O Little Town of Bethlehem
COLLEEN TINKER In 2008 Richard and I experienced one of the most significant gifts God has ever given us (apart from saving us and giving us family): a two-week trip […]
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We Who Have Believed Entered Rest!
CYNTHIA FEARING “Now we who have believed enter that rest…” Hebrews 4:3 I was recently asked the following question(s): The answers to these questions are found in the doctrines of […]
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December 16–22, 2023
Lesson 12: “Esther and Mordecai” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson once again appropriates the word of God as an instruction manual for Adventist proselytizing. This week the […]
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We Got Mail
Adventists Are Rejecting Jesus’s Covenant Finally, I understand. The Adventist church (because it is based on the Old Covenant, and its commandments, and its Sabbath signs) spends a lot of […]
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God Gave Us the Greatest Gift of All!
MYLES CHRISTIAN Advent is probably my favorite time of the year. Every year I tend to spend quite a bit of time reflecting on Christ’s incarnation and why it deserves […]
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Breaking From Generations
JERALEE A. SMITH I am the daughter of an SDA pastor, who is the son of an SDA pastor who was the son of a devout SDA layperson who heard […]
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December 9–15, 2023
Lesson 11: “Mission to the Unreached: Part 2” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: In Part 2 of “Mission to the Unreached”, the focus of the author is to teach […]
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Former Adventists Give to the Church
COLLEEN TINKER The day I first understood the new covenant changed me forever. As an Adventist I couldn’t have explained how the new covenant “worked”, although I had heard the phrase. […]
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The Cross of Christmas
SCOTT BLAKEY Think of it. That blessed night in Bethlehem has become such a well-known, oft-told story, we sometimes forget the full meaning of that night—why this seemingly humble birth […]
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My Letter of Resignation From Adventism
To the Warrimoo Seventh-day Adventist church, the Pastor and EldersFrom Ferdinand RajcanyLetter of resignation from the SDA denomination30th December 2004 Dear friends, For the last seven years I was troubled […]
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We Got Mail
Trouble With Hell Thank you for your patience with me. I’m having problems with the issue of hell burning for ever, everlasting destruction, and the comparison of it with the […]
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December 2–8, 2023
Lesson 10: “Mission to the Unreached: Part 1” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: In this lesson the agenda of Adventist evangelism reveals itself even further. The artificial divisions of […]
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We Got Mail
Health Message—Tactics of Grooming and Abuse As I read Colleen Tinker’s commentary on the Sabbath School lesson in the November 17 issue of the weekly Proclamation! magazine I was struck […]
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The Chain of Grace Not Found in Adventism
RICHARD FOSTER I recently saw some old Adventist art work circulating online. The picture showed a sieve, such as someone would use for shaking smaller particles out of a soil […]
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A New Covenant Needs New Words
MARGIE LITTELL WITH COLLEEN TINKER Let’s investigate Jesus’s New Covenant. It is explained so well in the letter to the Hebrews. While we don’t know who wrote Hebrews, we can […]
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