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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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
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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Separating in Order to Draw Near
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) If a person professes Jesus’ incarnation, His death, and His resurrection, why does it matter what “secondary practices” we […]
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Is There a Coming Time of Trouble?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Do you believe there is a coming time of trouble? If so, how can we prepare for it? The […]
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Wasting Time on Doctrine and Theology?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Why do you spend so much time examining doctrine and theology? Doctrine and theology are important. However, neither one […]
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How Can You Have Life Assurance?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) How can you have what you call “life assurance” when you are not keeping God’s commandments? Athorough answer to […]
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Who Is Your Husband?
Understanding Romans 7 and 8 DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) I believe that Romans 7:1-6, when fully understood within the context of Romans 7 and 8, will […]
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Is Sprinkling Good Enough?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Does a person who was baptized as an infant by sprinkling need to be re-baptized by immersion when he/she […]
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Facing Death
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Pastor Ratzlaff, don’t you ever worry about whether you are saved? You are not a young man anymore—don’t you […]
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Was Paul’s Gospel Actually Christ’s Gospel?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Can we be certain that the gospel Paul claims to have received “through a revelation of Jesus Christ” […]
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