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I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS

December 8, 2017 Kelsie Petersen Feature

By Kelsie Petersen Here we are, in the harried weeks heading up to Christmas celebrations. “Family” is a word that is hard for many of us who have left […]

GOD ISN’T FAIR

December 1, 2017 Rick Barker Feature

There is a common belief that God should be fair. We value fairness; we think that fairness is a good thing. Therefore, if God is good, we reason that He […]

MY HAPPY PLACE

November 22, 2017 Chris Lee Chris Lee, Feature

BY CHRIS LEE Cool white sheets; tropical breeze whistling across the balcony; marble floor turning golden as the sun crests the rim of the ocean. Sand between toes; waves […]

HOW CAN I THANK GOD FOR THIS?

November 17, 2017 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature

BY COLLEEN TINKER “Thanksgiving morning is my favorite morning,” Richard said to some friends a few days ago. “When I wake up, the whole house is filled with the […]

THE STARS ARE TALKING

November 8, 2017 Martin Carey Feature, Martin Carey

MARTIN L. CAREY What does it mean for the heavens to declare the glory of God? Even with only a vague idea of what God’s glory is, we sense His […]

What Do We Do with Heresy?

November 3, 2017 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Devotional, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER The book of Acts contains an almost-forgotten story that occurred when Paul was preaching in Ephesus. When he first came to that city, he entered the synagogue and […]

WHAT ADVENTISM HIDES FROM OTHERS

October 27, 2017 Rick Barker Feature

I have read and/or edited a number of different pastoral “reviews” of Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, and I am struck by how many highly-trained evangelical theologians have not been able to […]

ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #22: CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR

October 25, 2017 Rick Barker 2017-2 Proclamation!, Adventist Doctrines, Feature, Proclamation! Magazine Archive

ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #22 We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with the principles of heaven. For the Spirit to recreate in […]

PROTECTION OR LIES?

October 20, 2017 Chris Lee 2017-2 Proclamation!, Chris Lee, Feature, Proclamation! Magazine Archive

BY CHRIS LEE I recently re-watched M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 film The Village. Though arguably one of his lesser works, I found myself unexpectedly weeping during the denouement […]

WHAT CHRISTIANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FORMER ADVENTISTS

October 13, 2017 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature

By Colleen Tinker This last week, a former Adventist posted in an online forum that she was presenting a talk at a conference for family therapists. Her goal […]

WHAT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS?

October 6, 2017 Guest Feature, General, Guest

By R.K. McGregor Wright The occasion There are several ideas circulating among Bible-believing Christians about the status of something variously referred to as “the law of God,” the […]

THE BIBLE IS NEW

September 28, 2017 Kelsie Petersen Bible—The Word, Feature

by Kelsie Petersen Ever since my early teen years, I have wanted to read through the entire Bible. As a child and teenager, I spent countless Sabbath afternoons […]

HOW EPHESIANS CONTRADICTS ADVENTISM #1

September 21, 2017 Rick Barker Adventist Doctrines, Ephesians, Feature

In this blog post I will be comparing Paul’s clear theology as stated in Ephesians 1 with Adventist theology as state by Ellen White and as taught by the Seventh-day […]

I’M DYING AS YOU READ THIS

September 14, 2017 Guest Feature, Guest

by Sarah Luke I became an Adventist in 1972. I had had a very sad, abusive life and was actually at the end of my rope, so to speak. I had […]

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LEAVE A CULT

September 7, 2017 Guest Feature, Guest

By Ann Roberts Editor’s Note: Ann Roberts grew up in a small Millerite offshoot called the International Bible Students. Her cult descended from the original Watchtower Society founded by Charles Taze […]