ARE ADVENTISM AND ISIS SIMILAR?
by Colleen Tinker Last week the liberal-leaning online Slate magazine ran an article by its staff writer Joshua Keating comparing the failed apocalyptic prophecies that have driven ISIS […]
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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.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Athletic Competition Violates Adventist Policy I agree with your comments on the inconsistency of the four Adventist universities joining the NAIA. When I was writing for Adventist Today, Jim […]
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ADVENTISTS STILL IGNORING THEIR PROPHET’S WORDS CONCERING SPORTS
by Colleen Tinker The Adventist Review has published a story celebrating the fact that the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has “officially transitioned cross country national […]
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WHO’S BEHIND THE HIGH CARB, LOW-FAT DIET AGENDA?
by Colleen Tinker Journalist Marika Sboros ran a two-part article on her website, foodmed.net, last month on August 7 and August 9. The first installment entitled “Medical Evangelism: […]
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ADVENTISM CONTINUES LINKING SABBATH-KEEPING TO SALVATION
by Colleen Tinker Adventists have long stated that they are the inheritors of the Reformation. Martin Luther, they say, began well and overthrew papal control and the sale of indulgences. […]
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SEMINARS ON TWO CONTINENTS TRAIN ADVENTIST TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES
By Colleen Tinker The governor’s wife in the Nigerian state of Abia addressed a regional Seventh-day Adventist women’s conference at the Adventist-operated Babcock University earlier this month. Mrs. […]
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ADVENTISM’S RACIST LEANINGS IGNORED IN CHARLOTTESVILLE STATEMENT
By Colleen Tinker The horrifying chain of events last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, has prompted the Adventist organization to issue another official statement. Ironically, this latest statement […]
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KELLOGG’S CORN FLAKES GREW FROM HEALTH MESSAGE
By Colleen Tinker Kellogg’s Cornflakes, a breakfast staple for the last century, are as American as apple pie—and as Adventist as Ellen White and her health message. In […]
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THE LAW IS WEAK
The law was temporary because the priesthood was flawed By Colleen Tinker I’ve been rediscovering the book of Hebrews over the past few months. Next to […]
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ADVENTISM SPREADS IN TANZANIA AND UGANDA
By Colleen Tinker The Adventist organization’s Total Member Involvement (TMI) initiative has yielded another 117,000 baptisms in the countries of Tanzania and Uganda. From June 16 to July […]
Read moreMORMONS, CATHOLICS, AND ADVENTISTS COLLABORATE
By Colleen Tinker Mormons, Catholics, and Seventh-day Adventists collaborated on Thursday, July 20, unloading beds and mattresses into the rooms of the new Pope Francis Haven House, the […]
Read moreSHOCKING QUOTE REVEALS ADVENTISM’S CORE
By Colleen Tinker This week the Central California Conference is holding its annual campmeeting at the Soquel campgrounds. The plenary sessions are being live streamed, and Richard and […]
Read moreADVENTIST PROSELYTIZING STRATEGIZED DEMOGRAPHICALLY
By Colleen Tinker In our ongoing summaries of Adventism in the news, our goal is to help explain the unifying purpose of the religion’s many public faces. This […]
Read moreTHE MORPHING FACES OF ADVENTISM AROUND THE WORLD
By Colleen Tinker This week we will look at four different news stories about Adventism which discuss four different aspects of its identity. This organization, which began as […]
Read moreADVENTISM POSITIONS ITSELF AS HUMANITARIAN FORCE INSTEAD OF OPPRESSED MINORITY
By Colleen Tinker There is only one Adventism. Its core tenets have not changed, and despite public makeovers, the central doctrines of the investigative judgment, the incomplete atonement, […]
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