Christ Makes Us Relevant
DARREL CARSON | Off grid loving and sharing Jesus As a child, I learned about “god”, and while still in my teens I had already started to hate him. In […]
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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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11. What About James and the “Royal Law”?
JERRY RECTOR | Physician A favorite Sabbath text, used by the late Adventist television evangelist George Vandeman and others is in James 2. The context of this passage is a warning against […]
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July 6–12, 2024
Lesson 2: “A Day In the Ministry of Jesus” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson focusses on Jesus’s teaching and healing in Capernaum and […]
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We Got Mail
Jealous Of Our Sabbath School Lessons I will call the president of the Adventist movement and ask him to stop giving out lessons. I just realized (1) that you have […]
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False Abraham Created By Ellen White
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Growing up in a progressive Adventist household, I was not raised to read the writings of Ellen G. White. While she was […]
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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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10. Hebrews and the Old Covenant Shadows
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Hebrews is the last scriptural area that I want to cover. It is directed to Jews, obviously, and uses familiar Old Covenant terminology to establish Jesus with the […]
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June 29–July 5
Lesson 1: “The Beginning of the Gospel” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This new quarter’s lessons focus on the Gospel of Mark and are written by […]
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We Got Mail
Should I Witness to an Adventist Ex-Boyfriend? I was dating an Adventist, but we have broken up. We still have a friendship and…still communicate, and I want to somehow bring […]
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Know The Way
MARTIN CAREY | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Life Assurance Ministries Board Member Two weeks ago, I was driving near Loma Linda and saw an old, battered sign taped […]
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How Can You Have Life Assurance?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) How can you have what you call “life assurance” when you are not keeping God’s commandments? Athorough answer to […]
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9. Romans On the New Covenant
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Romans is quite a primer on the New Covenant, and I seem to notice something different each time I study it, though I don’t pretend to understand all […]
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June 22–28, 2024
Lesson 13: “The Triumph of God’s Love” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This last lesson of the series on The Great Controversy covers chapters 39–42. Author […]
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We Got Mail
Was Lazarus Happy To Be Brought Back from the Dead? I’m just trying to figure out something in my head. As a former Adventist, I now believe that our spirits […]
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