- Lesson 3 for the week of January 10 to January 17
Life and Death
INTRO: In perhaps one of Paul’s most puzzling statements about spiritual growth as we follow Jesus, the Memory Verse this week challenges our thinking, “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is…Read more
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lesson 13 for the week of December 20 to December 27
Choose This Day!
Lesson Guide, Introduction: "Shechem was the place where Abraham had built an altar upon his arrival in the land, and where God first gave him the promise of the land (Gen. 12:7). Now, when the…Read more
- Lesson 12 for the week of December 13 to December 20
God is Faithful!
Text: Joshua chapter 13: 1 When Joshua was an old man, the Lord said to him, you are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.
2 This is the territory that remains: all…Read more
- Lesson 11 for the week of December 6 to December 13
Living in the Land
Texts: Psalms 37:3–6, 34, 37. 3Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.4Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
5Commit…Read more
- Lesson 10 for the week of November 29 to December 6
More Like Joshua? More Like Jesus?
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."—2 Corinthians…Read more
- Lesson 9 for the week of November 22 to November 29
Joshua and the Gibeonites
Deuteronomy 20: 10 As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace. 11 If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the…Read more
- Lesson 8 for the week of November 15 to November 22
Giants of Faith: Joshua and Caleb
Giants of Faith: Joshua and Caleb Moses sent 12 men, one from each tribe, to act as intelligence agents or spies, regarding the land that God had promised to Israel. Text: Numbers 13:17-20.
17 Moses…Read more
- 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
- Lesson 6 for the week of November 1 to November 8
The Enemy Within
Lesson Guide: Of the Israelites: "Their most dangerous enemy was not outside their camp but within their own rank and file." [But we do not live in a camp, and we are not organized by…Read more
- Lesson 5 for the week of October 25 to November 1
God Fights for You
Lesson Guide: "The book of Joshua contains some disturbing scenes. Serious questions are raised by the concept of a divine or holy war portraying a group of people with a God-given mandate to destroy another…Read more
- Lesson 4 for the week of October 18 to October 25
The Conflict Beyond All Conflicts
Israel's crossing of the Jordan in Lesson 3 was a miraculous success: We have tried to imagine the logistics of getting thousands of people of all ages, across a swollen river, together with their animals…Read more
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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 TestamentEducation: Ph.D., Andrews University, 2011; M.Div., Andrews University, 2004
Research Interests: Old Testament and Hebrew.
Jody Washburn
Associate Professor of Hebrew and Biblical StudiesEducation
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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