August 13–19
Lesson 8: “Seeing the invisible” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Adventist physicalism distorts the biblical revelation of spiritual death, spiritual life, resurrection, and the work of the Holy […]
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Category: Colleen Tinker
August 6–12
Lesson 7: “Indestructible Hope” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author’s Adventist understanding of “hope” is confusing and unstable because it is built on a foundation of […]
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How Does Forgiveness Work In Believers?
COLLEEN TINKER The question of repentance and forgiveness in a believer’s life comes up frequently among former Adventists. If Jesus died once for all, if we are saved on the […]
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July 30–August 5
Lesson 6: “Struggling With All Energy” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson attempts to teach fighting sin with Christ’s power while defending absolute free will. The […]
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July 23–29
Lesson 5: “Extreme Heat” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson again assumes the human experience is the focal point of suffering. The author misses Job’s repentance […]
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July 16–22
Lesson 4: “Seeing the Goldsmith’s Face” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson betrays Adventism’s ignorance of the new covenant. The author connects “purification” with the great […]
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Abortion: What Is a Life?
COLLEEN TINKER This week I have been watching the polarized responses to last Friday’s Supreme Court decision to overturn the nearly-50-year-old ruling commonly known as Roe v. Wade. On the […]
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June 25–July 2
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 […]
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June 18–24
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 […]
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Ten Commandments: Only for Israel?
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,” […]
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June 11–17
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 […]
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Getting Unstuck From 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 […]
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