ADVENTISTS FRATERNIZE WITH GOVERNMENT
BY COLLEEN TINKER Last month when the Seventh-day Adventist executive committee met for its Annual Council, general conference president Ted Wilson reiterated Adventism’s bottom line as he set […]
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ADVENTISTS SPEAK AT REFORMATION CELEBRATION
BY COLLEEN TINKER On October 17, 2017, the president of the Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist organization, Kamal Rafaal, joined other pastors and theologians in addressing the […]
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CELEBRATING THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT—AGAIN
BY COLLEEN TINKER This coming Sunday, October 22, marks the 173rd anniversary of the day Jesus failed to return as William Miller had predicted. After months of the […]
Read moreTHE MARRIAGE OF THE SON
BY COLLEEN TINKER This is the editorial column from the printed version of Proclamation!, Fall, 2017. On Saturday, September 2, our younger son Nathanael married his bride Audrey Herwig. […]
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WHAT CHRISTIANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FORMER ADVENTISTS
By Colleen Tinker This last week, a former Adventist posted in an online forum that she was presenting a talk at a conference for family therapists. Her goal […]
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DISCIPLINE OF WAYWARD CONFERENCES CENTRAL ISSUE AT ADVENTISM’S ANNUAL COUNCIL
By Colleen Tinker What is a conference president (or a pastor) supposed to do if he opposes the Adventist organization’s policies? The General Conference thinks it knows—intractable leaders […]
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USING ADVENTIST CELEBRITIES
By Colleen Tinker Rock ’n’ Roll legend Little Richard did a televised interview last Saturday, September 30, with Danny Shelton, the founder of Three Angels Broadcasting Network in […]
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NEW KID’S SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS ANNOUNCED
by Colleen Tinker On September 22, the Adventist Review ran a story introducing the new Sabbath School Lessons which will be released in 2019. The lessons and “quarterlies” […]
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ARE ADVENTISM AND ISIS SIMILAR?
by Colleen Tinker Last week the liberal-leaning online Slate magazine ran an article by its staff writer Joshua Keating comparing the failed apocalyptic prophecies that have driven ISIS […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Athletic Competition Violates Adventist Policy I agree with your comments on the inconsistency of the four Adventist universities joining the NAIA. When I was writing for Adventist Today, Jim […]
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ADVENTISTS STILL IGNORING THEIR PROPHET’S WORDS CONCERING SPORTS
by Colleen Tinker The Adventist Review has published a story celebrating the fact that the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has “officially transitioned cross country national […]
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WHO’S BEHIND THE HIGH CARB, LOW-FAT DIET AGENDA?
by Colleen Tinker Journalist Marika Sboros ran a two-part article on her website, foodmed.net, last month on August 7 and August 9. The first installment entitled “Medical Evangelism: […]
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ADVENTISM CONTINUES LINKING SABBATH-KEEPING TO SALVATION
by Colleen Tinker Adventists have long stated that they are the inheritors of the Reformation. Martin Luther, they say, began well and overthrew papal control and the sale of indulgences. […]
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SEMINARS ON TWO CONTINENTS TRAIN ADVENTIST TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES
By Colleen Tinker The governor’s wife in the Nigerian state of Abia addressed a regional Seventh-day Adventist women’s conference at the Adventist-operated Babcock University earlier this month. Mrs. […]
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ADVENTISM’S RACIST LEANINGS IGNORED IN CHARLOTTESVILLE STATEMENT
By Colleen Tinker The horrifying chain of events last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, has prompted the Adventist organization to issue another official statement. Ironically, this latest statement […]
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