You Must Count the Cost
GREG TAYLOR | Former Adventist Pastor There is a tendency in faith communities to share the joys of the Christian life in such a way that it appears to be […]
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Category: Jesus
October 12–18, 2024
Lesson Three: “The Backstory: The Prologue” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson addresses John 1 in which John echoes Genesis 1:1, presenting the Lord […]
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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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Do You Know the Truth?
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member Pilate said to Jesus, “What is truth?” and then he walked away. He didn’t wait for an answer […]
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Did Jesus Have a Holy, Sinless Nature?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, WINTER, 2014. As we approach another Christmas season our thoughts […]
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3. The Trinity
CHRIS LEE | Contributor In Parts I and II of this study on the Trinity, we covered two important truths and started on a third: 1. There is only one God; there […]
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2. The Holy Spirit Is a Person
CHRIS LEE | Contributor In Part I of this study on the Trinity, we covered two important truths that God has revealed about Himself: 1. There is only one God, […]
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1. God Is One
CHRIS LEE | Contributor Understanding what God has revealed about Himself as a being is pivotal to understanding the rest of Scripture. An understanding of God as a triune being […]
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Was Paul’s Gospel Actually Christ’s Gospel?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Can we be certain that the gospel Paul claims to have received “through a revelation of Jesus Christ” […]
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Overthrowing the Son: How Adventism Denies God His Glory
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary At times, we all ought to wisely stop rushing through our busy lives and ponder an important question, “What on […]
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This Man Receives Sinners
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) One of the easiest sections of Scripture from which a hurried pastor can craft an acceptable sermon is Luke 15. […]
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What Is the Meaning of the Cross?
DALE RATZLAFF | Before exploring the meaning of Jesus’ atonement, I want to start with an explanation of my hermeneutical presuppositions. First, I believe the New Testament explains the Old,1 […]
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The Incarnation Guarantees that We Always Have a Mediator
MYLES CHRISTIAN I recently heard a talk from an Adventist pastor on the subject of being prepared to stand before Almighty God without an intercessor. As the talk progressed I […]
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Adventism’s Fallacy: Jesus is the Little Horn Antichrist
RUSSELL EARL KELLY, PHD While most Christian denominations interpret Daniel 8:9-14 as a reference to Antiochus Epiphanes IV from the Greek Seleucids, Seventh-day Adventists teach three different methods of defiling […]
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Seeing the Real Jesus in Scripture
KASPARS OZOLINS The hit streaming series The Chosen has been described as the most successful crowdfunded TV series of all time. Tens of millions of dollars from thousands of donors […]
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