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.
Read: Matt. 25:31-46; John 13:1-15; Luke 10:38-42 Lord of Our Service. Is it possible to be serving God without ever knowing the one we are serving? Essence of Christianity: Matthew 25: 31-46. Of all the…
Read: Ps. 95:6-7; Matt. 20:25-28; Mark 2:27-28 Lord of Our Worship. Is worship a way or life or is it something special? Worship and the worshiper: Psalm 95:6-7. Where should the focus be in our…
Read: Gen. 2-3; 2 Thess. 3:6-12; Matt. 25:14-30 Lord of Our Labor. When Jesus becomes Lord of our life, do we become ambitious and upwardly mobile, or do we remain content with our state in…
Read: 1 Cor 6:19-20; 10:31 Lord of our Body Temples. How does taking care of our bodies, in the name of Christ, affect our relationship with others? Do we have a responsibility for their temples,…
Read: Jm 1:17; Dt 8:7-18; Ml 3; Mt 6:19-21; 24:45-51; Hb 13:5 Lord of our Resources. If everything in heaven and earth belongs to God, how do we know what is appropriate for us to…
Read: Ps. 127-128; Mt. 22:36-40; Eph. 5:22-33; Eph. 6:1-4 Lord of Our Relationships. When Christ is Lord of our life, do other relationships become more important or less important? Love for God, for others, for…
Read: Mt. 6:5-15; 1 Tm. 2:5; Jn 16:25-27; Jam 5:13-18 Lord of Our Prayers. If, as Jesus said, our heavenly Father already knows what we need before we ask him, why pray? Yet Jesus prayed…
Read: Ps. 19:1-2; John 8:1-11; Eph. 4:15; 25-32; 5:1-2 Lord of our Speech . When Christ is Lord of our life, will the believers words be more gentle, more forceful, more numerous? Or will there…
Read: Gen. 1-3; Mt 4:1-2; 1 Pet. 1:13-16; Rm 5; 6:1-16 Lord of Our Desires. Last week on Probe we focused on Jesus as Lord of our thoughts. This week the focus is more intense,…
Read: Col. 3:1-2; Eph 4 and 6; Rm 12:1-2; Mt. 5:27-30; 2 Cor. 10:3-5 Lord of Our Thoughts. It’s one thing to control our actions in the name of Jesus; it is quite another thing…
Read: Exod. 19; Phil. 2; Ex.2:11-15; Mk 1:35; Job 1:1-5 Lord of Our Priorities. What can the believer expect when Jesus Christ takes control of our life? What happens to our priorities? What becomes first…
Read: Rm. 3:9-26; Lk 1:26-38; Jn 1:1-18; Isa. 53:3-7; 1 Cor. 1:18-31 Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our lessons this quarter focus on the role of Jesus Christ as Lord, not just as Savior,…
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