December 23–29, 2023
Lesson. 13: “The End of God’s Mission” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: • This lesson reveals Adventism’s tritheistic godhead and their assumed “mission”.• This lesson assumes the great controversy […]
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Category: Authors
His Disciples Trust
MARTIN CAREY Jesus has always been able to draw a crowd. When He fed more than 5000 by the Sea of Galilee, the excited crowds followed him everywhere. This was […]
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We Got Mail
Relieved Not To Feel Crazy I left the Adventist church when I became a freshman in college and have never wanted to go back, even though I couldn’t identify exactly […]
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O Little Town of Bethlehem
COLLEEN TINKER In 2008 Richard and I experienced one of the most significant gifts God has ever given us (apart from saving us and giving us family): a two-week trip […]
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December 16–22, 2023
Lesson 12: “Esther and Mordecai” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson once again appropriates the word of God as an instruction manual for Adventist proselytizing. This week the […]
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God Gave Us the Greatest Gift of All!
MYLES CHRISTIAN Advent is probably my favorite time of the year. Every year I tend to spend quite a bit of time reflecting on Christ’s incarnation and why it deserves […]
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December 9–15, 2023
Lesson 11: “Mission to the Unreached: Part 2” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: In Part 2 of “Mission to the Unreached”, the focus of the author is to teach […]
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Former Adventists Give to the Church
COLLEEN TINKER The day I first understood the new covenant changed me forever. As an Adventist I couldn’t have explained how the new covenant “worked”, although I had heard the phrase. […]
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The Cross of Christmas
SCOTT BLAKEY Think of it. That blessed night in Bethlehem has become such a well-known, oft-told story, we sometimes forget the full meaning of that night—why this seemingly humble birth […]
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December 2–8, 2023
Lesson 10: “Mission to the Unreached: Part 1” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: In this lesson the agenda of Adventist evangelism reveals itself even further. The artificial divisions of […]
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We Got Mail
Health Message—Tactics of Grooming and Abuse As I read Colleen Tinker’s commentary on the Sabbath School lesson in the November 17 issue of the weekly Proclamation! magazine I was struck […]
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The Chain of Grace Not Found in Adventism
RICHARD FOSTER I recently saw some old Adventist art work circulating online. The picture showed a sieve, such as someone would use for shaking smaller particles out of a soil […]
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A New Covenant Needs New Words
MARGIE LITTELL WITH COLLEEN TINKER Let’s investigate Jesus’s New Covenant. It is explained so well in the letter to the Hebrews. While we don’t know who wrote Hebrews, we can […]
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November 25–December 1, 2023
Lesson 9: “Mission To the Powerful” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The fact that the Sabbath School department felt the need to devote an entire week to evangelizing the […]
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We Give Thanks In All Seasons
NICOLE STEVENSON We all know that Thanksgiving is a season that calls us to reflect on the things we’re grateful for. For one month even secular culture is abuzz with […]
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