The Sabbath: From Ritual to Reality
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) A farmer in the med-west had a small apple orchard that his cows occasionally would get into, so he decided to build […]
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Confessions of a Former Adventist
RODNEY D. NELSON | Faith Story I fondly recall my experience in that small Adventist church in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. It was a church full of loving […]
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December 21–27, 2024
Lesson 13: “Epilogue: Knowing Jesus and His Word” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: This last lesson of the quarter on the gospel is most clearly dedicated to […]
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Adventism and Recent Developments in Evangelical Scholarship
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Last month I was at the annual biblical scholarly conferences that take place every year in November in […]
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Wise Men Still Seek Him
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) What is significant about the story of the magi? On the back window of a pickup I recently saw a decal which […]
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If what you believe is not biblical, would you want to know?
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine The voice on the phone was intense and agitated; the young woman speaking to me was bright and articulate—but confused. She considered herself a former Adventist […]
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December 14–20, 2024
Lesson 12: “The Hour of Glory: The Cross and Resurrection” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson reveals the heart of Adventism’s cultic twisting of the […]
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We Got Mail
“Traditional Christian View Cannot Be Defended” This logic is not flawed but the foundational premise is. It’s wrapped up in what they’re calling the “nature of man” described at the […]
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The Gospel is Good News!
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) The New Testament makes it clear that obedience to the law is neither a good definition of the righteousness of God nor […]
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Daniel 8: Abomination of Desolation
PHIL HARRIS | Seeker of Truth Prologue It is suggested that a person read through the whole of Daniel chapter eight before making a serious study of this commentary. The first half […]
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Come Experience the Joy of Jesus
THOMAS FRANCIS | Broadcasting, Insurance, and Law Enforcement Jesus said, “These things I have spoken to you that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be […]
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December 7–13, 2024
Lesson 11: “The Father, the Son, and the Spirit” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: Adventism’s “trinity” is one of the organization’s foundational perversions that tries to hide […]
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We Got Mail
Will There Be Online Books? It has been a while since we have been in touch, but I hear you every week on the Former Adventist Podcast together with Nikki! […]
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The Kind of Priest We Need
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member Since then we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a […]
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Recant, no! I stand firm.
WALTER REA | Author of The White Lie Editor’s Note: In 1982 Walter Rea published The White Lie after Seventh-day Adventist administrators failed to keep their promise to reveal Ellen […]
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