Must Christians Be Kosher?
V. STREIFLING, PhD | Proclamation! Contributor | Paul exhorted Titus, “Teach those things which become sound doctrine,”1 stating that elders and bishops must be able to teach sound doctrine to […]
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Category: Doctrine
God’s Word or the Words of Men
Editor’s note: The January-March, 2009, Sabbath School lessons were entitled The Prophetic Gift and comprised an apologetic for Ellen White’s inspiration. This article is adapted from the Life Assurance Ministries commentary on the […]
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Always Reinterpreting the Investigative Judgment
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! | It’s both interesting and telling that, after all these years, Adventism is still trying to explain the “sanctuary service” satisfactorily. That central doctrine of Adventism, alternatively called […]
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Old Testament Missionary or God’s Sign and Servant
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member | Editor’s note: This commentary on the story of Jonah originally appeared as commentary in response to the Sabbath […]
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Did Christ Enter the Most Holy Place in 1844?
WES RINGER | Former Adventist Bible Translation Consultant | I keep thinking that these words from the Sound of Music, “Let’s start at the very beginning, it’s a very good […]
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7. Promote The Clear Word
The Adventist church does not want to own officially The Clear Word “Bible”, (TCW) but it is nevertheless a work of its hands. It was written by Dr. Jack J. […]
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But the Babies?
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Sometimes I ponder the surprising direction my life has taken. A consummate “people pleaser” as a student, I would never have thought I might end up […]
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Three Days and Three Nights
VERLE STREIFLING, PhD | Minister, Author, and Missionary | Editors note: We have received several letters in response to the timing of the resurrection. Some of these letters were of great length […]
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Elemental Spirits and the Curse of the Law Disarmed
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member | Twenty years after Jesus’ death and resurrection, His good news was now spreading rapidly to the Gentiles. Paul, […]
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Looking Through New Covenant Glasses: “I Will Be Your God”
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member | “And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them […]
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Are You An Idolater?
DEBORAH PRATT | Life Assurance Ministries’ Online Moderator | If we are born again, regardless of our respective doctrinal backgrounds, we hopefully come to understand that God will not share His sovereignty over […]
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The Kingdom of Deception
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member | In a recent episode of the Adventist podcast Seeking What They Sought, well-known […]
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Is Your Faith for Real?
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member | “For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put […]
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You Must Be Born Again
RICHARD TINKER | President, Life Assurance Ministries | Editor’s Note: On May 3, 2026, Richard Tinker gave this sermon at Redeemer Fellowship. The subject of being born again is always […]
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Five-Fold Witness of Christ
V. STREIFLING | Proclamation! Contributor | In John 5, Jesus had just healed the invalid at Bethesda on the Sabbath, telling him “Arise, take up your bed and walk.” Because […]
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