1. Is the Clear Word Official?
STEPHEN PITCHER The answers to these questions reveal the truth that Adventists are conflicted about this unique, denominationally-specific work. On the one hand they love it because it endorses and […]
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August 12–18, 2023
Lesson 8: “Christ-Shaped Lives and Spirit-Inspired Speech” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Again, the lesson attempts to instruct members to live and speak positively without understanding being born […]
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Introduction
“Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of The Clear Word, Jack. J. Blanco’s expanded paraphrase of the Bible.” So begins Jim Miller’s article “In […]
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August 5–11
Lesson 7: “The Unified Body of Christ” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author does not understand the impact of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling believers but admonished readers […]
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Pondering the Rapture
COLLEEN TINKER As Nikki Stevenson and I have been walking through the book of Revelation in the Former Adventist Podcast, we have been bumping into questions about the rapture of […]
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Our Journey Out of Adventism
A special note to any of my SDA friends reading this letter: Many of you have had a significant impact on my life, encouraging me to love the study of […]
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July 29–August 4, 2023
Lesson 6: “The Mystery of the Gospel” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson again eviscerates the power of the gospel and the depth of what Paul was […]
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Adventism’s Death Doctrine: Gospel or Deception
BY RICHARD FOSTER I remember when my wife and I were making our exit from Adventist theology, we were hearing talk of humans having souls or spirits that existed consciously […]
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July 22–28
Lesson 5: “Horizontal Atonement: The Cross and the Church” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Although the author says the cross is the means of Christ’s uniting Jews and […]
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Post-Cult Doubt in a Post-Christian Culture
NICOLE STEVENSON Now what? I remember thinking. I’ve spent all my life believing lies. Everything I’ve built and planned for centered on what I believed in Adventism! How could I […]
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July 15–21
Lesson 4: “How God Rescues Us” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is almost right—and yet its confusion fails to explain humanity’s natural state and the reality […]
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My Hairdresser Transformed!
COLLEEN TINKER This week I sat in a cubicle shrouded in a black cape while the one person whom I’ve trusted to cut my hair for over 15 years worked […]
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“The Bible Is a Dirty Book”: Unbelief and Hatred for the God of the Bible
KASPARS OZOLINS This month, Loren Seibold, editor of Adventist Today, wrote a provocatively titled piece: “The Bible Is a Dirty Book: …which also contains the words of eternal life.” This […]
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