More Than All I Could Ask or Imagine
CLINTON COOPER | Discovered the Truth of Jesus I was born into a strong Adventist family with deep roots in the denomination. Many of my aunts, uncles, and cousins lived […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
Vegetarianism: Is It Christian?
VERLE STREIFLING, PhD | Minister, Author, and Missionary Dear [Proclamation!] Editorial Staff, I am very surprised that Verle Streifling thinks that Romans 14:1-2 is talking about vegetarianism. I would expect a good […]
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From Striving To Surrender
TAMI CHESTER | Faith Story I grew up in a staunchly legalistic Adventist family where God’s mercy, love and grace were never a part of my theological thought structure. Our […]
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The Tomb is Empty!
J. MARK MARTIN | Senior Pastor, Elder and Co-Founder of CalvaryPHX Imagine the headlines in Jerusalem nearly two thousand years ago in the days immediately following Jesus’ resurrection from the […]
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The Christ Event and the Spirit of Prophecy
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Resurrection Sunday found two unnamed, sorrowing disciples walking the seven miles from Jerusalem to Emmaus. As they recounted the tragic events of […]
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The Gospel Foundation for Resurrection Life
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Paul and the other apostles would be false teachers if the resurrection were not real, and their preaching would have been in […]
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Drama of the Cross
CLAY PECK | Former Adventist Pastor It was Passover Friday, but it was different from any other Passover the Jews in Jerusalem had ever known. From the moment Judas had covertly accepted […]
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Wrath (But Not For Us)
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Many scholars consider Romans 3:21-26 to be one of the most important sections of the entire Bible. Renowned New Testament scholar Leon […]
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Part 3: The Call to Commitment
RICHARD FREDERICKS, PH.D. | Former Adventist Pastor Should the Adventist Church take a stand against the practice of abortion? Yes, for many reasons. The most common argument against this step is a […]
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Part 2: The Quality of Life Ethic
RICHARD FREDERICKS, PH.D. | Former Adventist Pastor This portion of the article flows from two basic perspectives. First, it takes seriously the authority Scripture has over human reason as the final arbitrator […]
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Part 1: Less Than Human?
RICHARD FREDERICKS, PH.D. | Former Adventist Pastor The apostle John Wrote: “Dear children, let us not love simply with our words and tongues, but with our deeds and in truth” […]
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Paul and the Afterlife in 2 Corinthians
Confronting a Passage I Used To Run From: 2 Corinthians 5:1–9 DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) When I was Seventh-day Adventist pastor and Bible teacher and had […]
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Logical Fallacies in Biblical Interpretation
VERLE STREIFLING | Retired Pastor and Theologian Having seen some 35 methods of scripture twisting which cults frequently use to pervert God’s truth (last issue), we will now review numerous logical […]
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Law Not Abolished?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Question: How do you explain Matthew 5:17–19? “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the […]
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Leaving Adventism, Embracing the Gospel
ELCE-JUNIOR “THUNDER” LAURISTON | Christian Minister I was born almost accidentally in Haiti on a small island known in French as Ile de La Tortue, and in Spanish as Tortuga […]
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