Adventist Doctrines – Page 8 – Proclamation! Online Magazine

11. What About James and the “Royal Law”?

July 4, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician A favorite Sabbath text, used by the late Adventist television evangelist George Vandeman and others is in James 2. The context of this passage is a warning against […]

False Abraham Created By Ellen White

June 27, 2024 Kaspars Ozolins Adventist Doctrines, Doctrine, Ellen G. White, Feature, Kaspars Ozolins

KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Growing up in a progressive Adventist household, I was not raised to read the writings of Ellen G. White. While she was […]

10. Hebrews and the Old Covenant Shadows

June 27, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Hebrews is the last scriptural area that I want to cover. It is directed to Jews, obviously, and uses familiar Old Covenant terminology to establish Jesus with the […]

June 29–July 5

June 27, 2024 Colleen Tinker Adventist Doctrines, Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 1: “The Beginning of the Gospel” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This new quarter’s lessons focus on the Gospel of Mark and are written by […]

9. Romans On the New Covenant

June 20, 2024 Guest Gospel, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Romans is quite a primer on the New Covenant, and I seem to notice something different each time I study it, though I don’t pretend to understand all […]

June 22–28, 2024

June 20, 2024 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Great Controversy, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 13: “The Triumph of God’s Love” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This last lesson of the series on The Great Controversy covers chapters 39–42. Author […]

8. Colossians and the Law

June 13, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician The book of Colossians also has a purpose of refocusing the emphasis of these Gentile Christian churches back on the gospel from other elements that would lead them […]

June 15–21, 2024

June 13, 2024 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Great Controversy, Sabbath School Commentary, The Sabbath

Lesson 12: “Earth’s Closing Events” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson, based on chapters 37 and 38 of The Great Controversy, reminds readers that […]

The Adventist/Protestant Dilemma

June 6, 2024 Myles Christian Adventist Doctrines, Feature, Gospel, Myles Christian, The Law of God

MYLES CHRISTIAN | Host, Answering Adventism What is the Law/Gospel Distinction? It has been the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s appeal since their inception that they stand on the shoulders of the […]

7. Galatians and the Law

June 6, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Let’s move from here then to the book of Galatians whose stated purpose is to respond to “Judaizing Christians” who were urging traditional Jewish worship on the newly […]

June 8–14, 2024

June 6, 2024 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Great Controversy, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 11: “The Impending Conflict” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson establishes Ellen White’s scenario for ushering in Satan’s final attack against the Sabbath. […]

Facing Death

May 30, 2024 Dale Ratzlaff 2011-3 Proclamation!, Dale Ratzlaff, Doctrine, Feature, Man's Nature, State of the Dead

ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Pastor Ratzlaff, don’t you ever worry about whether you are saved? You are not a young man anymore—don’t you […]

6. What About Paul and the Sabbath?

May 30, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician In the past, as a Sabbath keeper, I used the argument that since Paul kept the Sabbath, that was evidence that we should too. However, the Bible does […]

June 1–7, 2024

May 30, 2024 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary, State of the Dead

Lesson 10: “Spiritualism Exposed” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is consummate deception as it mocks the biblical teaching about the nature of man […]

5. The Law Fulfilled

May 23, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician So, I think you’ll agree that what Jesus is stating in Matthew 5:17 is that He has come to fulfill the entire Old Testament. Then in verse 18, […]