DID GOD CREATE THE SABBATH AT CREATION?
By Colleen Tinker HEADER PHOTO: NASA. USED BY PERMISSION. A few weeks ago I read a post in an online discussion group in which the writer, a former Adventist who […]
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NEW COVENANT TRANSFORMS NEVER-BEEN ADVENTIST
By a woman convicted by the truth I have never been Adventist, but I was Catholic when I was a little girl. Then, when I was 12 years old, my […]
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ON LEAVING: PEELING BACK THE LAYERS
By Kelsie Petersen Every story of leaving Adventism is a little bit different and a little bit the same, it seems. Some of us were led to our […]
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HOW DO WE RELATE TO THE COMMANDS OF CHRIST?
How do we relate to the commands given by Christ—especially the “hard” ones? This might seem like an insignificant question in light of all the theological issues we face, but […]
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FORMER ADVENTIST: WHERE TO FROM HERE?
By Chris Lee I recently read with interest a Christianity Today article reporting that Hank Hanegraaff has converted to Greek Orthodoxy. I used to be a regular […]
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DEAR PASTOR: I CAN NO LONGER REMAIN
Editor’s note: We share with you a letter we received this week. The author, Alan, explains to the pastor of the Adventist church he had been attending until […]
Read moreA UNIVERSE FOR ONE: PART 1
By Martin Carey “The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.” Thus spoke Carl Sagan in his […]
Read moreINTO THE DARKNESS
By Lisa Winn The last few issues of Proclamation! have included my column, “Truly Adventist”. My aim with this column was to convict cultural SDAs that to […]
Read moreHE WAS RAISED SO YOU WILL NEVER DIE
By Colleen Tinker From the time I was a young girl, I privately sneered at Easter. I was so fortunate to know better than those Sunday-keepers; Easter […]
Read moreSPEAKING FOR GOD: “THE SHACK” REVIEWED
By Colleen Tinker Last week I was reading an online forum in which former Adventists were discussing the movie The Shack. One person who had been given […]
Read moreWHERE WILL GOD TAKE YOU?
By Michael Pursley Back in the fourth century, a young man lived in a remote village in the company of men given to vows of silence and […]
Read moreADVENTISM AND ELLEN WHITE’S UNFALLEN WORLDS
By Colleen Tinker On February 22, 2017, NASA announced the discovery of seven rocky exoplanets orbiting around a red dwarf star called Trappist-1. On March 22, the Adventist […]
Read moreADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL ERROR: A WEAK GOD
By Rick Barker Over the years I’ve pondered what I consider to be the fundamental error of Seventh-day Adventism, and I believe I have come to a […]
Read moreADVENTISM HIDES BEHIND HUMANITARIANISM
By Colleen Tinker The current growth and political correctness of the Seventh-day Adventist organization is ironic considering its historic understanding of itself as the remnant church of […]
Read moreAFTER THE RAIN
By Chris Lee Having been dismissed from jury duty, the afternoon was ahead of me. I walked several blocks from the court house to a favorite restaurant. […]
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