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WERE BOOKS LEFT OUT OF THE BIBLE?

January 19, 2018 Colleen Tinker Bible—The Word, Colleen Tinker, Feature

By Colleen Tinker A few weeks ago I read a question on an online forum. The writer, a former Adventist who has been out for a few months, asked […]

THE GOSPEL CONTINUES TO CHANGE LIVES

January 10, 2018 Dale Ratzlaff 2017-3 Proclamation!, Dale Ratzlaff, Feature, General, Gospel

By Dale Ratzlaff The Gospel is growing in Ethiopia Several years ago I mailed a box packed full of our books to Salfiso Kitabo in Ethiopia. After some time I […]

POST-CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS ON THE LAMB OF GOD

January 5, 2018 Rick Barker Feature

I sat in church on Christmas Eve thinking about the gift of God to us—God becoming one of us; the King of the universe being born in a lowly manger. […]

THE CLEAR WORD ON THE LAW

December 28, 2017 Stephen Pitcher 2017-3 Proclamation!, Feature, Proclamation! Magazine Archive, Stephen Pitcher, The Law of God

BY STEPHEN PITCHER This article is a chapter from a forthcoming book by Stephen Pitcher comparing the Seventh-day Adventist publication The Clear Word, “an expanded paraphrase” of the […]

NEVER WITHOUT BLOOD

December 22, 2017 Martin Carey Feature, Martin Carey, Proclamation! Magazine Archive

By Martin L. Carey Jesus was born to die for you “You are the man!” Those words struck the king like a club and brought him to his knees. […]

DESTROYING DOUBT WITH TRUTH

December 15, 2017 Nicole Stevenson Feature, Nicole Stevenson

BY NICOLE STEVENSON Doubt is not unique to those who have left cults, but as a former Adventist, I have a unique grab-bag of doubts that other Christians don’t […]

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS

December 8, 2017 Kelsie Petersen Feature

By Kelsie Petersen Here we are, in the harried weeks heading up to Christmas celebrations. “Family” is a word that is hard for many of us who have left […]

GOD ISN’T FAIR

December 1, 2017 Rick Barker Feature

There is a common belief that God should be fair. We value fairness; we think that fairness is a good thing. Therefore, if God is good, we reason that He […]

MY HAPPY PLACE

November 22, 2017 Chris Lee Chris Lee, Feature

BY CHRIS LEE Cool white sheets; tropical breeze whistling across the balcony; marble floor turning golden as the sun crests the rim of the ocean. Sand between toes; waves […]

HOW CAN I THANK GOD FOR THIS?

November 17, 2017 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature

BY COLLEEN TINKER “Thanksgiving morning is my favorite morning,” Richard said to some friends a few days ago. “When I wake up, the whole house is filled with the […]

THE STARS ARE TALKING

November 8, 2017 Martin Carey Feature, Martin Carey

MARTIN L. CAREY What does it mean for the heavens to declare the glory of God? Even with only a vague idea of what God’s glory is, we sense His […]

What Do We Do with Heresy?

November 3, 2017 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Devotional, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER The book of Acts contains an almost-forgotten story that occurred when Paul was preaching in Ephesus. When he first came to that city, he entered the synagogue and […]

WHAT ADVENTISM HIDES FROM OTHERS

October 27, 2017 Rick Barker Feature

I have read and/or edited a number of different pastoral “reviews” of Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, and I am struck by how many highly-trained evangelical theologians have not been able to […]

ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #22: CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR

October 25, 2017 Rick Barker 2017-2 Proclamation!, Adventist Doctrines, Feature, Proclamation! Magazine Archive

ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #22 We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with the principles of heaven. For the Spirit to recreate in […]

PROTECTION OR LIES?

October 20, 2017 Chris Lee 2017-2 Proclamation!, Chris Lee, Feature, Proclamation! Magazine Archive

BY CHRIS LEE I recently re-watched M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 film The Village. Though arguably one of his lesser works, I found myself unexpectedly weeping during the denouement […]