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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.

Eager to Forgive (Jonah)

  • Lesson 6 for the week of May 4 to May 11
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Leading Question: When Jonah threatened Ninevah with destruction in 40 days, did he do that on his own nickel or at the direction of the Lord? Note: Three of the minor prophets are especially important for exploring...

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Seek the Lord and Live! (Amos)

  • Lesson 5 for the week of April 27 to May 4
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Discussion issues: 1. Is the Day of the Lord good news or bad? Both in biblical times and in our day, “judgment” is a very ambiguous words . Psalm 96 and 98, for example, represent the positive...

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Lord of all Nations (Amos)

  • Lesson 4 for the week of April 20 to April 27
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Leading Question: What happens when God’s people hear that they are no better in God’s eyes than the more obvious “sinners” in the world? Discussion Issues: 1. Startling Comparisons: Israel and her neighbors. The book of Amos...

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A Holy and Just God (Joel)

  • Lesson 3 for the week of April 13 to April 20
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Leading Question: What do natural disasters tell us about the God we serve? Note on the book of Joel: The book of Joel offers several “special” themes that are worth pursuing in a Sabbath School study: Theology: What...

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Love and Judgment: God’s Dilemma (Hosea)

  • Lesson 2 for the week of April 6 to April 13
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Theme: Love and Judgment: God’s dilemma (second of two lessons on Hosea) Leading Question: How do we know when to use the heavy hand instead of the gentle hand with dealing with God’s people? The sharp contrasts...

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Spiritual Adultery (Hosea)

  • Lesson 1 for the week of March 30 to April 6
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Theme: Spiritual Adultery Leading Question: “Why should modern Christians read the “minor” prophets? All of our lessons this quarter focus on the so-called “minor” prophets, the last 12 books of the Hebrew Bible. The official study...

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Introduction to the Study of the Minor Prophets

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Introduction to the Study of the Minor Prophets The twelve small books at the end of our English Bibles are known as the “minor” prophets simply because they are so much smaller than the “major”…

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Creation, Again

  • Lesson 13 for the week of March 23 to March 30
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Major texts: Rev 21:1-5, Gen 3:19,1 Cor 15:52-58, Gen 6:11-13, Isa 11:6-9, John 14:1-3 The final lesson for this quarter invites us to think of creation once again. In this case, it is not about creation as it once happened...

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Creation and the Gospel

  • Lesson 12 for the week of March 16 to March 23
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Major texts: Gen 3:21; Ps 104:29,30; John 1:4; Rom 5:6-11; Gal 3:13, Matt 27:46 This week, the lesson invites us to look at the connections between creation and the gospel. If this is to happen, several connections of thought need to...

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Sabbath: A Gift from Eden

  • Lesson 11 for the week of March 9 to March 16
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Major texts: Gen 2:1-3; Heb 4:3,4; Deut 5:12-15; Ezek 20:12; Mark 2:27,28; 2 Pet 3:3-7 One can hardly complete a reading of the creation account in Genesis without noticing the last act of the drama, namely the establishment of the Sabbath...

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Stewardship and the Environment

  • Lesson 10 for the week of March 2 to March 9
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Major Texts: Ps 8, Gen 2:15, Rev 4:11, Ex 20:8-11,1 Cor 3:16 One of the eventualities that emerge from the story of creation is that all living creatures on earth, indeed all living things on earth, share a common...

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A Gift From Eden

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 23 to March 2
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Major Texts: Gen 2:18-25, Mark 10:7-9, Eph 5:22-25, Matt 5:27-30, 2 Cor 3:18 One of the notable things that emerges from the creation account in Genesis, something that is and has been ubiquitous in human experience, is marriage. It is...

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Jesus, Provider and Sustainer

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 16 to February 23
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Major Texts: Heb 1:3; Col 1:16,17; Job 42; Matt 5:45, 6:25-34,10:28 The lesson this week seeks to make the point that the Creator, whom it identifies as Jesus, was not just involved with creation at the beginning. He is also...

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Through a Glass Darkly

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 9 to February 16
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Major Texts: Job 12:10; 1 Cor 6:19,20; Gen 3:17; John 12:31; 1 Cor 1:18-21 The lesson this week delves into some very interesting and important territory. If its essence were to be distilled into a single, primary question, it would...

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