Down the Adventist Rabbit Hole
DARREL CARSON | Off the grid and loving Jesus “For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am […]
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Category: Doctrine
Should I Be Baptized?
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine We periodically receive questions from former Adventists about baptism. Should they be “re-baptized”? Frequently people feel drawn to the idea of being baptized but struggle to […]
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Battle Creek and Nicea
Two Conferences with Opposing Legacies KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary This year marks a significant milestone for two religious movements: Seventh-day […]
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13. Sabbath In Acts
On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue This chapter will examine all the Sabbath incidents in the book of Acts to discover what, if anything, is taught regarding the Sabbath […]
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A Creation Conversation: Moving Beyond Adventism
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”—Genesis 1:1 When I was in high school I wrote […]
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12. The Paradox of Sabbath Law
“You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses” John 9 This story, like those in John 5 and 7, is a very important one and deserves our most […]
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Bible Passage Adventism Really Doesn’t Like
RICHARD FOSTER | Contributor “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full […]
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Vegetarianism: Is It Christian?
VERLE STREIFLING, PhD | Minister, Author, and Missionary Dear [Proclamation!] Editorial Staff, I am very surprised that Verle Streifling thinks that Romans 14:1-2 is talking about vegetarianism. I would expect a good […]
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The Gospel Foundation for Resurrection Life
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Paul and the other apostles would be false teachers if the resurrection were not real, and their preaching would have been in […]
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Adventism Begins and Continues in Error
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member If you knew for certain that in one year, Jesus is coming, how would you change your life? What […]
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Rebuilt by the Word of Truth
DEBORAH PRATT | Life Assurance Ministries’ Online Moderator As I begin this blog entry, I’m thinking of Mary and Martha in the gospels. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus lived in Bethany (John 11). […]
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Wrath (But Not For Us)
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Many scholars consider Romans 3:21-26 to be one of the most important sections of the entire Bible. Renowned New Testament scholar Leon […]
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The Throw-Down at Jezreel
JOHN KOEHLER | Believer in Jesus A certain wise couple, east of San Bernardino, once told me that as a former Seventh-day Adventist, I needed to release myself from the […]
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Part 3: The Call to Commitment
RICHARD FREDERICKS, PH.D. | Former Adventist Pastor Should the Adventist Church take a stand against the practice of abortion? Yes, for many reasons. The most common argument against this step is a […]
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Part 2: The Quality of Life Ethic
RICHARD FREDERICKS, PH.D. | Former Adventist Pastor This portion of the article flows from two basic perspectives. First, it takes seriously the authority Scripture has over human reason as the final arbitrator […]
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