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Is “Die” A Metaphor? Admittedly, the Christian concept of death was the hardest for me, as a former since 1995, to get settled in my mind. The idea of man […]
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Author: 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.
October 16–22
Lesson 4: “To Love The Lord Your God” COLLEEN TINKER The main problems with this lesson are: Ignoring the context and the first audience of Deuteronomy and applying it to […]
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The Bible Conference of 1919
Reveals Adventist Leaders Have Never Agreed On Ellen White’s Prophetic Authority—Includes Full Transcript BY COLLEEN TINKER Four years after Ellen White died, the Seventh-day Adventist organization held a Bible Conference in […]
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What Is True?
BY COLLEEN TINKER A Facebook conversation drew me in this week. The original post (written by a former Adventist) asked, in essence, how much personal discomfort and loss we would […]
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September 18–24
Lesson 13: “The Ultimate Rest” This week’s lesson opens with the reminder that “the great controversy also is being played out on a much more personal level.” The point of […]
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September 11–17
Lesson 12: “The Restless Prophet” This week’s lesson seems almost like an anomaly, a lesson that doesn’t fit a quarter’s studies about Sabbath rest. Yet the placement of this […]
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September 4–10
Lesson 11: “Longing For More” This lesson is an egregious misuse Hebrews 4, but it is true Adventism. In fact, this lesson reminds me why I used to hate reading […]
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August 28–September 3
Lesson 10: “Sabbath Rest” This week’s lesson exposes the false foundation and Ellen White hermeneutic upon which Adventism builds its doctrines. I confess that this lesson is hard for me […]
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August 21–27
Lesson 9: “Rhythms of Rest” This week’s Sabbath School lesson illustrates Adventism’s mastery of creating a narrative without any biblical support or hermeneutical integrity. The lesson’s weaving of Adventist […]
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August 14–20
Lesson 8: “Free to Rest” This week’s lesson takes the New Testament story of the paralytic let down through the ceiling in order to reach Jesus for healing along […]
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August 7–13
Lesson 7: “Rest, Relationships, and Healing” This next week’s lesson is again using the story of Joseph—this time to make a case for forgiveness. Unfortunately, however, this lesson can’t […]
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Leaving the Service of Humiliation
COLLEEN TINKER I was twelve years old, and my best friend whom I’ll call Lynn was a few months older. It was Thirteenth Sabbath, and she and I paired up […]
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July 31–August 6
Lesson 6: “Finding Rest In Family Ties” This week’s lesson uses the story of Joseph to say that “our relationships are miniature reflections of the great controversy between God […]
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July 24–30
Lesson 5: “‘Come to Me…’” This week’s lesson attempts to explain one of Jesus’ most beautiful statements—but one which seemed sentimental and metaphorical when I was an Adventist. As […]
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July 17–23
Lesson 4: “The Cost of Rest” This week’s lesson uses the story of David and Bathsheba to illustrate what it cost David to find rest for his soul after […]
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