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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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
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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The Truth About Truth
DALE RATZLAFF In April we at Life Assurance Ministries attended a conference in Denver, Colorado, sponsored by Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR). As we attended breakout sessions and the […]
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God’s Word: The Only Protection From Winds of Doctrine
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE I continued on, determined to reach home after a long winter weekend in Minnesota. Despite the relative chill of the vehicle’s cabin, I felt […]
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News from Bethlehem
Our bus traveled south from Jerusalem and headed toward the wall. We stopped while young soldiers with guns slung casually over their shoulders checked our passports. O little town of […]
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The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
DALE RATZLAFF I well remember the day that our little Bruce—now a big, strong contractor—started asking questions. We lived in Napa, California, and were driving back from Conn Lake. Bruce […]
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God Has No Plan B
The life AFTER with Chris Lee Plan B: it’s what you do when your best laid plans go awry. I guess I’ve always thought of Christmas as God’s Plan B. […]
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Dear Adventist, Have You Disciplined Your Diet?
Many Adventists today are unfamiliar with the writings of Ellen White, and Lisa Winn wishes to re-acquaint them with the roots of their faith. This column is intended either to […]
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An Uncertain Gospel: The Problem of Open Theism
MARTIN L. CAREY Editor’s note: One of the preconceived ideas we as Adventists held—an idea shared with many Christians as well—is that of ultimate human self-determination. Even God, we […]
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Nailed! The law in Colossians
R. K. MCGREGOR WRIGHT Preamble Behind the letter to the Colossians, there was a serious Gnostic-type of legalistic and mythical teaching. It was called “the Colossian Heresy” by such scholars […]
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Living in the Church, the Body of Christ
…we have one concern that I want to address in this short article. Some of the “formers” we met are not regular in church attendance. Some have not been in […]
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Contextualization: What Former Adventists Don’t Need
A couple of months ago I read an article entitled “Walter Martin Was Wrong: A Critique and Alternative to the Counter-Cult Approach to Cults” by John Morehead. Now, I believe […]
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