I’m Not Ready!
MARTIN CAREY “Keep moving dirt bags, this is your lucky day!” The Roman guard laughed as he yanked the chains that linked the prisoners together. Convict Jacob had learned that […]
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Category: Authors
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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