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Reasons for Thanksgiving and Prayer

INTRO: This week’s Bible Lesson turns from the focus on Paul’s suffering in prison for preaching the gospel of Jesus to reasons Paul gives for thanksgiving and prayer despite such challenges which are also facing… Read More

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  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 3 to January 10

Reasons for Thanksgiving and Prayer

INTRO: This week’s Bible Lesson turns from the focus on Paul’s suffering in prison for preaching the gospel of Jesus to reasons Paul gives for thanksgiving and prayer despite such challenges which are also facing…Read more
Uniting Heaven and Earth: Christ in Philippians and Colossians — 1st Quarter 2026 Host: Guests: and
January 3, 2026
  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 27 to January 3

Persecuted but Not Forsaken

Memory Verse: “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4, NKJV). INTRO: This week’s lesson theme is “Persecuted but Not Forsaken.” Our “memory verse” for this week is chosen in light…Read more
Uniting Heaven and Earth: Christ in Philippians and Colossians — 1st Quarter 2026 Host: Guests: and
December 27, 2025
  • Introduction for the week of December 27 to January 3

Program Introduction

“Today, we begin a new 13-week study series of two letters written by the apostle Paul to the first century followers of Jesus living in Philippi and Colossae which we find in the Bible’s New…Read more
Uniting Heaven and Earth: Christ in Philippians and Colossians — 1st Quarter 2026 Host: Guests: and
December 27, 2025
  • Lesson 7 for the week of November 8 to November 15

Warfare, Land Division, and Zelophehad’s Daughters

Introduction: As with the fictional milkman Tevye, from the village of Anatevka*, God chose to bless Zelophehad not with sons— but instead, with daughters—five of them!
 Unlike Caleb and Joshua, but like all other men…Read more
Joshua — 4th Quarter 2025 Host: Guests: and
November 8, 2025

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    Robert Wresch

    Dr. Robert Wresch served as an ophthalmologist at the Guam Seventh-day Adventist Clinic for 32 years. He worked as a medical missionary in Malawi and Lesotho for many years before coming to Guam where he served as the Eye Department Director.

    Mathilde Frey

    Professor of Hebrew Bible, Old Testament
    Education: Ph.D., Andrews University, 2011; M.Div., Andrews University, 2004 Research Interests: Old Testament and Hebrew.

    Jody Washburn

    Associate Professor of Hebrew and Biblical Studies
    Education PhD – Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California Los Angeles MA – Religion—Old Testament, Andrews University MA – Religion—Religious Education, Andrews University BA – Theology, Walla Walla University Research/Interests Interdisciplinary study of ancient tombs and inscriptions Intersections between psychological science and theology, particularly in the area of compassion and spirituality Creative pedagogy, particularly in the areas of Bible and archaeology Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible Hobbies Camping, hiking, playing ragtime on the piano, reading, and going out with friends.

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