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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Category: Devotional
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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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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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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Where is the Comfort For My Grief?
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast Grief has entered into my life yet again. I won’t go into the details of this trial as it isn’t mine alone. I will say […]
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Christ Makes Us Relevant
DARREL CARSON | Off grid loving and sharing Jesus As a child, I learned about “god”, and while still in my teens I had already started to hate him. In […]
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Know The Way
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member Two weeks ago, I was driving near Loma Linda and saw an old, battered sign taped […]
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Good News For Dads
This special Father’s Day message was preached by Dale Ratzlaff on Father’s Day in 2016. DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Good morning and happy Father’s Day. This […]
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Trust the Bible, Please!
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast Recently I had the opportunity to visit with another believer whom I hadn’t seen in some time. As we talked, questions came up […]
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The Problem With Pride
TERRY MIRRA As I sat in Bible study one evening, the discussion came around to the popular “it’s all about me” T-shirts, and how Christians shouldn’t encourage their children to […]
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