When Does Compassion Become Affirmation
COLLEEN TINKER I have to admit that I’ve been surprised at the recent kerfuffle that has arisen because of the much-publicized comments by long-time evangelical pastor Alistair Begg on a […]
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Category: Authors
Now Is the Right Time to Claim Salvation
MIKE MEHARRY Ellen White wrote several times that one cannot say “I am saved”: No man can say I am saved until he has endured test and trial, until he has […]
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Should I Really Leave Adventism?
RICHARD FOSTER It is not uncommon to recognize certain problems with Adventist teaching and yet remain in Adventism anyway. There are multiple reasons why a person who recognizes problems within […]
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Is the Fourth Commandment a Moral Law?
COLLEEN TINKER The question was heartfelt—even a little desperate. The writer, a never-been-Adventist, was struggling to deal with the Sabbath arguments of a well-known Adventist theologian and writer who happened […]
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Adventism: Not Restoring, Not Reforming
RODNEY NELSON Heirs of the Reformation Seventh-day Adventism has historically believed itself to be the heir of the Protestant Reformation in that it combines the foundational teachings of the historic […]
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Rejoice Together at the Former Adventist Conference
NICOLE STEVENSON Moments ago I left Richard and Colleen Tinker’s home after recording the podcast episode covering Revelation 16 and the 7 bowls of God’s outpoured wrath. To say that […]
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The Ethics of Darkness and Light
Q: Can I stay in the church and “make a difference” by teaching the gospel and ignoring the practices and doctrines with which I don’t fully agree? A: In the […]
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The Adventist Hope Isn’t Hope
ELMER WIEBE Just another denomination? We are told that Seventh-day Adventism is just another denomination with just a few obscure teachings. In the historical Christianity, the believer’s hope is to […]
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What the Bible Teaches About Spirits, Death, and Hell
JEREMY GRAHAM Following is a comprehensive list of Bible passages that show what the Bible says concerning each of these six points: 1. Man was created in the image of […]
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Comparing Adventism with Christianity
COLLEEN TINKER WRITINGS Adventism The Bible, including Adventist paraphrase The Clear Word. Over 600 published titles with divine revelations and counsel by prophetess Ellen G. White (1827–1915), including The Desire of Ages and The […]
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Stunned By Ty Gibson and David Asscherick
COLLEEN TINKER Last weekend I listened, stunned, to two Adventist sermons preached verse-by-verse. One was from the much-beloved 2 Corinthians 3 passage in which Paul contrasts the covenant of death […]
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God Told Daniel the Future
MARGIE LITTELL with COLLEEN TINKER The people of Israel knew for a long time that God was going to bring in a new covenant for them with new words (commandments). […]
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The Taylor’s Letter to Friends and Family
We are running this faith story by Greg Taylor which he wrote just as he was exiting Adventism over two decades ago. Since we first published this story on our […]
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January 20–26, 2024
Lesson 4: “The Lord Hears and Delivers” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson uses a plethora of psalm fragments to teach that God is near and will […]
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Truth Led Him Out. Truth Led Him Home.
KASPARS OZOLINS “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). On Friday, January 5, 2024, Dale Ratzlaff […]
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