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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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.
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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July 10–16, 2021
Lesson 3: “The Roots of Restlessness” This week’s lesson looks at the self-serving, hypocritical attitudes that lie under the surface of the human heart. The point of the lessons […]
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June 26–July 2
Lesson 1: “Living in a 24–7 Society” This week’s lesson attempts to convince the reader that we need Sabbath rest—and that this rest involves physical rest and an inner […]
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Is There An Age of Accountability?
COLLEEN TINKER Recently I encountered a question from a former Adventist who was upset about the idea that babies are born spiritually dead. The questioner asked how we could make […]
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June 19–25
Lesson 13: “The New Covenant Life” In this last lesson of the quarter, the first study begins with a sentence that reveals Adventism’s lack of “covenant understanding”. The author […]
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June 12–18
Lesson 12: “Covenant Faith” It should have been obvious to me long ago, but this week I finally saw, clearly, that the heart of Adventist soteriology is the Ellen […]
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How Can I Know If I’m Saved?
COLLEEN TINKER The moment is emblazoned in my memory. Richard and I were sitting in a classroom in an Adventist church in San Diego County one Sabbath afternoon in 1996. […]
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Are Humans More Than Living Bodies?
COLLEEN TINKER “I used to think Jesus’ miracles were like the healings the disciples did,” my friend Rosalie admitted to me as I held the phone with one hand and […]
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May 29–June 4
Lesson 10: “The New Covenant” I admit it: this next week’s Sabbath School lesson is so dishonest, is such an egregious perversion of Scripture, that I have a visceral […]
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Swept Clean But Dirtier
COLLEEN TINKER I recently had a conversation with a former Adventist whom I have known for many years. This person is struggling with some serious medical concerns that are hard […]
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