Category: Sabbath School Commentary

THREE COSMIC MESSAGESLesson 1: “Jesus Wins—Satan Loses” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: Salvation is seen as a free-will choice to remain obedient to the Ten Commandments instead of […]

Lesson 12: “Rewards of Faithfulness” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The author reveals Adventism’s lack of understanding of the teaching of “rewards”. EGW’s revelation that the parable of […]

Lesson 11: “Managing in Tough Times” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The author uses the story of Jehoshaphat to remind Adventists to believe their prophet. The lesson’s objective […]

Lesson 10: “Giving Back” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson is a reminder to people to leave part of their inheritance to “the church”. The author uses […]

Lesson 9: “Beware of Covetousness” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: Covetousness is presented as a sin that is able to be overcome by focussed effort. The lesson presents […]

Lesson 8: “Planning For Success” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson is attempting to give basic financial advice using the Bible and EGW as the foundation for […]

Lesson 7: “Unto the Least of These” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson teaches giving to the poor as a moral requirement for demonstrating one’s commitment to […]

Lesson 6: “Laying Up Treasure In Heaven” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This is a thinly-veiled appeal to Adventists to “invest” in Adventism and its evangelism in order […]

Lesson 5: “Dealing With Debt” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson cannot fully deal with the debt problem while promoting a false gospel that does not change […]

Lesson 4: “Offerings for Jesus” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The author separates offerings from tithes and makes offerings the sign of our gratitude to God. The lesson […]

Lesson 3: “The Tithing Contract” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: This lesson ignores the hermeneutical principle of prescriptive and descriptive passages.  This week’s argument is based on the […]

  Lesson 2: “God’s Covenants With Us” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems with this lesson: The foundation of the lesson is wrong: God’s covenants are misdefined and misapplied. The author arbitrarily […]

  Lesson 1: “Part of God’s Family” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The identification of God’s family is based on EGWs view of “conversion”, not on a biblical understanding […]

  Lesson 14: “All Things New” COLLEEN TINKER   Problems With This Lesson: The lesson is written on the framework of EGW’s Great Controversy requiring a physicalist worldview. The lesson […]