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July 2–9

June 30, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 2: “The Crucibles That Come” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The Adventist worldview that says salvation is a process of committing to obedience and pleasing God […]

June 25–July 2

June 23, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 1: “The Shepherd’s Crucible” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson, based roughly on Psalm 23, stresses that we can learn discipline from our hardships to grow […]

June 18–24

June 16, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 13: “Israel in Egypt” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson approaches the last chapters in the story of Joseph from a technical, analytical perspective that […]

Ten Commandments: Only for Israel?

June 9, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKERResearch by Beverly Bessada “But what about the Sabbath?” people ask us when we leave Adventism. “The Ten Commandments are the Law of God, not the law of Moses,” […]

June 11–17

June 9, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 12: “Joseph, Prince of Egypt” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author trivializes the eternal themes of repentance and forgiveness by focussing on word plays and […]

Getting Unstuck From the Sabbath

June 2, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, The Sabbath

COLLEEN TINKER The Sabbath is the great sticking point for almost all of us who question Adventism. We know the arguments for Sabbath better than we know the rules of […]

June 4–10

June 2, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 11: “Joseph, Master of Dreams” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This lesson: Again, this lesson is human-centric and presents God as one who intervenes and helps Joseph. The […]

May 28–June 3

May 26, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 10: “Jacob-Israel” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson ignores God’s restating His covenant with Abraham to Jacob, the son whom God chose to receive the […]

May 21–27

May 19, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 9: “Jacob the Supplanter” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson misses the point that God reiterated His covenant with Abraham to Jacob at Bethel. The […]

May 14–20

May 12, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 8: “The Promise” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author focusses on speculations and human insight as it deals with the story of Abraham’s call to […]

May 7–13

May 5, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 7: “The Covenant With Abraham” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson does not address that Abraham’s faith (Gen. 15:6) was what God counted to him […]

April 30–May 6

April 28, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 6: “The Roots of Abraham” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author treats the call of Abraham and his journeys as a series of moral lessons instead […]

April 23–29

April 21, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 5: “All Nations and Babel” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The underlying Adventist worldview is revealed in the first day’s study which says “Once again, God’s […]

Adventist’s Sabbath Trumps Resurrection

April 14, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, The Sabbath

COLLEEN TINKER Last week we received a hand-addressed envelope in the mail from someone we didn’t know. Richard opened it, and inside we found a hand-written letter and a pamphlet […]

April 16–22

April 14, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 4: “The Flood” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: It develops an argument to compare the ark with the ark of the covenant in the tabernacle. The […]