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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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
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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Maligning Adventists?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) At the conclusion of the presentation on Friday night at the Former Adventist Fellowship (FAF) weekend this past February […]
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Do Adventists preach another gospel?
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) There are two extremes that the Church must continually face; either of which could prove fatal. Like driving down a road while […]
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Why do so many reject assurance of eternal life?
MIKE GENDRON | Proclaiming the Gospel: A Ministry to Roman Catholics Several years ago a pastor in Pennsylvania, concerned for the salvation of the many Roman Catholics in his community, […]
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Whom Do I Believe?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Q. Adventists tell me that Life Assurance Ministries is teaching error and I should not even read Proclamation! […]
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The Sabbath Trumpet: An Uncertain Sound
VERLE STREIFLING | Retired Pastor and Theologian A few days ago, as my friend was witnessing in the mall, she was given a tract distributed by The Voice of Prophecy […]
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From Despair to Life
CHARLES COCHRAN | Retired High School Teacher When I look back, I’m still puzzled as to why I converted from my Southern Baptist upbringing to Adventism. I was born again when […]
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What Is Integrity?
CAROLYN MACOMBER | The Life Examined What does it mean to live with integrity? The word “integrity” is defined as the state of being whole and undivided. The opposite of […]
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The Promise That Led Us Out
BEN AND DELINA MCPHAULL | Faith Story When Ben and Delina McPhaull married, their vows included (Ben): I promise to guide, protect and provide for you, so together we can […]
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The Sabbath: From Ritual to Reality
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) A farmer in the med-west had a small apple orchard that his cows occasionally would get into, so he decided to build […]
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Confessions of a Former Adventist
RODNEY D. NELSON | Faith Story I fondly recall my experience in that small Adventist church in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. It was a church full of loving […]
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Wise Men Still Seek Him
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) What is significant about the story of the magi? On the back window of a pickup I recently saw a decal which […]
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If what you believe is not biblical, would you want to know?
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine The voice on the phone was intense and agitated; the young woman speaking to me was bright and articulate—but confused. She considered herself a former Adventist […]
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The Gospel is Good News!
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) The New Testament makes it clear that obedience to the law is neither a good definition of the righteousness of God nor […]
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