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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.

Joyous and Thankful

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 21 to July 28
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Verses: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Leading Question: How can Paul write a personal letter to believers he scarcely knows? As reported in Acts 17:1-10, Paul had spent only three Sabbaths preaching in the Jewish synagogue when turmoil erupted...

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Thessalonica in Paul’s Day

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 14 to July 21
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Verses: Acts 18:1-3; 1 Cor. 9:19-27; 16:19 Leading Question: How does the temperament and personality of a city effect how Christians share their faith? In 168 BC, the city of Thessalonica invited Rome to take over their...

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Preserving Relationships

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 7 to July 14
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Verses: Acts 16-17; 1 Corinthians 2-4 Leading Question: When opposition arises, how do we decide between fight and flight? After an astonishingly brief stay in Thessalonica of only three weeks, enough trouble had erupted that Paul found it...

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The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 30 to July 7
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Verses: Acts 16:9 – 17:12 Leading Question: How does the church at Thessalonica compare with the typical Christian church today? In the first two lessons for this quarter we focus on the story of the founding of...

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The Promise of His Return

  • Lesson 13 for the week of March 24 to March 31
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Leading Question: Why is it that the promise of Christ’s return is so easily dimmed in our world? Suggestion: Have class members share their favorite Second Coming passages from Scripture and the stories that illustrate...

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Love Stories

  • Lesson 12 for the week of March 17 to March 24
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Leading Question: What was a “love story” like before sin entered the world? How did sin affect the male-female relationship? In some ways, the only love story before sin, that of Adam and Eve, was...

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God as Artist

  • Lesson 11 for the week of March 10 to March 17
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Leading Question: How do Christians celebrate the beautiful in a world that is so heavily marred by sin? Devout conservatives Christians often find it difficult to recognize beauty for beauty’s sake.  It is much easier...

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The Promise of Prayer

  • Lesson 10 for the week of March 3 to March 10
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Leading Question: Why are God’s answers to prayer so unpredictable? The topic prayer is a huge one. The list of different kinds of prayer is impressive: Praise, thanksgiving, complaint, and petitionary are some of the...

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The Bible and History

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 25 to March 3
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Leading Question: Is this world the best that God can do, or are we looking for a better one? The important questions in this lesson can perhaps be addressed against the backdrop of a chapter...

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Creation Care

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 18 to February 25
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Leading Question: Has our consumer society taught us to destroy the earth? Lauren Weber’s book, In Cheap We Trust (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009), raises a significant question for the Christian: Do we...

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Lord of the Sabbath

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 11 to February 18
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Leading Question: How can Jesus help us see how an Old Testament Sabbath that was precious to Him, can also be precious to us today? Let’s consider important questions about the Sabbath from three perspectives,...

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God the Lawgiver

  • Lesson 6 for the week of February 4 to February 11
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Leading Question: Does God’s law condemn the sinner, or guide the sinner to a richer life? Terrifying Lawgiver and Gracious Lawgiver: The following passages help us explore the tension between a holy God from whom...

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The Holiness of God

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 28 to February 4
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Leading Question: To what extent is “holy” a user-friendly word, either to describe God or our fellow human beings? In an insightful comment describing matched but contrasting pairs of human traits, the British classicist, Richard...

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The God of Grace and Judgment

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 21 to January 28
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Leading Question: How is it possible for a person to rejoice at the thought that God is coming to judge the earth? In our culture, the prospect of judgment can be looked at from at...

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