Lord, Increase Our Faith
DALE RATZLAFF Faith is a little word that is given major emphasis in the New Testament. Most of us know the “faith verses” from memory such as, “For by grace […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
Context, Context, Context
DALE RATZLAFF The first and most important rule of hermeneutics is to consider the context. Few are aware of the massive and appalling misuse of this fundamental principle of interpretation […]
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Life in the Spirit
DALE RATZLAFF But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and […]
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Contemplating Prayer
SHOULD WE SEEK WISDOM FROM OTHER FAITH TRADITIONS? MARTIN CAREY We have become increasingly concerned with the spiritual confusion many people face as they meet Jesus and move out of […]
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My True Father
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE I hope you’ll bear with me a moment as I get real. This column is dedicated to encouraging people in living the life after […]
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Necessary Divorce
Beyond Leaving the Adventist Pew TERRY MIRRA Divorce is an ugly word. It evokes images of fighting, legal battles, and dissension of every sort. Divorce is defined as: “total separation; […]
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Digging Up the Truth About the Hebrew Roots Movement
DALE RATZLAFF As Peter prophesied in 2 Peter 2:1, there are many “destructive heresies” invading the Christian church. Some are secretly deceptive, and some are boldly confrontive. In this article […]
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Healed From My Shame
LIZ CHURCH My story is similar to that of the blind man whose story is recorded in Mark 8:22-26. Jesus healed him in “stages”, first giving him partial sight so […]
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Finally Forever Free in Jesus
Former general counsel for Loma Linda University Medical Center BILL ZIPRICK Come with me while I share the journey on which God took me when I came out from Adventism […]
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I Chose the Cross
CHRIS BADENHORST I plunged fully into Adventism, getting involved with every possible aspect of it. But because it could not provide me with a sound Gospel foundation on which to […]
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To the World, From Matthew
DALE RATZLAFF Every Christmas season we are directed back to the biblical accounts of Christ’s birth in Matthew and Luke. When we review these records, both new and old insights […]
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Words Matter
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE Words mean things. Language is only meaningful to the degree that humans are able to communicate using words in a conventional way, and conflicting […]
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Not for Profit
[THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE] I do believe that the New Covenant raises the bar in everything else; why not in giving, also? I work for a nonprofit hospital […]
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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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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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