October 7–13, 2023
Lesson 2: “God’s Mission to Us: Part 2” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson is another frustrating piece that uses normal-sounding Christian words, such as “mission” and “disciples” […]
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We Got Mail
I Can’t Reconcile “Once Saved, Always Saved” Another sleepless night. I’m still trying to deprogram even though I was only in Adventism for about one to two years. I’ve been […]
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Are New Covenant Commandments Different?
Adventists have been taught that, wherever the Bible uses the word “commandments”, the word applies to the Decalogue. The Ten Commandments, they argue, are eternal, and what God gave to […]
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To My Brothers and Sisters in Christ
SABRA M. REED I know the Lord has sent you here. If you love the Lord you already know that all things work together for good for those who love […]
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8. The Clear Word On the Sanctuary, 1844, and the Investigative Judgment
The Investigative Judgment (IJ) is unique. No other church (except a few Adventist offshoots) teaches an IJ that began on Oct. 22, 1844, in the second compartment of the heavenly […]
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September 30–October 6, 2023
Lesson 1: “God’s Mission to Us: Part 1” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This quarter’s focus is encouraging individual proselytizing. The lesson is based on the paradigm of […]
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We Got Mail
Are You Still Meeting on Saturdays? I am confused. After your leaving the Adventist cult, are you still meeting on Saturdays? Or are you preparing programs for Sabbath School for […]
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What Is the [True] Church?
RICHARD FOSTER A very important issue that comes up for those transitioning out of Adventism is the question of the church. Where should I go to church when there are […]
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Our Journey From Law to Grace
DANE AND NANCY REHIL My wife Nancy and I left Adventism in 1982 after years of study and soul-searching. We still have family and friends in the “church” and so […]
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7. The Clear Word On the Sabbath
The seventh-day Sabbath is one of the distinguishing marks of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In fact, Sabbath-keeping has been at the heart of the “Adventist message” since the 1840’s after […]
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September 23–29, 2023
Lesson 14: “Ephesians In the Heart” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson diminishes the point of Ephesians by overlooking the place of the cross in God’s creating one […]
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We Got Mail
What To Do With “Jesus Is Lord Of the Sabbath”? First of all, I want to say, thank you for sharing God’s words and history through the podcast. Every Tuesday […]
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Our Glorious Christ Revealed
NICOLE STEVENSON As Colleen Tinker and I have been working our way through Daniel and Revelation for the Former Adventist Podcast, I’ve noticed my heart changing in unexpected ways. I […]
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A Saved Christian!
DALE HAND “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does […]
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6. The Clear Word On the Godhead
In this chapter we look at the Adventist teaching on the Godhead and how The Clear Word distorts some very important passages of Scripture on the nature of the Godhead […]
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