Feature – Page 35 – Proclamation! Online Magazine

November 19–25

November 17, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 9: Contrary Passages? [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The author fails to read the “contrary passages” contextually but rather redefines them from the perspective of the Adventist […]

How the Little Book of Jude Refutes Adventism

November 10, 2022 Kaspars Ozolins Doctrine, Feature, Kaspars Ozolins

[KASPARS OZOLINS] Many Christians are much less familiar with the so-called “catholic” epistles than they are with the rest of the New Testament. The term catholic is not a reference […]

Breaking Free From My Entanglements With Adventism!

November 10, 2022 Guest Doctrine, Feature

[DENNIS PALMER] Using a plain-white-polypropylene strapping roll, I started strapping up huge boxes containing commercial display goods. As I pulled the straps, they became tangled. In hopes of untangling the […]

7. The Intent of the Law

November 10, 2022 Chris Lee A Study of the Covenants, Books, Feature, The Law of God

In Chapter 6 we saw that going back to the law is spiritual adultery. We are to die to the law so we can live for Christ by the Spirit. […]

Who is the first and preeminent being?

November 3, 2022 Jordan Quinley Doctrine, Feature, Jordan Quinley

[JORDAN QUINLEY] Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 5 In this post, I will elaborate on question 5 of the Redeemer Catechism. This question along with questions 6 and 8 give us […]

It’s a Question of Authority

November 3, 2022 Stephen Pitcher Faith Story, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

[STEPHEN PITCHER] I was born into an agnostic, spiritualistic family. In spite of our ambivalence about the existence of God, though, I knew the spiritual world was as real as […]

Revelation 18–19:5: Eternal Fall of Babylon

October 27, 2022 Phillip Harris Daniel and Revelation, Doctrine, Feature, Phil Harris

[PHIL HARRIS] Review and Introduction In chapter 13 we were introduced to the Dragon who brought up two beasts, one from the sea and one from the earth. These two […]

What Is Speaking In Tongues?

October 27, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

[COLLEEN TINKER] We received a simple, one-sentence email this week. The writer has an Adventist background but is seeking biblical truth. I realized, as I read it, that many former […]

Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 2)

October 20, 2022 Kelsie Petersen Doctrine, Feature

[KELSIE PETERSEN] Last week, we looked at 10 of the 25 “vital truths” shared by Elder Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in a sermon at […]

Stand Against the Devil!

October 20, 2022 Martin Carey Doctrine, Feature, Martin Carey

[MARTIN CAREY] “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). Those of us brought up in […]

Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 1)

October 13, 2022 Kelsie Petersen Doctrine, Feature

KELSIE PETERSEN While visiting family this past weekend, I happened upon a publication for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. In it was an article taken from Ted Wilson’s […]

Michael Is Not Jesus, And the Resurrection Is Not a Re-Creation

October 13, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Jesus

COLLEEN TINKER This week as I wrote our commentary on next week’s Sabbath School lesson, I realized that it addresses two of the Adventist organization’s persistent but less-well-known teachings. I […]

Truth is Immutable!

October 6, 2022 Nicole Stevenson Doctrine, Feature, Nicole Stevenson

[NICOLE STEVENSON] “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). When I was […]

Hell is Forever

September 29, 2022 Richard Foster Doctrine, Feature, Hell, Richard Foster, State of the Dead

Coming to Grips With the Biblical Hell [RICHARD FOSTER] From the outset it might be asked why I have chosen to write about such an unpleasant subject as hell. But […]

The Gospel Overwhelmed My Adventism

September 29, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Gospel, Letters to the Editor

[MANUELA BOSCIA WITH COLLEEN TINKER] Editor’s Note: This email came to Life Assurance Ministries this week. We reprint it here with the author’s permission. I’m a 37-year-old woman; I live […]