We Got Mail
Pushback on “Discussing Adventist Doctrine with Guest Richard Tinker” There are over 22 million Adventists, and only 1.2 million in the USA, and you are judging all based on the […]
Read more
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.
August 9–15, 2025
Lesson 7: “The Bread and Water of Life” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Have you ever wondered why God gave Israel manna and the Sabbath at the same time—before the Law […]
Read more
We Got Mail
I Need to Find a Church Thank you so much for replying to my email and for your help. I am reading the Bible like never before. I found how […]
Read more
August 2–8, 2025
Lesson 6: “Through the Red Sea” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Have you ever noticed that the exodus is used throughout the whole Bible almost like a spiritual archetypes? If not, […]
Read more
We Got Mail
Responses to “Ten Plagues Defined by Adventism” You Never Prove Anything Are you talking about the seven last plagues? Ex-Adventists never just go away; they have something to prove, but […]
Read more
July 26–August 1, 2025
Lesson 5: “Passover” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | When you think of the Passover, what did the blood on the door posts protect Israel from? What was the significance of Egypt’s […]
Read more
A Shepherd is Home
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | This week the church at large is both mourning and rejoicing in the death of John MacArthur. We are collectively mourning because the man who was […]
Read more
July 19–25, 2025
Lesson 4: “The Plagues” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Have you ever wondered about those Ten Plagues that God sent to Egypt before He led Israel out? How could God send […]
Read more
We Got Mail
What Happens When the Wicked Die? I have a question about burning in hell fire forever. If, at death, the body goes to the grave and the spirit goes to […]
Read more
July 12–18, 2025
Lesson 3: “Rough Start” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | As an Adventist, did you believe you were “spiritual Israel”? Why were those stories about Israel in Egypt in the Bible—were they […]
Read more
We Got Mail
Should I Have My Adventist Friends Over for Dinner? This is a tough question I’ve been wrestling with. According to the teaching of 2 John 1:10-11, would it be unbiblical […]
Read more
She Was Erton Köhler’s Secretary
Now Teaching True Gospel To Brazil COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | We watched the vote confirming Erton Köhler as the new General Conference (GC) president of the Seventh-day […]
Read more
We Got Mail
How Do I Tell My Family I’m Leaving? I have been on this amazing journey in my walk with God. I have decided to leave Adventism but am struggling with […]
Read more
When Faith Came!
COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Dear Colleen, “I thought people were always saved by faith throughout history,” wrote my friend Olive recently, “yet Galatians 3:23 talks about ‘before faith came’, […]
Read more
July 5–11, 2025
Lesson 2: “The Burning Bush” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Central Problem with this Lesson: This lesson sees the story of Moses from a human-centered viewpoint and makes these accounts […]
Read more