Colleen Tinker – Page 23 – Proclamation! Online Magazine

August 27–September 2

August 25, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 10: “Meekness in the Crucible” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The lesson defines “meekness” in terms of endurance with patience and without resentment but misses the power […]

What Is Seventh-day Adventism?

[COLLEEN TINKER] The fall of 2015 has proven to be historic in unexpected ways. One of the most surprising unfolding events has been the campaign of retired Seventh-day Adventist neurosurgeon […]

August 20–26

August 18, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 9: “A Life of Praise” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: This lesson sees praise as a means to the end of conversion or conquering. The author again […]

August 13–19

August 11, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 8: “Seeing the invisible” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Adventist physicalism distorts the biblical revelation of spiritual death, spiritual life, resurrection, and the work of the Holy […]

August 6–12

August 4, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 7: “Indestructible Hope” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author’s Adventist understanding of “hope” is confusing and unstable because it is built on a foundation of […]

How Does Forgiveness Work In Believers?

July 28, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER The question of repentance and forgiveness in a believer’s life comes up frequently among former Adventists. If Jesus died once for all, if we are saved on the […]

July 30–August 5

July 28, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 6: “Struggling With All Energy” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson attempts to teach fighting sin with Christ’s power while defending absolute free will. The […]

July 23–29

July 21, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 5: “Extreme Heat” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson again assumes the human experience is the focal point of suffering. The author misses Job’s repentance […]

July 16–22

July 14, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 4: “Seeing the Goldsmith’s Face” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson betrays Adventism’s ignorance of the new covenant. The author connects “purification” with the great […]

July 9–15

July 7, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 3: “The Birdcage” COLLEEN TINKER Problem with this lesson: The author frames his lessons on personal suffering through the lens of the “great controversy” The author condemns the […]

Abortion: Adventist Definition of Life

June 30, 2022 Colleen Tinker Abortion, Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Proclamation! Magazine | This week I have been watching the polarized responses to last Friday’s Supreme Court decision to overturn the nearly-50-year-old ruling commonly known as […]

July 2–9

June 30, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 2: “The Crucibles That Come” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The Adventist worldview that says salvation is a process of committing to obedience and pleasing God […]

June 25–July 2

June 23, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 1: “The Shepherd’s Crucible” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson, based roughly on Psalm 23, stresses that we can learn discipline from our hardships to grow […]

June 18–24

June 16, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 13: “Israel in Egypt” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson approaches the last chapters in the story of Joseph from a technical, analytical perspective that […]

Ten Commandments: Only for Israel?

June 9, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

COLLEEN TINKERResearch by Beverly Bessada “But what about the Sabbath?” people ask us when we leave Adventism. “The Ten Commandments are the Law of God, not the law of Moses,” […]