Prayers I Didn’t Know to Pray
LIVING BY THE SPIRIT WITH CORA HOLDER | Nurse Raise a shout for God, all the earth; sing the glory of His name, make glorious His praise. Selah. Come and […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
The Nature of Man and Death
VERLE STREIFLING, PhD | Minister, Author, And Missionary In her Dec 12 1844 vision, Ellen White records Jesus and her ‘winging our way upward’ in heaven, and “here we saw […]
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Why do you persist in publishing against Adventism and the Sabbath?
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Republished and edited from Proclamation!, Fall 2016 It began in the early 80’s when a small group of us organized a church […]
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My Heart is Free!
AARIKA SHEWMAKE | Story of Faith REPUBLISHED FROM PROCLAMATION!, FALL 2013 I am seventeen and the youngest of four siblings. I grew up attending a Seventh-day Adventist church since I […]
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We Can Trust the Bible
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) How does one choose the right version of the Bible? Do we choose the one that translates our favorite verses the way […]
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Is Breaking the Sabbath Breaking the Whole Law?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, SUMMER, 2016. Doesn’t James 2:10 teach that if you break the Sabbath, […]
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Christ Is The Firm Foundation
THE LIFE EXAMINED WITH CAROLYN MACOMBER | Marriage and Family Counselor This morning I woke up, and all I wanted to do was worship. All I wanted was to be […]
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Seeing WITHOUT the Lens of Adventism
ANTHONY ANDREOLA | Blogger and Health Program Specialist I grew up Seventh-day Adventist. I don’t blame my parents; they believed they were obeying God by teaching me Adventism. They had been […]
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Do Not Touch What is Unclean
ROY TINKER | Software Engineer I want to share my own testimony of the faithfulness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. I am the older son of Richard and […]
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Can a Believer Fall Away?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, WINTER, 2015. Doesn’t the parable of the Sower teach that a believer […]
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Does Adventism’s health message conflict with the biblical gospel?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, SPRING, 2015. The answer is a clear “yes” and an uncertain “no”. […]
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Did Jesus Have a Holy, Sinless Nature?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, WINTER, 2014. As we approach another Christmas season our thoughts […]
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In Times Like These Will Your Anchor Hold?
How should we react to the frightening news stories we are hearing? Should we be preparing to run to the hills? Throughout history there have been wars, and all too […]
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The Big Deal About Antiochus Epiphanes
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Why make such a big deal out of Antiochus Epiphanes and Daniel 8:14? I have received many wide-ranging responses […]
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Leave Adventists Alone
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Why do you at Life Assurance Ministries continue to bash Adventists? Can’t you just leave Adventists alone? If you […]
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