November 11–17, 2023
Lesson 7: “Mission to My Neighbor” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson focusses on proselytizing non-Adventists without dealing with the gospel. The lesson describes caring for the […]
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New Creation Sabbath and “sábbaton”
COLLEEN TINKER WITH GARY INRIG Recently there has been increasing discussion about the idea that the word sabbaton —Sabbath—occurs in Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:2, and Luke 24:1 in reference to […]
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Response to Adventism’s Non-Combatancy
KASPARS OZOLINS In the early hours of October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists streamed across the Gazan border and began to commit acts of savagery against Jews not seen in the […]
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Adventism’s Fallacy: Jesus is the Little Horn Antichrist
RUSSELL EARL KELLY, PHD While most Christian denominations interpret Daniel 8:9-14 as a reference to Antiochus Epiphanes IV from the Greek Seleucids, Seventh-day Adventists teach three different methods of defiling […]
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November 4–10, 2023
Lesson 6: “Motivation and Preparation for Mission” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson attempts to motivate the reader to actively share Adventism to potential proselytes. This lesson […]
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12. In Conclusion
As has been shown, The Clear Word (TCW) cannot be used as a Bible, nor can it be trusted as a helpful paraphrase of Scripture. It is a heavily adulterated […]
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October 28–November 3, 2023
Lesson 5: “Excuses to Avoid Mission” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Once again, the real point of the story of Jonah is obscured by the fact that adventism is […]
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Daniel 2: A Dream Certain and Sure
PHIL HARRIS Introduction The Bible as well as secular history indicate that there were two, father and son, who went by the name Nebuchadnezzar. While the father sat on the […]
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11. More Bible Texts Compared
The purpose of this chapter is to collect a number of passages from The Clear Word and its editions that do not fit neatly into one of the subjects studied […]
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October 21–27, 2023
Lesson 4: “Sharing God’s Mission” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Abraham is represented as an example of great love for his neighbors and as an intercessor for the […]
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Jesus Claims the Keys
MARTIN CAREY On one fateful afternoon of darkness, three men hung on their crosses, waiting for the end. That afternoon marked not only the end of their lives; but also […]
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10. The Clear Word On Hell
The Seventh-day Adventist belief about hell is one of its distinctive differences from evangelical Christianity. Adventism says that hell is a temporary punishment resulting in the wicked’s being annihilated, never […]
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October 14–20, 2023
Lesson 3: “God’s Call to Mission” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson uses Abraham as the central example of being called for “mission”, an appropriation of the […]
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Jesus Worked in the Tomb
MYLES CHRISTIAN One doesn’t need to interact with a Seventh-day Adventist for very long before running into the claim that Jesus was “resting in the tomb on the seventh day […]
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9. The Clear Word on Death and the Afterlife
STEPHEN PITCHER Within Adventism death and the afterlife are explained in one way: the dead, both the saved and the unsaved, remain in an unconscious state from the moment of […]
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