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Never Compromise the Gospel!

May 18, 2023 Richard Foster Doctrine, Feature, Gospel, Richard Foster

RICHARD FOSTER The gospel! The word literally means “good news”. Specifically, the gospel is the good news of salvation for sinners. Paul in Romans tells us that the gospel is […]

Spiritual Israel or Bride of Christ?

May 18, 2023 Margie Littell Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Margie Littell

MARGIE LITTELL With COLLEEN TINKER I had an unexpected thought fill my consciousness today! I was confronted by a Seventh-day Adventist who told me I had to join the nation […]

God Doesn’t Make Us Good—He Justifies Us

May 11, 2023 Guest Doctrine, Feature

MICHAEL PURSLEY There are many so-called Christians who firmly believe—even if they are ashamed to admit it—that they serve a God of wrath. That is to say, they serve a […]

Is Our Love Too Tough?

May 4, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER Our advanced placement senior English class was small; we might even have called ourselves “special”. We met, seminar-style, around a large table with Mrs. Winter—our seasoned, eccentric teacher—at […]

Who is the Source?

April 27, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER Editor’s note: The following article was written in 2009. In 2015 the General Conference in session changed the wording of Fundamental Belief #18 concerning Ellen White as the […]

Are There More Gods than One?

April 20, 2023 Jordan Quinley Doctrine, Feature, Jordan Quinley, The Trinity

Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 8 JORDAN QUINLEY In this series, we are working our way through the Redeemer Catechism. Having learned what God is and how we can know there […]

I Do Well to be Angry

April 13, 2023 Martin Carey Devotional, Doctrine, Feature, Martin Carey

MARTIN CAREY Have you ever been angry with God? Most of us have, for many different reasons. According to researcher Julie Exline, 62% of all adults have reported feeling angry […]

Revelation 21: New Heaven and New Earth, Part 1

April 13, 2023 Phillip Harris Daniel and Revelation, Doctrine, Feature, Phil Harris

PHIL HARRIS But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” […]

Why Adventists Don’t Understand Easter

April 6, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER People ask me sometimes if Adventists celebrate Easter, and if not, why not. The answer to that question is layered. More and more, Adventists acknowledge Easter on the Sabbath […]

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 […]