What About the Babies?
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Sometimes I ponder the surprising direction my life has taken. A consummate “people pleaser” as a student, I would never have thought I might end up […]
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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.
July 18–24, 2026
Lesson 4: “Sin in the Church” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Adventist, how many times have you encountered immoral or abusive behavior within Adventism without the offender ever being held accountable? […]
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We Got Mail
Confirming Christianity (Comment on “How To Evangelize Adventists To the Truth”) My bride and I love you both and your addressing all things Adventist [on Former Adventist Podcast]. You not […]
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July 11–17, 2026
Lesson 3: “Unity In Christ” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | When Adventists speak of “unity”, what does that mean? Around WHAT are Adventists supposed to unify themselves? If you say you […]
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We Got Mail
How Do I Untangle Adventist Prophecy? I wanted to reach out because I find myself in a season of sincerely studying the Scriptures and trying to understand these issues for […]
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July 4–10, 2026
Lesson 2: “The Message of the Cross” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Adventist, what was the purpose of “the cross”? Why did Jesus die? What do we learn from the cross? […]
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God Hated Esau? I am having a hard time with the issue of free will and God’s sovereignty. I believe in both. I am going through Romans 9. and I […]
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June 27–July 3, 2026
Lesson 1: “Paul’s Ministry in Corinth” or Adventists Don’t Like Paul COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Adventist, what is your gut reaction when you think of Paul’s New Testament epistles? Do […]
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Ministry Making a Difference I recently started listening to your YouTube channel and podcasts, and I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the incredible work you are […]
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June 20–26, 2026
Lesson 13: “Into Eternity” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Adventist, do you look forward to the “second coming”, or do you secretly dread it? Do you think you will go to […]
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Is Penal Substitutionary Atonement Biblical? (Response to “Is There a New Adventism?” Regarding atonement, the evangelical faith has largely gotten caught up in PSA, which unfortunately is not supported Biblically. […]
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God’s Justice Bought Our Life
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Last Friday evening as we began our weekly Former Adventist Fellowship Bible study, Richard said something I have been pondering ever since: “God is so just […]
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June 13–19, 2026
Lesson 12: “Share Him” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Adventist, do you feel helpless and hopeless when you look at your life? You are reminded to share you faith, to share […]
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Response to “Adventist, Does Your Suffering Save God?” What a spin-doctored load of nonsense question. It is a well known FACT that the pagan persecutions of Christians in Rome only […]
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On the Death of My Dad
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | On Monday morning, October 15, 2001, the phone rang. Exhausted from days of anxiety and sadness and nights of staying late at the hospital, I answered […]
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