- Lesson 9 for the week of February 20 to February 27, 2021
To Serve and to Save
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 41, 42:1-7, 44:26-45:6, 49:1-12 Leading Question: The “servant” of the Lord is sometimes presented as a corporate entity, sometimes as an individual – how does one tell the difference? A recurring...
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- Lesson 8 for the week of February 13 to February 20, 2021
Comfort My People
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 40 Leading Question: How much of Isaiah 40 requires a “correct” historical context in order to bring meaning to the believer’s life? This chapter from Isaiah 40 seems to beg for...
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- Lesson 7 for the week of February 6 to February 13, 2021
Defeat of the Assyrians
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 36-39 Leading Question: What happens when a pagan king uses the name of the Lord in vain? This week’s lesson focuses Isaiah 36-39, an historical interlude between two largely prophetic sections....
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- Lesson 6 for the week of January 30 to February 6, 2021
Playing God
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 13-14, 24-27 Leading Question: To what extent is God’s violence in the Old Testament linked to the fact that he is dealing with violent people? This week’s lesson includes a broad...
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- Lesson 5 for the week of January 23 to January 30, 2021
Noble Prince of Peace
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 9-12 Leading Question: Why do Old Testament passages give us such a bloody path as the way to the Prince of Peace? The section of Isaiah that our lesson this week...
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- Lesson 4 for the week of January 16 to January 23, 2021
The Hard Way
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 7:14-8:22 Leading Question: Is it true for everyone that God first offers us the easy way, but if we refuse, we must learn the hard way? This week’s lesson is haunted...
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- Lesson 3 for the week of January 9 to January 16, 2021
When Your World Is Falling Apart
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 7 Leading Question: How does the Lord work with those who are disobedient? Our lesson this week focuses on Isaiah 7, an event that takes place entirely during the reign of...
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- Lesson 2 for the week of January 2 to January 9, 2021
Crisis of Leadership
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 6 Leading Question: To what extent is God prepared to twist our arms – as he did Isaiah’s – in order to persuade us to enter his service? In this lesson...
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- Lesson 1 for the week of December 26 to January 2, 2021
Crisis of Identity
Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 1, 5 Leading Question: “Was Israel’s place as God’s chosen people irrevocable?” The book of Isaiah is a pivotal books in the Old Testament. It contains so many passages that have...
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- Lesson 13 for the week of December 19 to December 26, 2020
Heaven, Education, and Eternal Learning
Leading Question: The hope of restoration is a vibrant one in the New Testament, but what does that hope look like in the Old? The official studyguide does not address the differences between the Old...
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- Lesson 12 for the week of December 12 to December 19, 2020
Sabbath: Experiencing and Living the Character of God
Leading Question: How does one experience the Sabbath as a gift instead of a test? I am intrigued by the fact that a lesson on “Sabbath” is included in this series on “Education.” Maybe because...
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- Lesson 11 for the week of December 5 to December 12, 2020
The Christian and Work
Leading Question: What’s the agenda here: a lesson on “work” in a series on education? Many of my students have told me that their parents have drilled it into them that they should get an...
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- Lesson 10 for the week of November 28 to December 5, 2020
Education in Arts and Sciences
Leading Question: Why are the Arts and Sciences a focus of special attention in these lessons? I must admit that I became increasingly intrigued as I began working on the study guide for this lesson....
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- 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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Hosts

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.

Dave Thomas
(BA, Atlantic Union College; MDiv, Andrews University; DMin, Andrews University)
David Thomas is Professor of Practical Theology & Apologetics. He has been a member of the faculty at WWU since the summer of 2001. He served as Dean of the School of Theology for seventeen years (2001-2018). He is now focused on full-time teaching and writing. Prior to joining the faculty, Thomas spent some 24 years in pastoral work in New England, and in Washington. His pastoral experience ranges from multiple church districts to large, multi-staff churches. While pastoring in the east, he taught as an adjunct professor at Atlantic Union College for six years. He has served on many administrative committees at conference, union, and institutional levels. He has been a member of the Walla Walla College Board of Trustees.

Brant Berglin
(BA in Theology, Walla Walla College; MDiv, Andrews University; currently a PhD student at Andrews University)
Brant Berglin joined the Walla Walla University School of Theology in January of 2013, as an Assistant Professor in New Testament Studies and Greek. He is a Walla Walla College - School of Theology graduate. Three months later, he moved to Alaska where he served for one year as an intern pastor in Anchorage, Dillingham, Fairbanks, and then for three years as the pastor of the North Pole and Delta Junction Seventh-day Adventist churches.