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Alden Thompson

Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Walla Walla University

Alden 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.

Unlimited Possibilities

  • Lesson 6 for the week of August 1 to August 8
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Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1, 12; Matthew 25:14-30 Leading Question: What is God’s plan for employing a wide variety of skills and talents in the work of his kingdom? Not all of us have the same...

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Spirit-empowered Witnessing

  • Lesson 5 for the week of July 25 to August 1
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Scripture: Mark 8:22-36; John 4:3-34; Acts 8:26-38 Leading Question: Who is the Holy Spirit? In the early centuries of the Christian era, Christians struggled mightily to understand and define the three members of the Godhead. Its...

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Prayer Power: Interceding for Others

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 18 to July 25
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Scripture: Mark 8:22-36; John 4:3-34; Acts 8:26-38 Leading Question: Why is prayer so mysterious? In a rather tantalizing quotation, C. S. Lewis comments about the mysteries of holy places: I say the gods deal very...

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Seeing People Through Jesus’ Eyes

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 11 to July 18
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Scripture: Mark 8:22-36; John 4:3-34; Acts 8:26-38 Leading Question: Why doesn’t Jesus fix everything and everyone at once? Comment: This lesson brings together a wide diversity of people whom Jesus helped. Some got on the...

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Winsome Witnesses: The Power of Personal Testimony

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 4 to July 11
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Scripture: Mark 5, 16; Acts 26 Leading Question: Is it possible to be consistently “winsome” in our witness, or is it inevitable that believers must sometimes face heavy weather? In approaching this week’s topic, the...

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Why Witness?

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 27 to July 4
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Scripture: Luke 15; 1 Tim. 2:3-4 Leading Question: The call to public witness seems to be a plan crafted for extroverts. What is God’s plan for introverts? In this new series of lessons, the focus...

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Leaders in Israel

  • Lesson 13 for the week of December 21 to December 28
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Relevant Verses: Ezra, Nehemiah, Matthew 20:25-28 Leading question: After we put Jesus at the head of our list of good leaders described in the Bible, which ones would you rank as the three next best...

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Dealing with Bad Decisions

  • Lesson 12 for the week of December 14 to December 21
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 13 Leading question: Are some decisions so bad, that the way out requires the suspension of grace? The formal study guide has chosen to dedicate this whole lesson to the fifth problem...

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Backslidden People

  • Lesson 11 for the week of December 7 to December 14
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 13 Leading question: When dealing with backslidden people in his day, did Jesus support or modify the strong-arm methods of Ezra and Nehemiah? Nehemiah 13, the last chapter in the book, does...

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Worshiping the Lord

  • Lesson 10 for the week of November 30 to December 7
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 12 Leading question: In an age when music is a very divisive issue in the church, how can the worship music described in Scripture help us unify our church worship today? Since...

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Trials, Tribulations, and Lists

  • Lesson 9 for the week of November 23 to November 30
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Relevant Verses: Ezra 8, Nehemiah 11, 12 Leading question: Since several books in the Bible, including Ezra and Nehemiah, include long lists of names, how do we make sense of such lists in an age...

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God the the Covenant

  • Lesson 8 for the week of November 16 to November 23
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 10 Leading question: Does the biblical concept of covenant make any sense in our modern world? Where we live in College Place (“Highland Park Drive”) a “covenant” used to be taken very...

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Our Forgiving God

  • Lesson 7 for the week of November 9 to November 16
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 9 Leading question: What can we learn from a lesson entitled “Our Forgiving God,” but which includes the call to separate from foreigners? If one attempts to reconstruct a history of the...

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The Reading of the Word

  • Lesson 6 for the week of November 2 to November 9
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Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 8 Leading question: In an age when reading seems to be less important, can the example of long hours of reading make a difference for good in today’s world.? Nehemiah 8 is...

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