Safe With Our Shepherd
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Southern California has secrets. Unless a person knows her well, So Cal appears worldly and sophisticated—and indeed, she is in many ways. She has, however, […]
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August 31—September 6, 2024
Lesson 10: “The Last Days” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson addresses Mark 12:41–44 through Mark 13:32. Here Mark recounts Jesus’s teaching about things […]
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We Got Mail
Clarity and Understanding To Leave I want to thank you for the Former Adventist Podcast.…In March of 2020 I received a transformed life through the true gospel preached…I went from […]
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My Only Comfort in Life and Death
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary My family and I recently returned home from two months away in Europe for the summer break. We […]
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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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Rescued! How God Went Deep For Me
STANLEY ROUHE | Christ-Follower and Neurosurgeon (1943–2011) This is a story about salvation—a deep-water rescue. For years I believed that salvation and the judgment were to be determined by behavior. […]
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August 24–30, 2024
Lesson 9: “Jerusalem Controversies” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: More and more these lessons reveal Adventism’s downplaying of the eternal, divine authority of the Lord Jesus […]
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We Got Mail
Was Daniel Awake or Asleep? I do not mean to be a “picky” reader, but I have a question. I read Phil Harris’ article on Daniel 7:1-14 with great interest. He […]
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Daniel 7:1–14: The Ancient of Days
PHIL HARRIS | Seeker of Truth Introduction In the book of Daniel, chapter 7 and onward, Daniel records visions that were given directly to him by God. In the whole of chapter […]
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Do You Know the Truth?
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member Pilate said to Jesus, “What is truth?” and then he walked away. He didn’t wait for an answer […]
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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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August 17–23, 2024
Lesson 8: “Teaching Disciples: Part II” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s studies reveal Adventism’s underlying emphasis on morality lessons, on keeping the law and […]
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We Got Mail
Sharing With an Adventist An old Adventist man came to our booth at the Winkler Harvest Festival last Saturday. We as the Fellowship of Christian Farmers share the Gospel message…with […]
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Will You Send Your Oldest Son Away? (And his mother, too?)
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member “Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me, because of you.” Sarai wryly remembered […]
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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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