- Lesson 9 for the week of November 21 to November 28, 2020
The Church and Education
Leading Question: If for some, the church is for believers and the school for thinkers, where can we go in Scripture to provide a more balanced perspective? Theodore Hesburgh, at one time President of Notre...
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- Lesson 8 for the week of November 14 to November 21, 2020
Education and Redemption
Leading Question: How can “redemption” appeal to a secular age? Key issues/puzzles: For Believers: Does God make our decisions for us? – predestinarian Calvinists Do we make decisions for God? – free-will Wesleyans and Arminians...
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- Lesson 7 for the week of November 7 to November 14, 2020
Worship in Education
Scripture: 1 Chron. 16; 1-36; Daniel 1, 3; Psalm 8, 73 Leading Question: Why should worship belong to a discussion of Adventist Education? In the secular world, the goal of education is to train one’s...
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- Lesson 6 for the week of October 31 to November 7, 2020
More Lessons from the Master Teacher
Scripture: Mark 5, 7-8; Luke 5 Leading Question: Did Jesus as “Master Teacher” always follow the rules? In this lesson we want to look at the some of the creative, even unorthodox, methods used by...
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- Lesson 5 for the week of October 24 to October 31, 2020
Jesus as the Master Teacher
Scripture: Heb. 1:1-4; John 1:1-18; 14:1-14 Leading Question: At what age is a child likely to begin questioning the divinity of Christ or the existence of God? When schools are founded by devout Christians, it...
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- Lesson 4 for the week of October 17 to October 24, 2020
The Eyes of the Lord: The Biblical Worldview
Scripture: Prov. 15:3 Leading Question: What is a “world view”? The official study guide has selected Proverbs 15:3 (NKJV) as the “Memory Verse” for this week: “The eyes of the Lord are in every place,...
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- Lesson 3 for the week of October 10 to October 17, 2020
The Law as Teacher
Scripture: Deut. 4:5-8; 13-14; 5:22-33 Leading Question: What is the role of “law” in education? Given the secularizing impulse in higher education, it may seem surprising to see a lesson with the title, “The Law...
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- Lesson 2 for the week of October 3 to October 10, 2020
The Family
Scripture: Eph. 5:21 – 6:1-4; Deut. 6 Leading Question: From an educational perspective, where can one go in the Bible to find he ideal family setting and the ideal family in action? In both Testaments,...
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- Lesson 1 for the week of September 26 to October 3, 2020
Education in the Garden of Eden
Scripture: Genesis 2-3 Leading Question: What can the Garden of Eden teach us about what how we are to go about education today? Our new series of topics for this quarter focus on the topic...
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- Lesson 13 for the week of September 19 to September 26, 2020
A Step in Faith
Scripture: Phil. 2:5-11; Matt. 4:18-20; Acts 9, John 21, 1 John 3:16-18 Leading Question: How does one explain a life-long commitment to God? Our lesson this week focuses of the example of Jesus in giving...
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- Lesson 12 for the week of September 12 to September 19, 2020
A Message Worth Sharing
Scripture: Revelation 14 Leading Question: “What is God’s message for today?” As I prepared the study guide for this lesson, I found myself moving further and further back into biblical history, looking for the great...
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- Lesson 11 for the week of September 5 to September 12, 2020
Sharing the Story of Jesus
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 Leading Question: Will a before-and-after difference always be clear when a person is converted? We could cite several dramatic conversion stories from the New Testament. But there are other examples, too. Can...
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- Lesson 10 for the week of August 29 to September 5, 2020
An Exciting Way to Get Involved
Scripture: Matt. 9:37-38 Leading Question: Why do some people really like small groups and some people really don’t? This week’s lesson trumpets the advantages of small groups. Before looking at some biblical material relating to...
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- Lesson 9 for the week of August 22 to August 29, 2020
Developing a Winning Attitude
Scripture: Eph. 4:15-16; 2 Tim. 2:24-26 Leading Question: How can we overcome deeply-rooted negative attitudes? Galatians 3:28 lays out the agenda for those of us who follow Jesus: “There is no longer Jew or Greek,...
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Alden Thompson
Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Walla Walla UniversityAlden Thompson is currently professor of Biblical Studies at Walla Walla University. He has been a faculty member at WWC since 1970. From 1972 to 1974, he was on college-sponsored doctoral study leave at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. In 1980-81 he was an exchange teacher at Marienhöhe Seminary in Darmstadt, Germany. After serving as WWC academic vice president for four years (1986-90), he returned to full-time teaching in the School of Theology. He retired in 2009, but continued to teach part time until he fully retired on June 30, 2020.