Watch Out for the June Bugs
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF What’s wrong with legalism? Let me tell you a story. We first noticed the big green June bugs when we were picking the ears […]
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Author: Dale Ratzlaff
The Gift of All Gifts
DALE RATZLAFF For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, […]
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Experiencing New Covenant Life
You Are Formed by Jesus DALE RATZLAFF Today we have hope for true transformation only by focusing on the glories of the gospel, the many declarations that God has made […]
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Primacy: Putting First Things First
DALE RATZLAFF Could it be that we, too, are like Nicodemus wanting to discuss theology when we need to be born again? It is not our comprehensive understanding of the […]
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Truth Led Me Out
DALE RATZLAFF Now Available for free: Audio Version of this book on YouTube
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The Covenants—The Continental Divide of Biblical Interpretation
DALE RATZLAFF Studying the covenants is like pouring one’s theological water jug out on the Continental Divide. In fact, this mountain of the covenants divides between the ocean of old […]
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The Great Controversy Requires Sabbath
DALE RATZLAFF The Adventist great controversy paradigm shaped by Ellen White’s (EGW) vision of the same name is built—not on Jesus the cornerstone—but on its own cornerstone of the law. […]
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes: Is He the Little Horn?
DANIEL 8:14 STUDIED IN CONTEXT DALE RATZLAFF Most of our readers know that I and many other former Seventh-day Adventists left that church because of what we considered to be […]
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The Truth About Truth
DALE RATZLAFF In April we at Life Assurance Ministries attended a conference in Denver, Colorado, sponsored by Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR). As we attended breakout sessions and the […]
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14. Christian
Years ago when someone asked me, in the context of religion, who I was, without a moment’s hesitation I would answer, “I’m a Seventh-day Adventist.” Today, my answer is, “I’m a Christian.” I […]
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13. Expanding Ministry
When I was pastoring the Sedona Christian Fellowship in Sedona, Arizona, one day Don and Vesta Muth, whom we had known for many years, both before and after we all left […]
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12. Encounter With the Holy Spirit
After the experience I had with the lesbian lady and the “holy spirit,” I backed off from my openness to the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. I had, so to speak, […]
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11. The Sabbath Revisited
We had now changed the name of our little church from BAC to BFC standing for Biblical Fellowship Church. We did this for two reasons. First, we were getting flack from […]
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10. Free—To Discover
I will never forget the feeling of emancipation I experienced after my decision—forced as it was—to resign. To be out from under the weight of all the denomination hassle I had […]
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9. Decision Day
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 […]
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