JUNE 9–14 COMMENTARY
“Families of Faith”—Lesson 11 By Colleen Tinker This week’s lesson addresses the concern of keeping one’s faith pure and living, from generation to generation, in spite of cultural traditions. It […]
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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.
COMING OUT OF ADVENTISM HALFWAY
By Colleen Tinker “It seems you guys at the magazine did come out of Adventism,” wrote a former Adventist, “but you only came out halfway. You say you understand the […]
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DEATH IS REQUIRED
By Colleen Tinker “I never wanted this job,” I said to Richard one day as I was filing statements and keeping track of my mother’s dwindling assets as she approached […]
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MAY 18–24 COMMENTARY
“Season of Parenting”—Lesson 8 This week’s lesson again teaches good moral truisms. It covers the reality that some people do not have children, either by choice or by nature. It […]
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MY GUILT IS CRUSHING ME!
By Colleen Tinker “Hope and joy elude me,” Angela said; “I constantly feel a sense of doom and guilt, and I don’t see a future without it. There are times […]
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MAY 11–17 2019
Commentary on “Keys to Family Unity”—Lesson 7 The lesson this week visits a topic which the Sabbath School lessons often discuss in various contexts: Unity. In this case, unity in […]
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DISTORTING SCRIPTURE TO STAY UNDER THE LAW
By Colleen Tinker Adventist “law arguments” die hard. No matter how clearly the Bible explains the limited scope of the Mosaic covenant and the surpassing glory of the new covenant […]
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MAY 4–10, 2019
Commentary on “The Royal Love Song”—Lesson 6 This week’s lesson is using the Song of Solomon to discuss principles of marriage. To be sure, this book does address marriage. A […]
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APRIL 27–MAY 3, 2019
Commentary on Wise Words for Families—Lesson 5 This week’s lesson looks at a variety of Proverbs giving good advice to fathers, mothers, children, wives, and husbands. It advises men to […]
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JESUS DIDN’T COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW
• By Colleen Tinker • What are we supposed to do with Matthew 5:17,18 when we begin to learn that Jesus fulfilled the law and inaugurated a new covenant? What […]
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EASTER IS DIFFERENT
By Colleen Tinker What does Easter have to do with the new birth? I wish I had an easy way to explain why Easter is different now. I used to […]
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USING PROPER HERMENEUTICS FOR ROMANS 3:31 AND 7:21
By Colleen Tinker This week a letter to Life Assurance Ministries asked that familiar question almost everyone has faced as they begin to question Adventism. The writer said: “I have […]
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DESMOND FORD: A MIXED LEGACY
By Colleen Tinker Desmond Ford, one of the most controversial Adventist figures within the last 50 years, died on March 11, 2019. His wife Gillian announced his death on Facebook […]
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MOBILITY CART SHOWS GOD’S CARE
By Colleen Tinker “After your surgery, you can ride in one of those electric carts when we shop at Costco,” Richard said to me with a little more enthusiasm than […]
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PLEASE UNDERSTAND US!
By Colleen Tinker I’d put it off as long as I could. “Bone on bone”, my orthopedist told me at least four years ago when the pain in my left […]
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