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Change is Good

October 24, 2019 Kelsie Petersen Feature

Change is hard. As human beings, we are notoriously resistant to change and the discomfort that comes with it. Change as simple as switching brands of laundry detergent or coffee […]

How Ephesians Contradicts Adventism #11

October 14, 2019 Rick Barker Adventist Doctrines, Ephesians, Feature

But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to […]

New Creations from Broken Pieces

October 10, 2019 Nicole Stevenson Feature

I remember that afternoon so clearly. It was one of my favorite parts of the day. The kids were both napping, and I had time to sit in my backyard […]

How to Talk to an Adventist Boyfriend

October 4, 2019 Colleen Tinker Adventist Relationships, Colleen Tinker, Feature

This weekend we received two emails from different Christian women who are dating committed Adventist men. They had gone online looking for information and help, and they appealed to us […]

Athanasius Still Teaches

September 26, 2019 Kaspars Ozolins Feature

He must have asked himself a thousand times why––and how––he, a young Egyptian pastor of an Egyptian congregation, had ended up exiled 1,700 miles away in Germany, of all places. […]

Rejoice—Your Names Are Written in Heaven!

September 19, 2019 Phillip Harris Feature

Theme My favorite assurance of salvation passage is Luke 10:17-20: The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” And he said […]

Why God Hides His Will From Us

September 12, 2019 Martin Carey Feature

“I know what to do; the Lord spoke to me.” You may have heard that confident declaration from Christian friends, that God had directly revealed His will to them. Perhaps […]

Things I Didn’t Know About Christians

September 6, 2019 Kelsie Petersen Feature

“When we know better, we do better.” I’ve heard that saying thrown around in the pop psychology world dozens of times, and while I believe it CAN be true, it’s […]

Walking Away from Betrayal

August 22, 2019 Nicole Stevenson Adventist Relationships, Feature

Betrayal, I believe, is one of the most painful experiences a person can face. Grieving a betrayal can wreak havoc on the heart and unleash a world of pernicious […]

The Source of Adventism’s Physical God

August 16, 2019 Jordan Quinley 2019-1 Proclamation!, Feature, Jordan Quinley

JORDAN QUINLEY Adventism’s theology was built around James White’s denial of “spirit” and his belief that God—and thus man also—was physical and not spirit. Ellen White adopted the view […]

I Have Found My Rest

August 15, 2019 Proclamation! 2019-1 Proclamation!, Feature

MICHAEL WERK The year was 1969, when a young man from England met a farm girl from the Canadian Prairies. He was working in Canada that summer to pay […]

Joshua Harris Kissed Christianity Goodbye

August 9, 2019 Kaspars Ozolins Feature

The evangelical world was rocked on July 18 (2019) by news of Joshua Harris’ divorce, followed swiftly by his announcement on Instagram that he no longer considered himself to be […]

Saul Talked to (Dead) Samuel

August 2, 2019 Phillip Harris Feature

Prolog First I would like to say this concerning the study of Scripture: when considering the meaning of any word or passage of Scripture, it is important to understand the […]

The Earth is the Lord’s—All Foods are Clean

July 25, 2019 Martin Carey Feature

“Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. For ‘the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof’” (1Cor. 10:25, 26). […]

I Am Not a Robot

July 18, 2019 Kelsie Petersen Feature

My very first article for the Proclamation! blog was entitled “On Leaving: Peeling Back the Layers,” and I wrote it from a place of both personal experience and anecdotal examples […]