2. The Seventh-day in Genesis
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the […]
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Author: Dale Ratzlaff
Wrath (But Not For Us)
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Many scholars consider Romans 3:21-26 to be one of the most important sections of the entire Bible. Renowned New Testament scholar Leon […]
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1. Sabbath Questions
This is the first chapter of Dale Ratzlaff’s book, Sabbath In Christ. For the next 27 weeks we will be posting a chapter each Friday from this important book until […]
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Paul and the Afterlife in 2 Corinthians
Confronting a Passage I Used To Run From: 2 Corinthians 5:1–9 DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) When I was Seventh-day Adventist pastor and Bible teacher and had […]
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Law Not Abolished?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Question: How do you explain Matthew 5:17–19? “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the […]
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Maligning Adventists?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) At the conclusion of the presentation on Friday night at the Former Adventist Fellowship (FAF) weekend this past February […]
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Do Adventists preach another gospel?
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) There are two extremes that the Church must continually face; either of which could prove fatal. Like driving down a road while […]
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Whom Do I Believe?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Q. Adventists tell me that Life Assurance Ministries is teaching error and I should not even read Proclamation! […]
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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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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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