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COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Adventism isn’t the only religion that doesn’t make much of the resurrection, but it’s the one that I know the best. It’s especially frustrating to talk […]
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KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary The Word of God provides scant information about the early life of our Lord. One notable exception is […]
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DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Resurrection Sunday found two unnamed, sorrowing disciples walking the seven miles from Jerusalem to Emmaus. As they recounted the tragic events of […]
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CLAY PECK | Former Adventist Pastor It was Passover Friday, but it was different from any other Passover the Jews in Jerusalem had ever known. From the moment Judas had covertly accepted […]
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KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary The gospel of Luke conveys the electric atmosphere of Christ’s triumphal entry by reporting a brief exchange between […]
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DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Originally published in the March/April 2002 print edition of Proclamation! The literal bodily resurrection of Christ is the non-negotiable foundation upon which true […]
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Lesson 9: “The Source of Life” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: The confusion of Adventism attempting to teach Jesus as the Source of life in the context […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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