8. The Door Opens Again—Quietly
In the last chapter we saw that after the disappointment of October 22, 1844, early Adventists taught that the door of mercy was shut. Shortly after this, Ellen White and […]
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Category: Great Controversy
7. The Swinging Door
After the disappointment of 1844, the Millerite movement split into two groups. One group, which Miller later joined, recognized that nothing really happened on October 22, 1844,1 and continued to […]
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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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Down the Adventist Rabbit Hole
DARREL CARSON | Off the grid and loving Jesus “For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am […]
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June 21–27, 2025
Lesson 13: “Images of the End” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central Problem With This Lesson: This lesson imposes “present truth” on Jonah and Cyrus, modeling great controversy conditional prophecy and […]
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Worship Jesus Because He Is
RICHARD PEIFER | Pastor I had agreed to write commentary on the thirteenth Sabbath School lesson of the third quarter of 2011 from a Christian perspective. As I read the […]
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March 8–14, 2025
Lesson 11: “What More Could I Have Done?” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central problem: God is vindicated in two judgments: the “pre-Advent judgment”, and the “post-Advent judgment” when all our […]
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March 1–7, 2025
Lesson 10: “Rules of Engagement” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine Central Problem: This lesson assumes a covenant between God and Satan with rules governing their great controversy. This week’s lesson assumes […]
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What the Current Division Within Adventism Teaches Us
MYLES CHRISTIAN | Host, Answering Adventism New drama has sparked within the Adventist universe prompted by the cancellation of an Adventist pastor by the name of Conrad Vine—particularly with some statements he […]
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July 27–August 2, 2024
Lesson 5: “Miracles Around the Lake” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is the fifth in the Sabbath School quarterly entitled simply, Mark. The […]
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June 22–28, 2024
Lesson 13: “The Triumph of God’s Love” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This last lesson of the series on The Great Controversy covers chapters 39–42. Author […]
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June 15–21, 2024
Lesson 12: “Earth’s Closing Events” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson, based on chapters 37 and 38 of The Great Controversy, reminds readers that […]
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June 8–14, 2024
Lesson 11: “The Impending Conflict” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson establishes Ellen White’s scenario for ushering in Satan’s final attack against the Sabbath. […]
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May 25–31, 2024
Lesson 9: “The Foundation of God’s Government” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is a hot mess of jumbled Adventist arguments packaged to sell […]
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May 18–24, 2024
Lesson 8: “Light from the Sanctuary” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson opens with these statements and this comparison. The cleansing of the sanctuary […]
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