My Heart is Free!
AARIKA SHEWMAKE | Story of Faith REPUBLISHED FROM PROCLAMATION!, FALL 2013 I am seventeen and the youngest of four siblings. I grew up attending a Seventh-day Adventist church since I […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
We Can Trust the Bible
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) How does one choose the right version of the Bible? Do we choose the one that translates our favorite verses the way […]
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Is Breaking the Sabbath Breaking the Whole Law?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, SUMMER, 2016. Doesn’t James 2:10 teach that if you break the Sabbath, […]
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Christ Is The Firm Foundation
THE LIFE EXAMINED WITH CAROLYN MACOMBER | Marriage and Family Counselor This morning I woke up, and all I wanted to do was worship. All I wanted was to be […]
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Seeing WITHOUT the Lens of Adventism
ANTHONY ANDREOLA | Blogger and Health Program Specialist I grew up Seventh-day Adventist. I don’t blame my parents; they believed they were obeying God by teaching me Adventism. They had been […]
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Do Not Touch What is Unclean
ROY TINKER | Software Engineer I want to share my own testimony of the faithfulness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. I am the older son of Richard and […]
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Can a Believer Fall Away?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, WINTER, 2015. Doesn’t the parable of the Sower teach that a believer […]
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Does Adventism’s health message conflict with the biblical gospel?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024 FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF PROCLAMATION! MAGAZINE, SPRING, 2015. The answer is a clear “yes” and an uncertain “no”. […]
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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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In Times Like These Will Your Anchor Hold?
How should we react to the frightening news stories we are hearing? Should we be preparing to run to the hills? Throughout history there have been wars, and all too […]
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The Big Deal About Antiochus Epiphanes
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Why make such a big deal out of Antiochus Epiphanes and Daniel 8:14? I have received many wide-ranging responses […]
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Leave Adventists Alone
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Why do you at Life Assurance Ministries continue to bash Adventists? Can’t you just leave Adventists alone? If you […]
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Separating in Order to Draw Near
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) If a person professes Jesus’ incarnation, His death, and His resurrection, why does it matter what “secondary practices” we […]
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Is There a Coming Time of Trouble?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Do you believe there is a coming time of trouble? If so, how can we prepare for it? The […]
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Wasting Time on Doctrine and Theology?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Why do you spend so much time examining doctrine and theology? Doctrine and theology are important. However, neither one […]
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