Was Sabbath Created?
A LOOK AT ADVENTISM’S USE OF MARK 2:27 From time to time I have had discussions with a sabbatarian scholar who takes me to task for doing an “inductive” study […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
Sabbath Pride Drained
DENNIS PALMER I will make a personal confession. I came to Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a little bit of pride—actually, a whole lot of pride wrapped up in […]
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How I Discovered the Bible
More than a book of memory verses COLLEEN MOORE TINKER Reading the Bible was a chore. It was almost as dry as a textbook—in some cases, even drier. I […]
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New Improved Investigative Judgment
Like a phoenix rising from embers, the ideas of the Investigative Judgment arose from the Great Disappointment of October 22, 1844, when Jesus failed to return as William Miller and […]
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Your Questions Finally Answered
CHRIS BADENHORST If you have ever dismissed your thoughts about the Investigative Judgment and the Adventist doctrine of the Sanctuary because they seemed too confusing to grasp, this article might […]
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James Teaches Salvation Apart From Law
DALE RATZLAFF Adventism’s belief that man is purely physical shapes their interpretation of the epistle of James to demand law-keeping. In context, James is teaching that our new hearts […]
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Knowing the Covenants Puts Sabbath In Its Place
COLLEEN TINKER Adventism’s belief that man is purely physical makes its soteriology dependent upon man’s sanctified behavior. Adventists believe that God’s promises are always conditional upon human obedience, but the […]
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Unborn Dehumanized
ROLAANT MCKENZIE Adventism was built on the investigative judgment, a false doctrine used to excuse its unbiblical (and unfulfilled) date-setting. Soul sleep was developed to support the investigative judgment, and […]
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The Source of Adventism’s Physical God
JORDAN QUINLEY Adventism’s theology was built around James White’s denial of “spirit” and his belief that God—and thus man also—was physical and not spirit. Ellen White adopted the view […]
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What Does It Mean to be Born Again?
LIFE AFTER WITH NICOLE STEVENSON Had someone asked me as an Adventist what being born again meant I would’ve said, “Choosing to follow Christ and being baptized”. To me, […]
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OUR READERS RESPOND
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Blessing after brain surgery I had brain surgery recently and thankfully am home now. I just wanted to let all of you know what a […]
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DEATH AND RESURRECTION ASSUMES MAN IS PHYSICAL
ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #26 The wages of sin is death. But God, who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day death is an unconscious […]
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ARE YOU SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL
ASK THE PASTOR Recently, Carolyn and I had some Adventists stay with us for a few days. As is our custom, each night before we go to bed, we […]
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ADVENTISM’S PHYSICALISM DENIES SPIRITUAL REALITY
EDITOR’S COMMENTS In the past nine months, Richard and I have each lost a parent. My mother died in October, and Richard’s dad died in July. Losing our parents […]
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