From Torah-Observant to Discovering the New Covenant
STORIES of Faith JEFF AND SONDRA BRICKELL Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and […]
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Category: Proclamation! Magazine Archive
From the printed version of Proclamation! magazine
All About Progressive Sanctification
2. WHAT’S ITS PURPOSE IF WE’RE ALREADY SAVED? DALE RATZLAFF Last week we dealt with various meanings of sanctification. If you did not read part one of this study, you […]
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All About Progressive Sanctification
1. HOW MUCH DO WE NEED JESUS? DALE RATZLAFF I started to write this article with some confidence. Then, the more I prayed and studied, the more humbled I have […]
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My Two Worlds Collided
ADVENTISM AND THE CROSS CHERIE SKRIVAN I loved being an Adventist. I loved the culture, the people, the Sabbath. I didn’t imagine that day in the fall of 1992 when […]
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Watch Out for the June Bugs
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF What’s wrong with legalism? Let me tell you a story. We first noticed the big green June bugs when we were picking the ears […]
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An Outsider Looks at Adventism
STORIES OF FAITH JONATHAN WINN “They have their own prophetess!” That was the first fact I learned about the Seventh-day Adventist church from my formerly Seventh-day Adventist wife, Lisa. Having […]
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The New Covenant In My Blood
R. K. MCGREGOR WRIGHT Preamble All four Gospels record the last few days of Christ’s life in unusual detail because his death and resurrection were the primary reasons he came […]
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Living Life Together
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE The wind howled in a sustained blast as it tore through crevices in the mountain. With gale force it dislodged mighty boulders causing them […]
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The Gift of All Gifts
DALE RATZLAFF For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, […]
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Are you standing in the place of God?
YEN CRESS You may have heard it said, “Jesus is our example.” When we look closely at this claim, however, we find some inherent problems. If Jesus is our example, […]
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The Tree: Are You Connected?
RICK LANGER One of the challenges of modern Christianity is sorting out the incredible diversity of denominations, sects, cults, and heresies. Particularly in the Protestant world, there is no single […]
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We Are Ministers of a New Covenant
2 CORINTHIANS 3:1–18 BRYAN CLARK, SENIOR PASTORLINCOLN BEREAN CHURCH The new covenant is the powerful answer to the Adventist health message. The finished work of the Lord Jesus administered in […]
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Experiencing New Covenant Life
You Are Formed by Jesus DALE RATZLAFF Today we have hope for true transformation only by focusing on the glories of the gospel, the many declarations that God has made […]
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The Agnostic Pharisee
MARTIN CAREY When I was seven years old, I saw a Harry Anderson painting of Jesus standing over a large city, holding out His hands. It was entitled, “Christ Of […]
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Are You Being Formed by Law?
RICK BARKER Seventh-day Adventists and Evangelical Christians have different vocabularies and, at times, different definitions of the same words. These differences create confusion during discussions between these groups and contribute […]
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