Are You Formed by Disciplines?
BY MARTIN CAREY “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” No other man could have spoken words like these. They are […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
Does the Investigative Judgment Answer the Question in Daniel 8:13?
BY RUSSELL KELLY It grew great, even to the host of heaven. And some of the host and some of the stars it threw down to the ground and trampled […]
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Scandalous Grace
CHRIS LEE Just when I think I’ve exorcised all the theological baggage of the past, something hits me, confirming that the renewing of my mind isn’t a complete work. It […]
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He Shall Never Die
STANLEY ROUHE TALKS ABOUT HIS DEATH AND LIFE STANLEY ROUHE INTERVIEWED BY COLLEEN TINKER WITH RICHARD TINKER Tuesday, June 14, 2011, was a day my husband Richard and I will […]
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No Turning Back
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE I wormed my way into the cylindrical concrete culvert under the driveway to our grade school. Jon was close on my heels, eager to […]
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Primacy: Putting First Things First
DALE RATZLAFF Could it be that we, too, are like Nicodemus wanting to discuss theology when we need to be born again? It is not our comprehensive understanding of the […]
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Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
J. MARK MARTIN In his gospel, Mark describes the ministry of Jesus primarily to a Roman audience. Because his audience is Gentile, Mark is careful to explain the Jewish traditions […]
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An Appeal to Adventists: Are You Submitting to the Plumbline?
JOSEPH RIVER* I have spent several years in a careful, fair, and non-judgmental study of Seventh-day Adventism without the benefit of outside help or advice. I commenced this study because […]
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The Covenants—The Continental Divide of Biblical Interpretation
DALE RATZLAFF Studying the covenants is like pouring one’s theological water jug out on the Continental Divide. In fact, this mountain of the covenants divides between the ocean of old […]
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Are Humans More Than Living Bodies?
COLLEEN TINKER “I used to think Jesus’ miracles were like the healings the disciples did,” my friend Rosalie admitted to me as I held the phone with one hand and […]
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The Great Controversy Requires Sabbath
DALE RATZLAFF The Adventist great controversy paradigm shaped by Ellen White’s (EGW) vision of the same name is built—not on Jesus the cornerstone—but on its own cornerstone of the law. […]
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Commandment Breaking or Lawlessness
WILLIAM HOHMANN There is a behavior people develop in relation to the Bible that can lead to misunderstanding and misinterpretation if one is careless. It is the habit of embracing […]
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes: Is He the Little Horn?
DANIEL 8:14 STUDIED IN CONTEXT DALE RATZLAFF Most of our readers know that I and many other former Seventh-day Adventists left that church because of what we considered to be […]
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Paid In Full—Completely!
CHRISTOPHER A. LEE The dim light of a distant street lamp filtered through my second story window. Shadows scurried across the canvas of my wall and darted in and out […]
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Spiritual Abuse Among Religions
JOANIE YORBA-GRAY, MSW, WITH COLLEEN TINKER For many of us Christians, church represents God. Whether it is right or wrong to have this expectation, church is supposed to be a […]
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