“BUT ADVENTISTS ARE SUCH NICE PEOPLE”
By Colleen Tinker It was Sunday, almost time for lunch. Members of our local Former Adventist Fellowship Bible study were arriving for our weekly meal together. Sunday lunches were […]
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TEMPEST IN THE ADVENTIST TEAPOT
Proposed Document Mandates Compliance By Colleen Tinker The unresolved problem of Adventist churches and conferences ordaining women in opposition to the policy of the General Conference (GC) of […]
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MAKE SURE YOU’RE PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
By Colleen Tinker It’s both interesting and frustrating to address the Bible teaching of a false church that is posing as the Bible-believing, one true church of Revelation. Unpacking […]
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ADVENTISM’S LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRINITY
By Colleen Tinker The Adventist Review announced that it would address a major Adventist doctrine every month for the next seven months. Last month, June, it featured the first […]
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WHAT IF I DON’T LOVE JESUS ENOUGH TO BE SAVED?
By Colleen Tinker A few months ago we received an email with questions from a person who had recently discovered there were problems with Adventism and had begun the […]
Read moreDANIEL AND REVELATION NEVER MADE SENSE
Proclamation! | Spring | 2018 | Editor’s Comments By Colleen Tinker It was the spring of 1974. I had just finished my junior year at Walla Walla College (now […]
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JESUS IS NOT AN OLD COVENANT PRIEST
Proclamation! | Spring | 2018 | Articles By Colleen Tinker I grew up in Adventism picturing Jesus busily working in the heavenly sanctuary. With the help of the illustrations […]
Read moreRESOURCES ON ADVENTISM’S SANCTUARY DOCTRINE
Proclamation! | Spring | 2018 | Articles INCLUDING THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT At first glance the Adventist teachings about Jesus’ high priestly ministry and the cleansing of the sanctuary seem […]
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ARE YOU THE WEAKER SIBLING?
By Colleen Tinker Recently we received an email that asked this question: “Has the issue of the weaker brother ever come up with your office? Could the issue in […]
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THEY CAN’T LET GO
The Mark of the Beast and Ellen White’s Authority By Colleen Tinker The Adventist Review announced in its June 1 edition that “during the next seven months—June through […]
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DEBUNKING END-TIME DECEPTIONS
By Colleen Tinker Ironically, this week’s Sabbath School lesson focusses on deception, specifically the two things which Ellen White identifies as the two core issues of the great controversy: […]
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DID ELLEN WHITE CHANGE AS SHE AGED?
By Colleen Tinker Research assistance by Jeremy Graham Adventists have long explained the internal contradictions within Ellen White’s writings by saying that she grew and changed as the years passed. […]
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FINDING REALITY ON MOTHER’S DAY
By Colleen Tinker My mother went into hospice last week. She’s 92 years old, and her gradual decline finally reached a level that prompted her doctor to say she […]
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CONTENDING WITH THE SABBATH SCHOOL JESUS
By Colleen Tinker One of the most consistent, carefully-managed ways Seventh-day Adventism indoctrinates its members is through its weekly Sabbath School Bible Study Guides, commonly called “Quarterlies”. Four issues […]
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JURY DUTY AS GOD’S DISCIPLINE
By Colleen Tinker It happened. The dreaded card arrived in our mailbox: I was to report for jury duty at the Superior Court in San Bernardino, California, on April […]
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