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: Doctrine
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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The Throw-Down at Jezreel
JOHN KOEHLER | Believer in Jesus A certain wise couple, east of San Bernardino, once told me that as a former Seventh-day Adventist, I needed to release myself from the […]
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Part 3: The Call to Commitment
RICHARD FREDERICKS, PH.D. | Former Adventist Pastor Should the Adventist Church take a stand against the practice of abortion? Yes, for many reasons. The most common argument against this step is a […]
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Part 2: The Quality of Life Ethic
RICHARD FREDERICKS, PH.D. | Former Adventist Pastor This portion of the article flows from two basic perspectives. First, it takes seriously the authority Scripture has over human reason as the final arbitrator […]
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Part 1: Less Than Human?
RICHARD FREDERICKS, PH.D. | Former Adventist Pastor The apostle John Wrote: “Dear children, let us not love simply with our words and tongues, but with our deeds and in truth” […]
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The Star God
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member “This soil is too dry for my seeds,” Eliab stood looking over the little field he and his […]
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Do Adventists preach another gospel?
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) There are two extremes that the Church must continually face; either of which could prove fatal. Like driving down a road while […]
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The Sabbath Trumpet: An Uncertain Sound
VERLE STREIFLING | Retired Pastor and Theologian A few days ago, as my friend was witnessing in the mall, she was given a tract distributed by The Voice of Prophecy […]
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Jesus—God Born a Baby
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine I’ve always loved Christmas—but for many years I felt let down by the holiday. It never quite seemed to yield the magic and peace […]
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The Sabbath: From Ritual to Reality
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) A farmer in the med-west had a small apple orchard that his cows occasionally would get into, so he decided to build […]
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Adventism’s Catch–22: We Can’t Be Good Enough
MYLES CHRISTIAN | Host, Answering Adventism Since the late 20th century, possibly sooner, a shift in the Adventist Church’s focus has taken place regarding a central doctrine in the overall Great Controversy […]
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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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You Must Be Born Again
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) At Life Assurance Ministries we often speak of the “simple gospel of Jesus Christ.” It is simple in that even a child […]
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Universalism: Assessing the Faulty Premises
VERLE STREIFLING, PhD | Minister, Author, And Missionary Universalism first appeared in Christianity in the late second century with Clement of Alexandria, whose student, Origen, (185–250 ad) systematically developed it. But it […]
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