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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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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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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We Got Mail
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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What Happens To the Wicked Dead? I’ve been intending to write, but life seems to go on fast even though I live in the slow lane of my garden. I […]
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November 1–7, 2025
Lesson 6: “The Enemy Within” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | What is “sin”? Is it, as Adventist historian and author George Knight has said, a disease which yields “sins” as its […]
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Reaction to Podcast “A False Prophet? Ellen G. White” That’s not what Adventists believe in. Ellen G. White never mentioned herself to be a prophet, and Adventists have never used […]
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October 25–31, 2025
Lesson 5: “God Fights For You” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | This week’s Sabbath School lessons are the second round of attempts to explain Israel’s battles against the Canaanites from a […]
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Paul Named Names Just a few words of reflection: why didn’t Paul leave Demas alone, in love with this present world (2 Timothy 4:10)? He didn’t; he mentioned him in […]
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October 18–24, 2025
Lesson 4: “The Conflict Behind All Conflicts” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | This week’s Sabbath School lesson states that Adventism interprets the Bible through the lens of Ellen White’s great controversy. […]
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I Don’t Understand the Trinity Please explain the Trinity of the Bible. The Father, Son-Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. I know they are one. However, I still do not understand […]
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