December 20–26, 2025
Lesson 13: “Choose This Day!” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | When you read the Old Testament stories of Israel, what do you think you are supposed to learn from them? As […]
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Author: Colleen Tinker
Colleen Tinker, the editor of Proclamation! magazine, and her husband Richard left Adventism in 1998 with their two sons, Roy and Nathanael, who were in grades six and ten. They have co-led the Former Adventist Fellowship since 1999. Colleen, a graduate of Walla Walla University, is a former high school English teacher and also the former managing editor of Adventist Today magazine. Colleen became the stepmother of Roy and Nathanael in 1989, and in 2008 she adopted them. Romans 8:15-17 has assumed new depth and significance for her and Richard since she and her sons chose to claim each other legally and permanently. She and Richard share an office and a commitment to sharing the gospel of the true Jesus with all of those seeking a way out of the bondage of the false gospel of Adventism.
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Why Meet on Sunday? Would you be able to help me? My husband is now seeing why we don’t keep Sabbath, but he is having a hard time with why […]
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December 13–19, 2025
Lesson 12: “God Is Faithful” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Adventism has no idea what God’s faithfulness really is because it denies His absolute sovereignty. When you think of the words, […]
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Jesus Is God! I recently talked to an elderly Adventist man who said that he’s not trinitarian, and that Jesus isn’t God. He wants me to have Bible studies with him. […]
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December 6–12, 2025
Lesson 11: “Living In the Land” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | When you hear the words “Keep His commandments; His commandments are not burdensome”, what comes to your mind? Do you […]
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Calvin Misinterpreted Thank you for your article and insights on “What Do We Do With Calvinism?” This is a very difficult issue that you attempted to tackle. Shortly before John […]
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What Do We Do With Calvinism?
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Shortly after we left Adventism I encountered one of Christianity’s ongoing discussions—a discussion about which I knew almost nothing as an Adventist. I began to realize, […]
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November 29–December 5, 2025
Lesson 10: “The True Joshua” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | How are we supposed to interpret the Bible? Is the Old Testament a series of “types” that ultimately find fulfillment in […]
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Should I Be Baptized? Colleen and Nikki, you have done so much to help me through my journey of overcoming my past, as a member of the Worldwide Church of […]
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November 22–28, 2025
Lesson 9: “Heirs Of Promises, Prisoners of Hope” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | This week’s lesson attempts to explain how the unconditional promises God made to Abraham that his descendants would […]
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Finally Understand God’s Rest! Colleen and Nikki, I want to thank you for all the work you do for the former Adventists, helping us understand the gospel and much more. […]
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November 15–21, 2025
Lesson 8: “Giants of Faith: Joshua and Caleb” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Who were Caleb and Joshua, and what set them apart and made them famous men from the Old […]
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We Got Mail
Who lied: God or Satan? Thanks for your email in which you told me more of your understanding about life and death. You started with, “I believe that when believers […]
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Love: God’s New Covenant Gift
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Full confession: studying through Romans for the Former Adventist Podcast with Nikki Stevenson has opened my eyes in so many ways that I didn’t realize I […]
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November 8–14, 2025
Lesson 7: “Ultimate Loyalty: Worship in a War Zone” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | The Great Controversy paradigm makes it impossible for an Adventist to understand the Bible in context. When […]
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