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 […]
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DANIEL 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 […]
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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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ADVENTIST MISSIONARY BOOK TO FOCUS ON FAMILIES IN 2019
By Colleen Tinker Last week the Seventh-day Adventist Executive Committee met for its Annual Council at General Conference headquarters. During the session, president Ted N. C. Wilson dedicated the […]
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DOUG BATCHELOR DEBATES STEVE GREGG ABOUT SABBATH
By Colleen Tinker Last Friday, March 30, Doug Batchelor, speaker and director of Amazing Facts, debated Steve Gregg, host of the daily radio program The Narrow Path. The title of […]
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THREE REASONS ADVENTISTS DON’T CELEBRATE EASTER
By Colleen Tinker This week a Kenyan news source ran a story entitled, “Why Adventists Don’t Celebrate Easter”. The three reasons listed by Washington Odhiambo in Hivisasa fit the […]
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WHY WE CAN’T PROTECT ELLEN WHITE
By Colleen Tinker This week we received an email from a reader who had read Christine Rogers’ story last week. Christine, a guest blogger, had written about having been […]
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