December 25–31
Lesson 1: “The Letter to the Hebrews and To Us” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with the lesson: The author ignores the occasion for this epistle: the recipients of Hebrews “were being […]
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Category: Authors
Rescued and Transferred!
MARTIN CAREY Every night Sharon and I take our little old dog Cashew for a 20-minute walk. Even though we live in a mostly peaceful neighborhood, we have seen the […]
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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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Living Life Together
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE The wind howled in a sustained blast as it tore through crevices in the mountain. With gale force it dislodged mighty boulders causing them […]
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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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The Gift of All Gifts
DALE RATZLAFF For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, […]
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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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You Can Leave it Behind
NICOLE STEVENSON “And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, “A sower went out to sow his […]
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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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Adventism’s Forebears Unmasked
KASPARS OZOLINS The introductory page of LeRoy Froom’s work The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers notes that the writing was “[p]repared under assignment from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, […]
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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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