Rebuilt by the Word of Truth
DEBORAH PRATT | Life Assurance Ministries’ Online Moderator As I begin this blog entry, I’m thinking of Mary and Martha in the gospels. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus lived in Bethany (John 11). […]
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Category: Authors
Wrath (But Not For Us)
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Many scholars consider Romans 3:21-26 to be one of the most important sections of the entire Bible. Renowned New Testament scholar Leon […]
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1. Sabbath Questions
This is the first chapter of Dale Ratzlaff’s book, Sabbath In Christ. For the next 27 weeks we will be posting a chapter each Friday from this important book until […]
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March 15–21, 2025
Lesson 12: “Love and Justice: The Two Greatest Commandments” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Core problem in this lesson: This lesson distorts “love and justice” by applying them in the great […]
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We Got Mail
I Don’t Want To Be An Unfaithful Watchman I’ve been praying and struggling with something. I’ve started a blog and posted my study notes. They’re mostly SDA/EGW quotes followed by […]
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Let’s Give Them the Main Dish
KELSIE PETERSEN | Contributor and a Boy-Mom I love having company in my home. Over the years, I haven’t done it as much entertaining as I would have liked, and over the […]
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Leaving Adventist Pride
VIRLINDA FOSTER | Christian Mom While visiting with some other former Adventists at the recent Former Adventist Fellowship Conference weekend in Loma Linda, California, I was reminded of something within […]
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March 1–7, 2025
Lesson 10: “Rules of Engagement” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central Problem: This lesson assumes a covenant between God and Satan with rules governing their great controversy. This week’s lesson assumes […]
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We Got Mail
Adventist God NOT Our Almighty God Once again, I find it mind-boggling and even horrifying at how the adventist god is NOT the Almighty God we know! It makes me wonder […]
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Ponderings From the Former Adventist Conference
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast Today is the day after the 2025 Former Adventist Fellowship Conference. Many who travelled to attend have now boarded planes bound for home. Others have […]
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February 22–28, 2025
Lesson 9: “The Cosmic Conflict” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: This lesson attempts, in one week’s brief studies, to confirm EGW’s great controversy worldview. The entire paradigm […]
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February 15–21, 2025
Lesson 8: “Free Will, Love, and Divine Providence” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: This lesson builds a case for God’s limited providence for the purpose of protecting […]
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We Got Mail
Thank you for the conference Thank you and the whole team for taking care of every detail so that last weekend’s conference would be a success. It seems that everything […]
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“These Stones Will Cry Out!”
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary The gospel of Luke conveys the electric atmosphere of Christ’s triumphal entry by reporting a brief exchange between […]
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Paul and the Afterlife in 2 Corinthians
Confronting a Passage I Used To Run From: 2 Corinthians 5:1–9 DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) When I was Seventh-day Adventist pastor and Bible teacher and had […]
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