fall Away?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, WINTER, 2015. Doesn’t the parable of the Sower teach that a believer […]
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Does Adventism’s health message conflict with the biblical gospel?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, SPRING, 2015. The answer is a clear “yes” and an uncertain “no”. […]
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Did Jesus Have a Holy, Sinless Nature?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, WINTER, 2014. As we approach another Christmas season our thoughts […]
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In Times Like These Will Your Anchor Hold?
How should we react to the frightening news stories we are hearing? Should we be preparing to run to the hills? Throughout history there have been wars, and all too […]
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The Big Deal About Antiochus Epiphanes
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Why make such a big deal out of Antiochus Epiphanes and Daniel 8:14? I have received many wide-ranging responses […]
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