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False Allegations and Twisted Truth

What about you? Do you know Jesus? You are making false allegations by twisting the truth [in Former Adventist Fact Check, “Present Truth Hoax”]. I read the lesson and it didn’t say what you said. The lesson is clear and  biblical, written by a theologian who spent years studying Scripture. How can you compare your knowledge with that?

—VIA YOUTUBE

Response: Your comment suggests that you did not listen to/watch the whole video. I challenge you to listen to the whole thing. It is the Lord Jesus who teaches us about Himself and His absolute truth revealed in His word. We do not need to learn our biblical understanding from theologians but from the Lord Himself as we submit to His word. When we trust the Lord Jesus and are born again of the Spirit, this passage becomes reality for us: 

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the [depths] graciously given to us by God, of which [depths] we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual [depths] with spiritual [words]. But a natural man does not accept the [depths] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually examined. But he who is spiritual examines all things, yet he himself is examined by no one. For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL DIRECT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.”—(1Co 2:12-16 LSB)

When we trust the Lord to teach us His word, we find that our understanding is confirmed by other Christian scholars and students of the Bible who trust the Lord and His inerrant word as well. 

What’s Your Bible Version?

What is the Bible version are you using in your Bible study [Former Adventist Podcast]? It says LSB  I am not familiar with that version. Thank you and may you be blessed. 

—VIA EMAIL

Response: We are using the Legacy Standard Bible, a version released in 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. It is adapted from the NASB95 but has changed some words to more closely reflect the original language. For example, it uses “Yahweh” instead of the all-caps “LORD” that the NASB uses when the name Yahweh occurs.†

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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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