Category: Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 1: “The Shepherd’s Crucible” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson, based roughly on Psalm 23, stresses that we can learn discipline from our hardships to grow […]

  Lesson 13: “Israel in Egypt” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson approaches the last chapters in the story of Joseph from a technical, analytical perspective that […]

  Lesson 12: “Joseph, Prince of Egypt” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The author trivializes the eternal themes of repentance and forgiveness by focussing on word plays and […]

  Lesson 11: “Joseph, Master of Dreams” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems With This lesson: Again, this lesson is human-centric and presents God as one who intervenes and helps Joseph. The […]

  Lesson 10: “Jacob-Israel” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson ignores God’s restating His covenant with Abraham to Jacob, the son whom God chose to receive the […]

  Lesson 9: “Jacob the Supplanter” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson misses the point that God reiterated His covenant with Abraham to Jacob at Bethel. The […]

  Lesson 8: “The Promise” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The author focusses on speculations and human insight as it deals with the story of Abraham’s call to […]

  Lesson 7: “The Covenant With Abraham” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The lesson does not address that Abraham’s faith (Gen. 15:6) was what God counted to him […]

  Lesson 6: “The Roots of Abraham” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author treats the call of Abraham and his journeys as a series of moral lessons instead […]

  Lesson 5: “All Nations and Babel” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The underlying Adventist worldview is revealed in the first day’s study which says “Once again, God’s […]

  Lesson 4: “The Flood” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: It develops an argument to compare the ark with the ark of the covenant in the tabernacle. The […]

  Lesson 3: “Cain And His Legacy” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: Speculative analysis of Cain and Abel’s gifts add to Scripture and detract from the hearts of […]

Lesson 2: “The Fall” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson makes arguments to support its physical view of man, denying an immaterial human spirit and ignoring Adam […]

  Lesson 1: “The Creation” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The lesson establishes the Adventist idea that Sabbath is a creation ordinance. It emphasizes EGW’s idea that man […]

Lesson 13: “Let Brotherly Love Continue” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: It reduces the last chapter of Hebrews to a series of moral lessons, eclipsing its reminders of […]