August 3–September 5, 2025
Lesson 10: “The Covenant and the Blueprint” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | Once again this week, the lesson reveals that at its heart, Adventism teaches that those who are saved will […]
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Author: Richard Tinker
Richard Tinker is the president of Life Assurance Ministries and an elder at Redeemer Fellowship, an evangelical church in Loma Linda, California. Richard and his wife Colleen have co-led Former Adventist Fellowship since 1999 and rejoice in the freedom they have found in living by the Spirit.
July 13–19, 2024
Lesson 3: “Controversies” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This lesson covers Mark 2 through Mark 3:6, and we find some of the gospels’ most profound accounts […]
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Dale Ratzlaff’s Memorial Homily
RICHARD TINKER | Introduction I am honored to be here and to speak at Dale’s service. He has spoken so much into my life that changed me and my direction […]
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Walking In the Light: A Journey Out of Adventism
Colleen I grew up a third generation Adventist. I went to Adventist elementary schools and an Adventist academy, and I attended Walla Walla College in Washington. I loved being an […]
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I Chose My Mountain
RICHARD TINKER I was born on a mountain—Howell Mountain adjacent to the Napa Valley in Northern California. This mountain, however, is very similar to another mountain—Mt. Sinai. In order to […]
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Letters from Jesus
Revelation 2, 3 RICHARD TINKER Richard Tinker preached this sermon at Redeemer Fellowship on July 17, 2022. Jordan Quinley read the letters to the churches. The sermon is available on […]
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Do You Fear Death or God?
RICHARD TINKER WITH COLLEEN TINKER It happened so fast. The doctor who did my biopsy in December was not alarmed, and four weeks flashed by before my follow-up appointment. His […]
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Our Shepherd Keeps Us
Have you noticed the news lately? Of course you have. We hear of horrible acts of violence and lawlessness almost every day now. I propose to you that our world needs […]
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News from Bethlehem
Our bus traveled south from Jerusalem and headed toward the wall. We stopped while young soldiers with guns slung casually over their shoulders checked our passports. O little town of […]
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FAF CONFERENCE 2020 ANNOUNCED
We are looking forward to meeting you at the fourteenth annual Southern California Former Adventist Fellowship Conference, “The New Lawgiver: Jesus”.We are meeting in Loma Linda, California, at Redeemer Fellowship […]
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CREATED FOR WORK
EPHESIANS 2:1–10 BY RICHARD TINKER Did you try to get better before you finally trusted Jesus? Maybe you were considering baptism, or maybe you were thinking about starting church […]
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FORMER ADVENTIST MEETINGS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED
This weekend, November 3–5, 2018, Life Assurance Ministries and The Chapel are holding a two-part conference in St. Joseph, Michigan. On Saturday, November 3, there will be a one-day conference […]
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NO MATTER THE COST
By Richard Tinker No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and […]
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Former Adventist Conference Live Today
The annual Former Adventist Fellowship Conference, held in Loma Linda, California, begins on Friday, February 16, at 9:00 AM (PST). The conference is streamed live on the internet at two […]
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LETTER FROM RICHARD AND DALE
Dear Friend of Life Assurance Ministries, Adventists continue to question and leave their organization. In August, 2017, we received an email that said, “I am an Adventist, […]
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