Former Adventists Give to the Church
COLLEEN TINKER The day I first understood the new covenant changed me forever. As an Adventist I couldn’t have explained how the new covenant “worked”, although I had heard the phrase. […]
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Category: Authors
The Cross of Christmas
SCOTT BLAKEY Think of it. That blessed night in Bethlehem has become such a well-known, oft-told story, we sometimes forget the full meaning of that night—why this seemingly humble birth […]
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December 2–8, 2023
Lesson 10: “Mission to the Unreached: Part 1” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: In this lesson the agenda of Adventist evangelism reveals itself even further. The artificial divisions of […]
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We Got Mail
Health Message—Tactics of Grooming and Abuse As I read Colleen Tinker’s commentary on the Sabbath School lesson in the November 17 issue of the weekly Proclamation! magazine I was struck […]
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The Chain of Grace Not Found in Adventism
RICHARD FOSTER I recently saw some old Adventist art work circulating online. The picture showed a sieve, such as someone would use for shaking smaller particles out of a soil […]
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A New Covenant Needs New Words
MARGIE LITTELL WITH COLLEEN TINKER Let’s investigate Jesus’s New Covenant. It is explained so well in the letter to the Hebrews. While we don’t know who wrote Hebrews, we can […]
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November 25–December 1, 2023
Lesson 9: “Mission To the Powerful” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The fact that the Sabbath School department felt the need to devote an entire week to evangelizing the […]
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We Give Thanks In All Seasons
NICOLE STEVENSON We all know that Thanksgiving is a season that calls us to reflect on the things we’re grateful for. For one month even secular culture is abuzz with […]
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Evidence Against Seventh-day Adventism
RUSSELL KELLY Since any of the following biblical arguments would destroy the necessity for Seventh-day Adventists to exist, a detailed answer to each one of the points below is hereby […]
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November 18–24, 2023
Lesson 8: “Mission To the Needy” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson focusses directly on the issue of finding the needy and meeting their needs to the […]
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What’s Your Hermeneutic? Why Does it Matter?
COLLEEN TINKER If there is any single Adventist icon that functions as an idol, it is the seventh-day Sabbath. In fact, the Adventist arguments for Sabbath-keeping are so ingrained that […]
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I Followed the Voice of Another Shepherd
The Wanderings of One Lost Sheep STEPHEN PITCHER Seventh-day Adventism is the most subtle of all the major cults of American origin. In his groundbreaking work, even Walter Martin, the […]
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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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