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Why Easter is a Big Deal

April 6, 2023 Chris Lee Chris Lee, Doctrine, Feature

CHRIS LEE I woke up early that morning, my footie pajamas sinking into the shag carpet as I bailed out of bed and began methodically searching every spot in the […]

The Law is Not For Us!

March 30, 2023 Margie Littell Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Margie Littell, The Law of God, The Sabbath

MARGIE LITTELL WITH COLLEEN TINKER If we cannot define, accurately, what the Gospel of Jesus is, we believe an anti-Gospel message. Let’s identify the gospel before we go any farther. […]

What Does Jesus Command?

March 23, 2023 Richard Foster Doctrine, Feature, Richard Foster, The Sabbath

RICHARD FOSTER “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15). As Adventists we were taught that any time we saw the word “commandments” in Scripture it always […]

Seeing the Real Jesus in Scripture

March 16, 2023 Kaspars Ozolins Doctrine, Feature, Jesus, Kaspars Ozolins

KASPARS OZOLINS The hit streaming series The Chosen has been described as the most successful crowdfunded TV series of all time. Tens of millions of dollars from thousands of donors […]

Life in the Spirit

March 9, 2023 Dale Ratzlaff 2002-5 Proclamation!, Dale Ratzlaff, Doctrine, Feature, Proclamation! Magazine Archive

DALE RATZLAFF But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and […]

Contemplating Prayer

March 9, 2023 Martin Carey 2013-1 Proclamation!, Doctrine, Feature, Martin Carey, Proclamation! Magazine Archive

SHOULD WE SEEK WISDOM FROM OTHER FAITH TRADITIONS? MARTIN CAREY We have become increasingly concerned with the spiritual confusion many people face as they meet Jesus and move out of […]

Jesus Destroys Adventism’s Counterfeit Gospel

March 2, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Gospel

COLLEEN TINKER Ever since our 2023 Former Adventist Conference two weeks ago, I have been pondering Paul Carden’s assessment of Seventh-day Adventism which he articulated during his talk on Friday […]

Follow Jesus and Embrace the New Covenant

February 23, 2023 Margie Littell Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Margie Littell, New Covenant

MARGIE LITTELL AND COLLEEN TINKER If we cannot accurately define what the gospel of Jesus is, we believe an anti-gospel message. Let’s investigate with some questions: Why would God want us to […]

How Do We Know There Is a God?

February 23, 2023 Jordan Quinley Doctrine, Feature, Jordan Quinley, The Trinity

Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 7 JORDAN QUINLEY Question seven of the Redeemer Catechism asks about mankind’s universal knowledge of God. Q7: How do we know there is a God? A7: […]

Revelation 20: The Millennium

February 16, 2023 Phillip Harris Daniel and Revelation, Doctrine, Feature, Phil Harris

PHIL HARRIS Introduction The Seventh-day Adventist view of the millennium is centered upon pages 656-661 of the book The Great Controversy. To summarize, Adventists believe God’s people are in heaven […]

Sabbath Carries the Death Penalty

February 9, 2023 Guest Devotional, Doctrine, Feature, The Sabbath

BEVERLY QUINN BESSADA Colleen Tinker’s recent article, “Are We Against Catholics?” was, as always, informative and enlightening, and it made me think. Once in a while, my thoughts get carried […]

Sabbath vs. Sunday: A Non-Issue in the Christian Church

January 26, 2023 Richard Foster Doctrine, Feature, Richard Foster, The Sabbath

RICHARD FOSTER Coming from an Adventist background it may sound bizarre and even shocking to consider, but the fact is that Sabbath vs. Sunday is a non-issue to the overwhelming […]

A Common Thread in Unity and Adventism

January 19, 2023 Guest Doctrine, Feature

CHERYL GRANGER It all started with a little blue cookbook illustrated with drawings of happy little vegetable people.1 I acquired it when I was a devout Seventh-day Adventist; it was […]

Are We Against Catholics?

January 12, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER Recently I received an email from a woman who was, it turned out, a Catholic apologist. She was a convert to her religion, and interestingly, she is also […]

Martin Luther vs. Erasmus (and Adventism)

January 5, 2023 Kaspars Ozolins Doctrine, Feature, Kaspars Ozolins

KASPARS OZOLINS Toward the end of his life, the famous German Protestant Reformer Martin Luther remarked that he would not care much if most of his theological writings were forgotten […]