Gardening Taught Me Truth About Fear
[NICOLE STEVENSON] I vividly remember sitting in my friend Sarah’s bedroom looking out her picture windows into the woods that surrounded her home. She was telling me how she was […]
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August 13–19
Lesson 8: “Seeing the invisible” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Adventist physicalism distorts the biblical revelation of spiritual death, spiritual life, resurrection, and the work of the Holy […]
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Passing of an Adventist Leader
[KASPARS OZOLINS] Former North America division (NAD) president Daniel R. Jackson passed away suddenly on July 23, 2022. The news was sudden to me, at least, because he had only […]
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August 6–12
Lesson 7: “Indestructible Hope” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author’s Adventist understanding of “hope” is confusing and unstable because it is built on a foundation of […]
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How Does Forgiveness Work In Believers?
COLLEEN TINKER The question of repentance and forgiveness in a believer’s life comes up frequently among former Adventists. If Jesus died once for all, if we are saved on the […]
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Protecting the Faith Given To Us
CHRIS BADENHORST Often former Adventists are asked why they don’t just “leave Adventism alone”. Everyone is free to believe whatever he or she wants to believe, they say, but […]
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July 30–August 5
Lesson 6: “Struggling With All Energy” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson attempts to teach fighting sin with Christ’s power while defending absolute free will. The […]
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Letters from Jesus
Revelation 2, 3 RICHARD TINKER Richard Tinker preached this sermon at Redeemer Fellowship on July 17, 2022. Jordan Quinley read the letters to the churches. The sermon is available on […]
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The Central Theme of the Whole Bible
JORDAN QUINLEY Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 3 Having just affirmed that only the Bible “tells us all we need to know about God”, the Redeemer Catechism then asks what the […]
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July 23–29
Lesson 5: “Extreme Heat” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson again assumes the human experience is the focal point of suffering. The author misses Job’s repentance […]
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Revelation 15 and 16: God’s Final Wrath
PHIL HARRIS Prelude The book of Revelation is not the only place in Scripture where we learn about God’s wrath. Jesus, for example, told us that what happened to Sodom […]
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July 16–22
Lesson 4: “Seeing the Goldsmith’s Face” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson betrays Adventism’s ignorance of the new covenant. The author connects “purification” with the great […]
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Man and The Suitable Helper
MARTIN CAREY Writing about the nature of man has been a very humbling venture, and especially with this topic today—relationships between men and women. There is no subject more badly […]
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Live the Life After With a Bible
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE It was painful to watch news reports of the Harold Camping fiasco on May 21. One couldn’t help but see the parallels to […]
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