September 9–15, 2023
Lesson 12: “The Call to Stand” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson equates Paul’s instruction to put on and stand in God’s armor with fighting in the […]
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Category: Authors
Adventism Is Unbelief
KASPARS OZOLINS The apostle Paul wrote the following words in 2 Corinthians, perhaps his most gut-wrenching letter of all his epistles: “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is […]
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4. The Clear Word On Foods
STEPHEN PITCHER In this chapter, we will show how The Clear Word reflects the Adventist teaching about clean and unclean foods and vegetarianism and compare The Clear Word’s rendering of […]
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September 2–8, 2023
Lesson 11: “Practicing Supreme Loyalty to Christ” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The biggest problem with this lesson is the underlying Adventist worldview that doesn’t understand that the […]
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What is God’s Work of Creation?
Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 11 JORDAN QUINLEY As we continue working our way through the Redeemer Catechism, we come to question 11. In our previous article we addressed the question […]
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3. The Clear Word On the Law
STEPHEN PITCHER One cannot fully understand Adventism and the content of The Clear Word on passages regarding law without understanding the centrality of the Ten Commandments in the religion’s great […]
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August 26–September 1, 2023
Lesson 10: “Husbands and Wives: Together at the Cross” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author writes without understanding the new birth and the new identity we have […]
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Daniel 1: God Is My Judge
PHIL HARRIS Having just finished a personal study covering the book of Revelation and being aware that Ellen G. White tied her teachings in with the secular book entitled Daniel […]
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2. Are You Led By the Lesser Light or Sola Scriptura?
The way a church understands and uses the Bible reveals whether or not that group uses Scripture as its sole foundation for doctrine, for practice, and for its worldview. A […]
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August 19–25, 2023
Lesson 9: “Living Wisely” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson takes the texts from Ephesians 5 out of sequence to make points about good lifestyle. The significance […]
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I’m Not Ready!
MARTIN CAREY “Keep moving dirt bags, this is your lucky day!” The Roman guard laughed as he yanked the chains that linked the prisoners together. Convict Jacob had learned that […]
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1. Is the Clear Word Official?
STEPHEN PITCHER The answers to these questions reveal the truth that Adventists are conflicted about this unique, denominationally-specific work. On the one hand they love it because it endorses and […]
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August 12–18, 2023
Lesson 8: “Christ-Shaped Lives and Spirit-Inspired Speech” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Again, the lesson attempts to instruct members to live and speak positively without understanding being born […]
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Introduction
“Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of The Clear Word, Jack. J. Blanco’s expanded paraphrase of the Bible.” So begins Jim Miller’s article “In […]
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August 5–11
Lesson 7: “The Unified Body of Christ” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author does not understand the impact of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling believers but admonished readers […]
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