Redeemed From the Chains of Legalism
SHIRLEY BURTON | Proclamation! Contributor | It was Tuesday evening, and the ladies had come to my home for our weekly Bible study. We were studying To Live Is Christ—The […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
Biblical Support Or Obscurantism?
Review of Graffiti in the Holy of Holies DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) | Having just completed the republication of Dale Ratzlaff’s Cultic Doctrine of Seventh-day Adventists, we bring […]
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In Adam or In Christ: Where Are You?
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | I sat in my eighth grade Bible class watching my teacher draw a diagram on the chalkboard. Beginning at a point on the left side of […]
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Lost but found by Jesus
ROSS COOPER | Stories of Faith | My journey began in 1991 when I was lost and I didn’t even realize it. I was a third generation Adventist pastor’s kid. […]
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Right Message, Wrong Messenger
Can the messenger taint the truth? COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | A few months ago we received a letter asking an important question. The question came from a ministry that supports […]
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Death—Oblivion or Graduation
What did Jesus mean when He said, …and whoever lives and believes in me will never die? John 3:25 SAMUEL PESTES | Proclamation Contributor | The subject of what happens […]
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Filtered By My Worldview
CAROLYN MACOMBER | The Life Examined | Sovereignty. I kept hearing that word. Everyone in the “Sunday church” I was attending seemed to understand what sovereignty meant—but I didn’t have […]
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The Exclusiveness of Remnantism
MOSES DRAKE LUSWATA | Former Adventist Pastor in Uganda | Editor’s note: Moses’ piece may seem extreme to many North American readers. Much of what he describes may resonate with […]
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Transformed By Faith
CRISTINE COLE | Proclamation! Copy Editor—Printed Version | Several years ago, my husband and I decided to add a loft to one of our bedrooms that had a very high […]
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The Cross With Christmas
Ask the Pastor with DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) | Why do evangelical Christians mix the glory of Christmas with the agony of the cross? We recently […]
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I Am Undone
CAROLYN MACOMBER | The Life Examined Columnist | I was dumfounded. My mind couldn’t quite make the enormous leap it was being asked to make. I knew what I was […]
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Amazed By the Bible
BERIT FISCHER | Stories of Faith | I’d like to share what has made me revise my understanding of the Bible and, therefore, also to change my position towards Adventism. […]
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I Thought I Knew Jesus
CAROLYN MACOMBER | The Life Examined | All my life I had referred to Jesus as the Son of God, and many times I ended my prayers, “in Jesus’ Name”. […]
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Nailed! The law in Colossians 2:10-23
R. K. McGREGOR WRIGHT | Aquila and Priscilla Study Center | Preamble Behind the letter to the Colossians, there was a serious Gnostic-type of legalistic and mythical teaching. It was […]
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From Deception to the Gospel of Grace
BETTY MCMINIMY | Proclamation! Contributor | Eighty years ago I was born into an Adventist heritage. I lived just outside of Washington, D.C., in Maryland. My father’s large family of […]
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