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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Category: Adventist Doctrines
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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March 8–14, 2025
Lesson 11: “What More Could I Have Done?” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central problem: God is vindicated in two judgments: the “pre-Advent judgment”, and the “post-Advent judgment” when all our […]
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Leaving Adventist Pride
VIRLINDA FOSTER | Christian Mom While visiting with some other former Adventists at the recent Former Adventist Fellowship Conference weekend in Loma Linda, California, I was reminded of something within […]
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March 1–7, 2025
Lesson 10: “Rules of Engagement” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central Problem: This lesson assumes a covenant between God and Satan with rules governing their great controversy. This week’s lesson assumes […]
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February 22–28, 2025
Lesson 9: “The Cosmic Conflict” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: This lesson attempts, in one week’s brief studies, to confirm EGW’s great controversy worldview. The entire paradigm […]
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February 15–21, 2025
Lesson 8: “Free Will, Love, and Divine Providence” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: This lesson builds a case for God’s limited providence for the purpose of protecting […]
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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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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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January 25–31, 2025
Lesson 5: “The Wrath of Divine Love” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: Adventism has always taught that God’s “wrath” is His eventually granting people their own choices […]
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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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The Sabbath Trumpet: An Uncertain Sound
VERLE STREIFLING | Retired Pastor and Theologian A few days ago, as my friend was witnessing in the mall, she was given a tract distributed by The Voice of Prophecy […]
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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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Recant, no! I stand firm.
WALTER REA | Author of The White Lie Editor’s Note: In 1982 Walter Rea published The White Lie after Seventh-day Adventist administrators failed to keep their promise to reveal Ellen […]
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November 30–December 6, 2024
Lesson 10: “The Way, the Truth, and the Life” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: The subtle heresy of this week’s lesson lies just out of sight. The […]
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