January 29–February 4
Lesson 6: “Jesus, the Faithful Priest” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author does not explain that Melchizedek lived BEFORE the Mosaic covenant law existed; thus, Jesus’ priesthood […]
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Category: Authors
Trusting God With Our Loved Ones
NICOLE STEVENSON It was Saturday, January 16, 2010. In our parental exhaustion we planned to skip church that day. My husband—a natural early morning riser— was happily “on duty” for […]
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January 22–28
Lesson 5: “Jesus, the Giver of Rest” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson redirects the meaning of entering God’s rest “TODAY” into a “time of decision” which, […]
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My Year of Faith-Building
COLLEEN TINKER This week marks one year since Richard got his diagnosis: prostate cancer. The good news was the stage was early; the bad news was that surgery offered the […]
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January 15–21
Lesson 4: “Jesus, Our Faithful Brother” COLLEEN TINKER For further study: Former Adventist Podcast “Enter Sabbath Rest Today—Hebrews 4” Problems with this lesson: The lesson presents Jesus’ destruction […]
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Why We Fight Against Adventism
KASPARS OZOLINS Scripture calls life a “vapor” and repeatedly stresses how short the time that we have on this earth is. That is why I have always appreciated each new […]
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January 8–14
Lesson 3: “The Promised Son” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: While claiming Jesus is eternal and is God, it diminishes Him and says His work is fighting for and […]
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Your Mandate for 2022
COLLEEN TINKER Can you believe this is the second New Year we have welcomed in the time of Covid? When we all entered our first two-week “lockdown” to “slow the […]
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January 1–7
Lesson 2: “The Message of Hebrews” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author uses Hebrews 1 to affirm Ellen White’s prehistory idea that God exalted Jesus to the […]
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Christmas Security
COLLEEN TINKER This Christmas season I am impacted by the way God brought the world’s attention to the end of the law and the revelation of the new covenant. Through […]
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Revelation 10 & 11: The Little Scroll and the Last Warning
PHILLIP HARRIS Review and Overview In chapter 7 of Revelation we learned of God’s sealing 144,000 Hebrew evangelists whose mission is to bring the gospel message of Jesus Christ to […]
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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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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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