November 12–18
Lesson 8: “New Testament Hope” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The premise of this lesson is a straw-man argument: why would we need a resurrection if people are […]
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Category: Colleen Tinker
November 5–11
Lesson 7: Christ’s Victory Over Death [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The lesson reveals Adventism’s lack of understanding of the resurrection by opening with a mockery of the […]
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What Is Speaking In Tongues?
[COLLEEN TINKER] We received a simple, one-sentence email this week. The writer has an Adventist background but is seeking biblical truth. I realized, as I read it, that many former […]
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October 29–November 4
Lesson 6: “He Died For Us” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: This author does not understand that the resurrection is not only about the body. It asserts that […]
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October 22–28
Lesson 5: “Resurrections Before the Cross” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This Lesson: The lesson teaches that Jesus resurrected Moses on the basis of the account of Michael the […]
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Michael Is Not Jesus, And the Resurrection Is Not a Re-Creation
COLLEEN TINKER This week as I wrote our commentary on next week’s Sabbath School lesson, I realized that it addresses two of the Adventist organization’s persistent but less-well-known teachings. I […]
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October 15–21
Lesson 4: “The Old Testament Hope” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: Because of Adventism’s worldview and its belief that humans have no immaterial spirit and that death equals […]
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October 8–14
QUARTER FOUR—ON DEATH AND DYING AND THE FUTURE HOPE Lesson 3: “Understanding Human Nature” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems With This Lesson: This classic Adventist apologetic for the physicality of man […]
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The Gospel Overwhelmed My Adventism
[MANUELA BOSCIA WITH COLLEEN TINKER] Editor’s Note: This email came to Life Assurance Ministries this week. We reprint it here with the author’s permission. I’m a 37-year-old woman; I live […]
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October 1–7
QUARTER FOUR—ON DEATH AND DYING AND THE FUTURE HOPE Lesson 2: “Death In a Sinful World” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The lesson opens with Lucifer being envious […]
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Heaven Rules
[COLLEEN TINKER] Richard and I slowly opened bleary eyes about 3:20 AM on Monday to watch the livestream of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service at Westminster Abbey. No one does […]
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Septemer 24–30
QUARTER FOUR—ON DEATH AND DYING AND THE FUTURE HOPE Lesson 1: “Rebellion in the Universe” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The title of the quarterly is wrong, establishing […]
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Freedom from Adventist Trauma
[COLLEEN TINKER] If there is any effect of Adventism—besides the worldview—that we formers share in common, it is some form of trauma. Of course, not everyone shares the same types […]
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September 17–23
Lesson 13: “Christ in the Crucible” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: This lesson asserts that God chose to bear our sin to preserve our individual freedom of choice. […]
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Jesus is the Scapegoat
[COLLEEN TINKER] It’s fascinating to me that one of the most stubbornly-defended Adventist doctrines—besides the obvious doctrine of the Sabbath and the slightly-less-obvious doctrine of “soul sleep”—is their almost-unseen doctrine […]
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