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Weak Adventist Jesus

The way this week’s Sabbath School lesson handles the talk between Jesus and the devil in the account of the demoniac is just outrageous!  It reduces the entire encounter to just a competition (the great controversy) and belittles Jesus!

Then, when He brought the little girl back to life, the lesson does the same belittling, as if Jesus is just into keeping secrets.

From this lesson and from Facebook interactions I have with Adventists, I see blatantly displayed the idea that Jesus was really not much more than we are, and if we try really, really hard, we just might be like Him.

Sometimes it makes me want to cry, realizing how they perceive Him as all human and little or no Divine.

—VIA EMAIL

Response: Yes, it makes me want to cry as well. It’s very hard to pin down and identify the fact that the Adventist Jesus is weak and fallible, that Adventist individuals do not see Him as God in spite of the fact they think they do! But their discussions and thought processes reveal the truth: their Jesus is NOT almighty God. He’s just their relentless example…

Response to Jesus’ Judgments 

You were never an Adventist.

—VIA YOUTUBE

Response: Those who have responded to you speak the truth. I was very Adventist, but the Lord Jesus showed me who He is and what He really did! Adventism fits Paul’s warning in Galatians 1 and 2 Corinthians 11 about people who receive false teachings even from angels of light. EGW was the recipient of hundreds of visions and dreams led by angels and spirits that were not our Lord Jesus, and she taught a version of reality that is completely false. I challenge you to study for yourself—and begin by reading Galatians every day for a month, asking the Lord to teach you what He knows He wants you to know.

Response to Insider Interview: Dr. Gary Inrig

So, Colleen, are you a Redeemer Fellowship member? You believe in an eternal burning hell? That belief has driven more people from God than any other. It is also unbilical, but you already know that.

Response by Jim Liley, FAF Youtube moderator: Belief in an eternal burning hell is a second tier belief and should not be an issue with other fellow believers in their fellowship with each other. †

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Colleen Tinker

Colleen Tinker, the editor of Proclamation! magazine, and her husband Richard left Adventism in 1998 with their two sons, Roy and Nathanael, who were in grades six and ten. They have co-led the Former Adventist Fellowship since 1999. Colleen, a graduate of Walla Walla University, is a former high school English teacher and also the former managing editor of Adventist Today magazine. Colleen became the stepmother of Roy and Nathanael in 1989, and in 2008 she adopted them. Romans 8:15-17 has assumed new depth and significance for her and Richard since she and her sons chose to claim each other legally and permanently. She and Richard share an office and a commitment to sharing the gospel of the true Jesus with all of those seeking a way out of the bondage of the false gospel of Adventism.

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