No Reason to Exist Without the Central Pillar
[DALE RATZLAFF] What spirit would want to undermine the complete atonement at the cross? You must ask yourself, “Who is my sin bearer: Christ or Satan?” The Seventh-day Adventist doctrine […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
Are You Being Led By a Judas Goat?
MICHAEL PURSLEY There is an old story that emerged years ago from the stockyards in Chicago. The stock handlers could not find an effective way to get the sheep from […]
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The True Church Not an Institution
[CHRIS BADENHORST] Many Christian denominational creeds or statements of faith describe the nature of the Christian Church in the language of The Nicene Creed (AD 325) as the “one, holy, […]
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What Is Seventh-day Adventism?
[COLLEEN TINKER] The fall of 2015 has proven to be historic in unexpected ways. One of the most surprising unfolding events has been the campaign of retired Seventh-day Adventist neurosurgeon […]
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Reflections on Justification by Faith
[RICHARD GOYNE] In past issues of Proclamation! there have been noteworthy articles by various authors dealing with such pertinent topics as the liberating power of the gospel, the Sabbath, the […]
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Protecting the Faith Given To Us
CHRIS BADENHORST Often former Adventists are asked why they don’t just “leave Adventism alone”. Everyone is free to believe whatever he or she wants to believe, they say, but […]
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Waging War with Shadows
Colossians 2:16–17 DENNIS PALMER “So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, which are a shadow of […]
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Live the Life After With a Bible
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE It was painful to watch news reports of the Harold Camping fiasco on May 21. One couldn’t help but see the parallels to […]
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Does Paul Conflict with Jesus?
DALE RATZLAFF Recently, I was sitting in an audience where I heard an Adventist pastor say something to the effect that Paul had his disagreements with Jesus. Deeply disturbed, I […]
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Dear Adventist, Do You Keep the Sabbath?
TRULY ADVENTIST WITH LISA WINN The Sabbath is one of the pillars of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Ellen White says, “It means eternal salvation to keep the Sabbath holy unto the Lord.”1 […]
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The Sabbath Obscured in the Clear Word
This article is adapted from a soon-to-be-released book by Stephen Pitcher exploring the Adventist paraphrase of the Bible, The Clear Word (TCW). Steve demonstrates how TCW changes the meaning of […]
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Do Not Nullify the Grace of God
A Study of Galatians 2:11-22 DALE RATZLAFF I was working on a study guide for the Phoenix Former Adventist Fellowship when the deeper meaning of Galatians 2:21 impressed itself […]
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No Fear in Resurrection Life!
THOMAS FRANCISHome with Jesus, April 2, 2009 Daily, the headlines tell the grim news. “Markets Down”, “More Jobs Lost”, “Major Corporation To Declare Bankruptcy!” You can feel danger in […]
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The Resurrection and The Life
SCOTT BLAKEY But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone […]
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The Source of Resurrection Life!
CHRIS BADENHORST The Christian faith stands or falls on the resurrection of Christ from the dead.1 If there is no resurrection, there is nothing salvageable in Christianity. Furthermore, the […]
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