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Was there “new birth” in the Old Testament? If since Adam we’re all born spiritually dead, how can the new birth not occur in the OT? What am I misunderstanding? […]
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No Compromise!
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast After being born again my sense of identity and reality was permanently changed. I knew I had a new Father—a new God! I knew I […]
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We Got Mail
From Adventist To Catholic Confusion I was raised Adventist and left because of the never-ending terror of The Last Judgement. As a teen I went to no less than four […]
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Peter and the Keys
ELIZABETH INRIG | Women’s Ministries at Redeemer Fellowship, Loma Linda, California “Jesus appointed Peter to oversee His establishment of the church so there would be no doubt about His including […]
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I missed out on cheeseburgers, but I found the feast!
AERIN TOUSSAINT About seven years ago, my family left the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Looking back, it is amazing to remember the proud feeling I had when I could tell someone […]
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November 2–8, 2024
Lesson 6: “More Testimonies About Jesus” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson compiles passages from John 1, John 3, and John 5, 6, and 7 […]
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We Got Mail
Childhood Friend About To Marry an Adventist My daughter has a good friend who grew up with her in church and even shared an apartment with her after college. They […]
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The Smoke and Glory of True Worship
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine As Nikki Stevenson and I are walking through the book of Romans in the Former Adventist Podcast, we are bumping against many deeply rooted ideas that […]
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Biblical Inspiration and Ellen G. White
RUSSELL KELLY | Baptist, Converted to Adventism, and Returned Baptist 1976: “That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by inspiration of God, and contain an […]
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Did Paul Misunderstand Jesus?
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Periodically I encounter resistance against the authority of the Apostle Paul’s epistles. This resistance comes primarily from educated people with college degrees—usually […]
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October 26–November 1, 2024
Lesson 5: “The Testimony of the Samaritans” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Problems with this lesson: The story of the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 contains one of […]
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Gaslighting—By Adventists
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary I learned this week that the popular term gaslighting is actually derived from a 1944 film called Gaslight, […]
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You Must Count the Cost
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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Word of Man or Word of God
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! We had been attending Trinity Church for close to two years. Nourished by the Bible teaching we received every week in church as well as in the […]
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October 19–25, 2024
Lesson 4: “Witnesses of Christ as the Messiah” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This quarter’s lessons are especially frustrating because they skate over the significance of […]
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