23. Crisis in Freedom
The next few weeks were traumatic. Word was now out in the entire church about our situation. Our elders, now fearful of our being fired, came to our house trying […]
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March 12–18, 2022
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 […]
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We got mail…
Are the Ten Commandments In Heaven? I’ve been watching your YouTube videos from your annual conferences and have enjoyed them very much and am learning a lot from them. I […]
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Do Tell—Don’t Tell
MARGIE ULRICH LITTELL WITH COLLEEN TINKER Let’s consider something important. When we dig a bit into the Adventist theology, we see a pattern of DO TELL—DON’T TELL. Here are a […]
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All About Progressive Sanctification
2. WHAT’S ITS PURPOSE IF WE’RE ALREADY SAVED? DALE RATZLAFF Last week we dealt with various meanings of sanctification. If you did not read part one of this study, you […]
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22. The Inquisition Begins
We were enjoying our new home. Our garden, trees and yard landscaping plants were growing. Our church was continuing to grow. I continued giving Bible studies, but everyday new damaging […]
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March 5–11
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 […]
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We got mail…
Manna and Sabbath Pointed to Jesus Thanks for helping me make the connection to John 6:32 [in the conference talk The Sabbath]. What a gem! The manna was a faith lesson […]
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Blessed by Assembling Together
COLLEEN TINKER The last two years of lockdowns and restrictions, of swiftly-changing mandates and ultimatums have impacted me with the preciousness of believers being together. Our 2022 FAF Conference held […]
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All About Progressive Sanctification
1. HOW MUCH DO WE NEED JESUS? DALE RATZLAFF I started to write this article with some confidence. Then, the more I prayed and studied, the more humbled I have […]
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21. Building a Solid House
When we left Monterey Bay Academy we rented a nice home, but it was still a rental. We had wanted to purchase a home when we were in the Southern […]
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February 26–March 4
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 […]
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We got mail…
A few ways Adventist teachings diminish Jesus The so called investigative judgement doctrine/belief subtly makes Jesus very “small.” He somehow needs to go over records to decide if someone will […]
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White As Snow
ROLAANT MCKENZIE January and February are usually the coldest and snowiest months during southeastern Michigan winters. One of the loveliest places to visit at this time (or any other season […]
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Why I Wrote a New Covenant Catechism
JORDAN QUINLEY Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 1 I recently had the privilege of joining Colleen Tinker and Nicki Stevenson on the Former Adventist Podcast for a great discussion about law, […]
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