Down the Adventist Rabbit Hole
DARREL CARSON | Off the grid and loving Jesus “For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am […]
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Category: Great Controversy
June 21–27, 2025
Lesson 13: “Images of the End” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central Problem With This Lesson: This lesson imposes “present truth” on Jonah and Cyrus, modeling great controversy conditional prophecy and […]
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Worship Jesus Because He Is
RICHARD PEIFER | Pastor I had agreed to write commentary on the thirteenth Sabbath School lesson of the third quarter of 2011 from a Christian perspective. As I read the […]
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March 8–14, 2025
Lesson 11: “What More Could I Have Done?” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central problem: God is vindicated in two judgments: the “pre-Advent judgment”, and the “post-Advent judgment” when all our […]
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March 1–7, 2025
Lesson 10: “Rules of Engagement” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central Problem: This lesson assumes a covenant between God and Satan with rules governing their great controversy. This week’s lesson assumes […]
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What the Current Division Within Adventism Teaches Us
MYLES CHRISTIAN | Host, Answering Adventism New drama has sparked within the Adventist universe prompted by the cancellation of an Adventist pastor by the name of Conrad Vine—particularly with some statements he […]
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July 27–August 2, 2024
Lesson 5: “Miracles Around the Lake” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is the fifth in the Sabbath School quarterly entitled simply, Mark. The […]
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June 22–28, 2024
Lesson 13: “The Triumph of God’s Love” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This last lesson of the series on The Great Controversy covers chapters 39–42. Author […]
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June 15–21, 2024
Lesson 12: “Earth’s Closing Events” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson, based on chapters 37 and 38 of The Great Controversy, reminds readers that […]
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June 8–14, 2024
Lesson 11: “The Impending Conflict” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson establishes Ellen White’s scenario for ushering in Satan’s final attack against the Sabbath. […]
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May 25–31, 2024
Lesson 9: “The Foundation of God’s Government” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is a hot mess of jumbled Adventist arguments packaged to sell […]
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May 18–24, 2024
Lesson 8: “Light from the Sanctuary” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson opens with these statements and this comparison. The cleansing of the sanctuary […]
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May 4–10, 2024
Lesson 6: “The Two Witnesses” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This lesson is incredibly convoluted because once a major principle of Scriptural interpretation is […]
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April 27–May 3, 2024
Lesson 5: “Faith Against All Odds” COLLEEN TINKER | Problems With This Lesson: This week’s lesson is based on chapters 7–11 of The Great Controversy. The background for this lesson […]
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