Wise Men Still Seek Him
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) What is significant about the story of the magi? On the back window of a pickup I recently saw a decal which […]
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Category: Devotional
Come Experience the Joy of Jesus
THOMAS FRANCIS | Broadcasting, Insurance, and Law Enforcement Jesus said, “These things I have spoken to you that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be […]
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The Kind of Priest We Need
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member Since then we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a […]
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Encountering the Risen Christ on the Road to Emmaus
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Originally published in the March/April 2002 print edition of Proclamation! The literal bodily resurrection of Christ is the non-negotiable foundation upon which true […]
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Take the Cure For Self-Righteousness
RICHARD FOSTER | Contributor Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to […]
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No Compromise!
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast After being born again my sense of identity and reality was permanently changed. I knew I had a new Father—a new God! I knew I […]
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You Must Count the Cost
GREG TAYLOR | Former Adventist Pastor There is a tendency in faith communities to share the joys of the Christian life in such a way that it appears to be […]
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My Faith Is a Wreck: Now What?
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member Why is strong, confident faith in God so hard to find and keep? When I was a young […]
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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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Reset: “I’m Not Good Enough”
KELSIE PETERSEN | Contributor and a Boy-Mom I have a recurring dream that seems to come around when my waking hours seem overpacked and I feel like I’m going to drop a […]
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Confessions of a Pastor’s Daughter
JANICE O. BRANTLEY | I was born exactly seven minutes before my identical twin sister, and thirteen months after my older sister. My parents, of West-Indian descent, were careful to […]
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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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Truth Triumphs Over Terror
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast One of the Apostle Paul’s great desires for the church was that we would be a growing people with lives shaped by the gospel. Led […]
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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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Paul Teaches Us To Love
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries When I was an Adventist, the apostle Paul seemed almost out of reach. His epistles were obviously deep and theologically meaty, but I often felt […]
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