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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Category: Sabbath School Commentary
November 6–12
Lesson 7: “Law And Grace” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Moral beings need a moral law to define morality; thus the moral law existed in heaven from eternity. The […]
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October 30–November 5
Lesson 6: “For What Nation Is There So Great?” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This Lesson: It states that the Decalogue is eternal and universal. It equates not adding or taking […]
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October 23–29
Lesson 5: “The Stranger In Your Gates” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: It equates the restatement of the Mosaic Covenant in Deuteronomy with the idea of the “new covenant”. […]
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October 16–22
Lesson 4: “To Love The Lord Your God” COLLEEN TINKER The main problems with this lesson are: Ignoring the context and the first audience of Deuteronomy and applying it to […]
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October 9–15
Lesson 3: “The Everlasting Covenant” BY JEANIE JURA This week’s lesson is so twisted and contradictory that it is difficult to know where to begin. Perhaps it would be […]
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October 2–9
BY JEANIE JURA Lesson 2: “Moses’ History Lesson” This week’s lesson gives a history of the first part of Moses’ address to the people as he recounts their journey. […]
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September 25–October 1
BY JEANIE JURA Introduction and Lesson 1: “Preamble to Deuteronomy” Comments on Introduction and week 1 This quarter’s lesson is based on some assumed ideas. Five of them are un-Biblical, […]
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September 18–24
Lesson 13: “The Ultimate Rest” This week’s lesson opens with the reminder that “the great controversy also is being played out on a much more personal level.” The point of […]
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September 11–17
Lesson 12: “The Restless Prophet” This week’s lesson seems almost like an anomaly, a lesson that doesn’t fit a quarter’s studies about Sabbath rest. Yet the placement of this […]
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September 4–10
Lesson 11: “Longing For More” This lesson is an egregious misuse Hebrews 4, but it is true Adventism. In fact, this lesson reminds me why I used to hate reading […]
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August 28–September 3
Lesson 10: “Sabbath Rest” This week’s lesson exposes the false foundation and Ellen White hermeneutic upon which Adventism builds its doctrines. I confess that this lesson is hard for me […]
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August 21–27
Lesson 9: “Rhythms of Rest” This week’s Sabbath School lesson illustrates Adventism’s mastery of creating a narrative without any biblical support or hermeneutical integrity. The lesson’s weaving of Adventist […]
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August 14–20
Lesson 8: “Free to Rest” This week’s lesson takes the New Testament story of the paralytic let down through the ceiling in order to reach Jesus for healing along […]
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August 7–13
Lesson 7: “Rest, Relationships, and Healing” This next week’s lesson is again using the story of Joseph—this time to make a case for forgiveness. Unfortunately, however, this lesson can’t […]
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