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Pondering the Rapture

July 27, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER As Nikki Stevenson and I have been walking through the book of Revelation in the Former Adventist Podcast, we have been bumping into questions about the rapture of […]

Our Journey Out of Adventism

July 27, 2023 Rick Barker Faith Story, Feature, Rick Barker

A special note to any of my SDA friends reading this letter: Many of you have had a significant impact on my life, encouraging me to love the study of […]

July 29–August 4, 2023

July 27, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 6: “The Mystery of the Gospel” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson again eviscerates the power of the gospel and the depth of what Paul was […]

Adventism’s Death Doctrine: Gospel or Deception

July 20, 2023 Richard Foster Doctrine, Feature, Richard Foster, State of the Dead

BY RICHARD FOSTER I remember when my wife and I were making our exit from Adventist theology, we were hearing talk of humans having souls or spirits that existed consciously […]

July 22–28

July 20, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 5: “Horizontal Atonement: The Cross and the Church” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Although the author says the cross is the means of Christ’s uniting Jews and […]

Post-Cult Doubt in a Post-Christian Culture

July 13, 2023 Nicole Stevenson Devotional, Feature, Nicole Stevenson

NICOLE STEVENSON Now what? I remember thinking. I’ve spent all my life believing lies. Everything I’ve built and planned for centered on what I believed in Adventism! How could I […]

July 15–21

July 13, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 4: “How God Rescues Us” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is almost right—and yet its confusion fails to explain humanity’s natural state and the reality […]

My Hairdresser Transformed!

July 6, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Faith Story, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER This week I sat in a cubicle shrouded in a black cape while the one person whom I’ve trusted to cut my hair for over 15 years worked […]

July 8–14

July 6, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 3: “The Power of the Exalted Jesus” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This Lesson: This entire lesson is premised on not understanding the nature of spiritual life in believers. […]

“The Bible Is a Dirty Book”: Unbelief and Hatred for the God of the Bible

June 29, 2023 Kaspars Ozolins Bible—The Word, Doctrine, Feature, Kaspars Ozolins

KASPARS OZOLINS This month, Loren Seibold, editor of Adventist Today, wrote a provocatively titled piece: “The Bible Is a Dirty Book: …which also contains the words of eternal life.” This […]

July 1–7

June 29, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 2: “God’s Grand, Christ-Centered Plan” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This Lesson: The lesson states early on that “we lose salvation only by our own sinful choices.” There is […]

Can I Trust God When Someone Sins Against Me?

June 22, 2023 Colleen Tinker Adventist Relationships, Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER Once again the correspondence we received during the past couple of weeks has yielded a subject that is so important we felt it deserved to be shared with […]

What Are God’s Decrees and How Does He Carry Them Out?

June 22, 2023 Jordan Quinley Doctrine, Feature, Jordan Quinley

Redeemer Catechism Series, Questions 9 and 10 JORDAN QUINLEY As we continue our study through the Redeemer Catechism, we address the next two questions that arise logically after examining how […]

June 24–30

June 22, 2023 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 1: “Paul and the Ephesians” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson states that the epistle’s purpose is “to awaken the believers in Ephesus to their full […]

Revelation 22: New Heaven and New Earth, Part 2

June 15, 2023 Phillip Harris Daniel and Revelation, Doctrine, Feature, Phil Harris

PHIL HARRIS Preview Chapters 21 and 22 of Revelation share the common theme of the eternal New Jerusalem. It is appropriate to step back and review these verses before looking […]