Category: Sabbath School Commentary

  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 […]

Lesson 12: “Receiving An Unshakable Kingdom” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The primary problem with this lesson is the author’s illegitimate association of texts and words to create […]

  Lesson 11: “Jesus, Author and Perfecter of our Faith” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: Faith is explained as a quality learned through examples, not as a gift […]

Lesson 10: “Jesus Opens the Way Through the Veil” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson attempts to explain how Jesus began His investigative judgment work This lesson teaches […]

Lesson 9: “Jesus, the Perfect Sacrifice” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: It is an apologetic for the investigative judgment It teaches that sacrificial blood transfered sin to the tabernacle […]

Lesson 8: “Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson portrays Jesus as the paragon of obedience that makes Him our Example. […]

Lesson 7: “Jesus, the Anchor of the Soul” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson emphasizes the Adventist paradigm that people can fall in and out of salvation […]

Lesson 6: “Jesus, the Faithful Priest” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The author does not explain that Melchizedek lived BEFORE the Mosaic covenant law existed; thus, Jesus’ priesthood […]

Lesson 5: “Jesus, the Giver of Rest” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The lesson redirects the meaning of entering God’s rest “TODAY” into a “time of decision” which, […]