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Facing Death

May 30, 2024 Dale Ratzlaff 2011-3 Proclamation!, Dale Ratzlaff, Doctrine, Feature, Man's Nature, State of the Dead

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 […]

6. What About Paul and the Sabbath?

May 30, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician In the past, as a Sabbath keeper, I used the argument that since Paul kept the Sabbath, that was evidence that we should too. However, the Bible does […]

June 1–7, 2024

May 30, 2024 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary, State of the Dead

Lesson 10: “Spiritualism Exposed” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is consummate deception as it mocks the biblical teaching about the nature of man […]

5. The Law Fulfilled

May 23, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician So, I think you’ll agree that what Jesus is stating in Matthew 5:17 is that He has come to fulfill the entire Old Testament. Then in verse 18, […]

May 25–31, 2024

May 23, 2024 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Great Controversy, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 9: “The Foundation of God’s Government” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is a hot mess of jumbled Adventist arguments packaged to sell […]

4. Jesus and Rituals

May 16, 2024 Guest Books, Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Should our desire to follow Jesus’ example translate into Sabbath-keeping? I’d like to highlight a couple of points about how Jesus related to the rituals of his day. […]

May 18–24, 2024

May 16, 2024 Colleen Tinker Adventist Doctrines, Colleen Tinker, Feature, Great Controversy, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 8: “Light from the Sanctuary” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson opens with these statements and this comparison. The cleansing of the sanctuary […]

3. Israel Learns of the Sabbath

May 9, 2024 Guest Books, Doctrine, Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician There is no record of Joseph getting in trouble in Potiphar’s house or in jail for keeping Sabbath. No record of Pharaoh desecrating the Sabbath by making the Jews […]

May 11–17

May 9, 2024 Colleen Tinker Adventist Doctrines, Colleen Tinker, Feature, Great Controversy, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 7: “Motivated by Hope” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This lesson, based on chapters 18–21 of Ellen White’s The Great Controversy, demonstrates its shameless twisting […]

Overthrowing the Son: How Adventism Denies God His Glory

May 2, 2024 Kaspars Ozolins Adventist Doctrines, Doctrine, Feature, Gospel, Jesus, Kaspars Ozolins, The Trinity

KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary At times, we all ought to wisely stop rushing through our busy lives and ponder an important question, “What on […]

2. Did Abraham Keep the Sabbath?

May 2, 2024 Guest Doctrine, Feature, Jerry Rector, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician So we come to Abraham. God communes with him and they develop an amazing relationship. Paul says his faith was credited to him as righteousness, as […]

May 4–10, 2024

May 2, 2024 Colleen Tinker Adventist Doctrines, Colleen Tinker, Feature, Great Controversy, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 6: “The Two Witnesses” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This lesson is incredibly convoluted because once a major principle of Scriptural interpretation is […]

Is Sunday Sacred?

April 25, 2024 Dale Ratzlaff Dale Ratzlaff, Feature, New Covenant, The Sabbath

ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Question: What do you say to people who advocate Sunday “sacredness” or keeping Sunday as a measure of one’s gratitude to God? This […]

1. Sabbath Not Changed

April 25, 2024 Guest Doctrine, Feature, Jerry Rector, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Answering the question of why I no longer “keep” Sabbath in the manner I was raised is fairly common for me now days. Almost all other […]

April 27–May 3, 2024

April 25, 2024 Colleen Tinker Adventist Doctrines, Colleen Tinker, Feature, Great Controversy, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 5: “Faith Against All Odds” COLLEEN TINKER | Problems With This Lesson: This week’s lesson is based on chapters 7–11 of The Great Controversy. The background for this lesson […]