Out of the Mouths of Babies
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member | O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your […]
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Category: Authors
I Am Undone
CAROLYN MACOMBER | The Life Examined Columnist | I was dumfounded. My mind couldn’t quite make the enormous leap it was being asked to make. I knew what I was […]
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11. Lumps Under the Rug—A Historical Evaluation
In previous chapters we have seen several ways Ellen White and the early Adventists dealt with their doctrinal errors. In this chapter we will briefly summarize and enumerate what we […]
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December 6–12, 2025
Lesson 11: “Living In the Land” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | When you hear the words “Keep His commandments; His commandments are not burdensome”, what comes to your mind? Do you […]
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We Got Mail
Calvin Misinterpreted Thank you for your article and insights on “What Do We Do With Calvinism?” This is a very difficult issue that you attempted to tackle. Shortly before John […]
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What Do We Do With Calvinism?
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Shortly after we left Adventism I encountered one of Christianity’s ongoing discussions—a discussion about which I knew almost nothing as an Adventist. I began to realize, […]
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10. A Broken Chain: A Biblical Evaluation
Examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good In this chapter we will give a short, biblical evaluation of the SDA doctrine of the cleansing of the heavenly […]
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November 29–December 5, 2025
Lesson 10: “The True Joshua” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | How are we supposed to interpret the Bible? Is the Old Testament a series of “types” that ultimately find fulfillment in […]
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We Got Mail
Should I Be Baptized? Colleen and Nikki, you have done so much to help me through my journey of overcoming my past, as a member of the Worldwide Church of […]
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Fostering Figs and Faith
DEBORAH PRATT | Life Assurance Ministries’ Online Moderator | In late spring here in Michigan, I was perusing Facebook’s Marketplace for some odd item, and a post for fig trees showed up in […]
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I Thought I Knew Jesus
CAROLYN MACOMBER | The Life Examined | All my life I had referred to Jesus as the Son of God, and many times I ended my prayers, “in Jesus’ Name”. […]
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9. The Sliver—The Investigative Judgment
The Cleansing of the Heavenly Sanctuary and the Investigative Judgment We have looked briefly at the historical development of the “sliver,” the SDA Doctrine of the cleansing of the heavenly […]
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November 22–28, 2025
Lesson 9: “Heirs Of Promises, Prisoners of Hope” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | This week’s lesson attempts to explain how the unconditional promises God made to Abraham that his descendants would […]
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We Got Mail
Finally Understand God’s Rest! Colleen and Nikki, I want to thank you for all the work you do for the former Adventists, helping us understand the gospel and much more. […]
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Hide Them In Your Heart
KELSIE PETERSEN | Contributor and a Boy-Mom | My Adventist upbringing was a little different from many former Adventists I’ve encountered. While I began my school years in a little church school in […]
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