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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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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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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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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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Lesson 2: “God’s Mission to Us: Part 2” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson is another frustrating piece that uses normal-sounding Christian words, such as “mission” and “disciples” […]
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The Investigative Judgment (IJ) is unique. No other church (except a few Adventist offshoots) teaches an IJ that began on Oct. 22, 1844, in the second compartment of the heavenly […]
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Lesson 1: “God’s Mission to Us: Part 1” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This quarter’s focus is encouraging individual proselytizing. The lesson is based on the paradigm of […]
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RICHARD FOSTER A very important issue that comes up for those transitioning out of Adventism is the question of the church. Where should I go to church when there are […]
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The seventh-day Sabbath is one of the distinguishing marks of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In fact, Sabbath-keeping has been at the heart of the “Adventist message” since the 1840’s after […]
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Lesson 14: “Ephesians In the Heart” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson diminishes the point of Ephesians by overlooking the place of the cross in God’s creating one […]
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NICOLE STEVENSON As Colleen Tinker and I have been working our way through Daniel and Revelation for the Former Adventist Podcast, I’ve noticed my heart changing in unexpected ways. I […]
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In this chapter we look at the Adventist teaching on the Godhead and how The Clear Word distorts some very important passages of Scripture on the nature of the Godhead […]
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Lesson 13: “Waging Peace” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson’s chief aim is to emphasize that Adventism is defined by the great controversy motif. The author’s understanding […]
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COLLEEN TINKER We had been out of Adventism only a few years. My very Adventist parents-in-law were visiting one afternoon, and our conversation fell into a discussion of whether or […]
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In this chapter we look at the Adventist teaching on abstinence from alcohol. We will particularly compare what the Bible says about “wine” with what The Clear Word says. Fundamental […]
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