- Lesson 11 for the week of March 7 to March 14
Living with Christ
Memory Verse: “Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” (Colossians 3:14, NRSVue). INTRO: Admittedly, there is much in the Christian life that defies explanation. How can a person really…Read more
- Lesson 10 for the week of February 28 to March 7
Complete in Christ
Memory Verse: “So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is…Read more
- Lesson 9 for the week of February 21 to February 28
Reconciliation and Hope
Memory Verse: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). INTRO: There is an unsurpassable…Read more
- Lesson 8 for the week of February 14 to February 21
The Preeminence of Christ
Memory Verse: “He [Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible,…Read more
- Lesson 7 for the week of February 7 to February 14
A Heavenly Citizenship
Memory Verse: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6, NRSVue). INTRO: Paul has repeated admonished believers in…Read more
- Lesson 6 for the week of January 31 to February 7
Confidence Only in Christ
Memory Verse: “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from…Read more
- Lesson 5 for the week of January 24 to January 31
Shining as Lights in the Night
Memory Verse: “Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as…Read more
- Lesson 4 for the week of January 17 to January 24
Unity Through Humility
Memory Verse: “Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind” (Philippians 2:2, NKJV). INTRO: In this week’s lesson we are reminded again of Paul’s emphasis on…Read more
- 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
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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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