We Got Mail
God Answered and Gave Me Hope! You published an email I sent recently regarding my stepson’s Adventist baptism and a conversation between my Adventist wife and myself. For 14 years, […]
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Category: Colleen Tinker
February 24–March 1
Lesson 9: “Blessed Is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord” COLLEEN TINKER | Problems with this lesson: This week the author refers to many psalms that prefigure […]
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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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We Got Mail
Fear of Leaving Adventism I am writing to you because I do not know where else to turn. Thank you for continuing your ministry and work for those searching for […]
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February 17–23, 2024
Lesson 8: “Wisdom for Righteous Living” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: It’s always astonishing to me how the Sabbath School lessons take biblical subjects and turn them into Adventist […]
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When Does Compassion Become Affirmation
COLLEEN TINKER I have to admit that I’ve been surprised at the recent kerfuffle that has arisen because of the much-publicized comments by long-time evangelical pastor Alistair Begg on a […]
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Is the Fourth Commandment a Moral Law?
COLLEEN TINKER The question was heartfelt—even a little desperate. The writer, a never-been-Adventist, was struggling to deal with the Sabbath arguments of a well-known Adventist theologian and writer who happened […]
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Comparing Adventism with Christianity
COLLEEN TINKER WRITINGS Adventism The Bible, including Adventist paraphrase The Clear Word. Over 600 published titles with divine revelations and counsel by prophetess Ellen G. White (1827–1915), including The Desire of Ages and The […]
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Stunned By Ty Gibson and David Asscherick
COLLEEN TINKER Last weekend I listened, stunned, to two Adventist sermons preached verse-by-verse. One was from the much-beloved 2 Corinthians 3 passage in which Paul contrasts the covenant of death […]
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God Told Daniel the Future
MARGIE LITTELL with COLLEEN TINKER The people of Israel knew for a long time that God was going to bring in a new covenant for them with new words (commandments). […]
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January 20–26, 2024
Lesson 4: “The Lord Hears and Delivers” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson uses a plethora of psalm fragments to teach that God is near and will […]
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January 13–19, 2024
Lesson 3: “The Lord Reigns” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The clearest disclosure of the author’s intentions is found this week in the Teacher’s Comments. Even though the title […]
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Can We Really “Lovingly” Obey the Law
COLLEEN TINKER We recently received an email revealing an ongoing confusion which, I believe, is common among many Christians and especially among former Adventists. The questions concerns God’s commands to […]
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January 6–12, 2024
Lesson 2: “Teach Us to Pray” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Once again the lesson assumes the Adventist worldview is reality, and the Psalms are used as useful aids […]
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December 30, 2023–January 5, 2024
Lesson 1: “How to Read the Psalms” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This week we begin a new lesson quarterly entitled Psalms, and this first week focusses on “How […]
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