December 18–24
Lesson 13: “The Resurrection of Moses” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Jesus is NOT Michael the Archangel; Michael defers to the Lord to rebuke Satan; Jesus rebuked Satan directly […]
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December 11–17
Lesson 12: “Deuteronomy in the New Testament” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The persistent refusal to see that the old covenant was fulfilled by the Lord Jesus, not […]
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The Incarnation: Example Jesus or Jesus the Sacrifice?
COLLEEN TINKER And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and […]
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December 4–10
Lesson 11: “Deuteronomy In the Later Writings” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author fails to see that the nation of Israel was under a specific covenant—the same […]
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November 27–December 3
Lesson 10: “Remember, Do Not Forget” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The emphasis on “Remember” is really about the Sabbath. The Sabbath application is not made in the […]
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Thank God for Turkey and Cream Cheese Frosting
COLLEEN TINKER This coming week we in the United States will celebrate our annual Thanksgiving holiday. This day is rooted deeply in our country’s early history and echoes the stories […]
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November 20–26
Lesson 9: “Turn Their Hearts” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This Lesson: Limiting God’s ability to act within the paradigm of the great controversy Exaltation of man’s supposed free will and […]
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November 13–19
Lesson 8: “Choose Life” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The great controversy worldview which makes salvation about choosing to keep the law and to be “good” in order to […]
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Adventism’s Trojan Horse
COLLEEN TINKER I had a poignant and perceptive email this week. The writer was a top student in an Adventist seminary (not in North America) when he began to look […]
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November 6–12
Lesson 7: “Law And Grace” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Moral beings need a moral law to define morality; thus the moral law existed in heaven from eternity. The […]
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October 30–November 5
Lesson 6: “For What Nation Is There So Great?” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This Lesson: It states that the Decalogue is eternal and universal. It equates not adding or taking […]
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October 23–29
Lesson 5: “The Stranger In Your Gates” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: It equates the restatement of the Mosaic Covenant in Deuteronomy with the idea of the “new covenant”. […]
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October 16–22
Lesson 4: “To Love The Lord Your God” COLLEEN TINKER The main problems with this lesson are: Ignoring the context and the first audience of Deuteronomy and applying it to […]
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The Bible Conference of 1919
Reveals Adventist Leaders Have Never Agreed On Ellen White’s Prophetic Authority—Includes Full Transcript BY COLLEEN TINKER Four years after Ellen White died, the Seventh-day Adventist organization held a Bible Conference in […]
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What Is True?
BY COLLEEN TINKER A Facebook conversation drew me in this week. The original post (written by a former Adventist) asked, in essence, how much personal discomfort and loss we would […]
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