It’s a Question of Authority
[STEPHEN PITCHER] I was born into an agnostic, spiritualistic family. In spite of our ambivalence about the existence of God, though, I knew the spiritual world was as real as […]
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November 5–11
Lesson 7: Christ’s Victory Over Death [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The lesson reveals Adventism’s lack of understanding of the resurrection by opening with a mockery of the […]
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Revelation 18–19:5: Eternal Fall of Babylon
[PHIL HARRIS] Review and Introduction In chapter 13 we were introduced to the Dragon who brought up two beasts, one from the sea and one from the earth. These two […]
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What Is Speaking In Tongues?
[COLLEEN TINKER] We received a simple, one-sentence email this week. The writer has an Adventist background but is seeking biblical truth. I realized, as I read it, that many former […]
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October 29–November 4
Lesson 6: “He Died For Us” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: This author does not understand that the resurrection is not only about the body. It asserts that […]
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Stand Against the Devil!
[MARTIN CAREY] “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). Those of us brought up in […]
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October 22–28
Lesson 5: “Resurrections Before the Cross” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This Lesson: The lesson teaches that Jesus resurrected Moses on the basis of the account of Michael the […]
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Michael Is Not Jesus, And the Resurrection Is Not a Re-Creation
COLLEEN TINKER This week as I wrote our commentary on next week’s Sabbath School lesson, I realized that it addresses two of the Adventist organization’s persistent but less-well-known teachings. I […]
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October 15–21
Lesson 4: “The Old Testament Hope” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: Because of Adventism’s worldview and its belief that humans have no immaterial spirit and that death equals […]
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Truth is Immutable!
[NICOLE STEVENSON] “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). When I was […]
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October 8–14
QUARTER FOUR—ON DEATH AND DYING AND THE FUTURE HOPE Lesson 3: “Understanding Human Nature” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems With This Lesson: This classic Adventist apologetic for the physicality of man […]
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Hell is Forever
Coming to Grips With the Biblical Hell [RICHARD FOSTER] From the outset it might be asked why I have chosen to write about such an unpleasant subject as hell. But […]
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The Gospel Overwhelmed My Adventism
[MANUELA BOSCIA WITH COLLEEN TINKER] Editor’s Note: This email came to Life Assurance Ministries this week. We reprint it here with the author’s permission. I’m a 37-year-old woman; I live […]
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October 1–7
QUARTER FOUR—ON DEATH AND DYING AND THE FUTURE HOPE Lesson 2: “Death In a Sinful World” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The lesson opens with Lucifer being envious […]
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Heaven Rules
[COLLEEN TINKER] Richard and I slowly opened bleary eyes about 3:20 AM on Monday to watch the livestream of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service at Westminster Abbey. No one does […]
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