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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.

The War Within

  • Lesson 11 for the week of March 9 to March 16
Relevant Biblical Passages: Rom. 8:31-39; Eph. 6:10-17 Crucial Role of Human Obedience. One can scarcely avoid the significance of human obedience in the lives of those who follow Jesus,. Even those devoted followers of Paul...

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Jesus Wins

  • Lesson 10 for the week of March 2 to March 9
Relevant Biblical Passages: Mark 14-16; John 13, 20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26; 15:3-14 Jesus: Mediator Both Ways. In the story of Jesus, the paradoxical elements in the great cosmic battle become especially prominent. The more traditional...

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The Great Controversy and the Miracles of Jesus

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 23 to March 2
Relevant Biblical Passages: Matt. 8:5-13; 12:22-32; Mark 5:25-34; John 5:1-18; 11:1-45 Miracles: Gift or Reward? Some of Jesus’ miracles seem to have been performed without any particular merit or even faith on the part of...

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The Great Controversy in the Parables of Jesus

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 16 to February 23
Relevant Biblical Passages: Matt. 13; 20:1-16; 21:33-41; 22:1-14; Luke 15 Human Responsibility and Divine Initiative in Tension: The Parables. If one adopts the so-called “free-will” defense of God in the cosmic struggle between good and...

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Jesus Models Victory

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 9 to February 16
Relevant Biblical Passages: Isa. 53; Matt. 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13; 16-28; John 6:1-15 A Surprising Messiah. Many passages in the Old Testament could be taken to suggest that the Messiah would sweep away the enemies of...

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Faith Amid Turmoil

  • Lesson 6 for the week of February 2 to February 9
Relevant Biblical Passages: Job 19:25-27; Gen. 17:1-11; 22:1-18; Ruth, Dan. 6; Esther 4 Tormented Witnesses. Apparently belonging to the Lord’s side doesn’t mean an easy street in the great cosmic struggle. Can you think of...

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Winning and Losing

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 26 to February 2
Relevant Biblical Passages: Gen. 39; Judg. 13-16; 2 Sam. 11-12; 1 Kings 18; Heb. 11 God’s Witnesses: Imperfect Saints. If the Book of Job provides the framework within which we are to understand the great...

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The War Comes to Earth

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 19 to January 26
Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis 3, 4, 6-9, 11 Dangerous Freedom. In some ways the early chapters of Genesis mirror the “action” of biblical narratives where God “allows” his creatures to be free. In the New...

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The Contenders

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 12 to January 19
Relevant Biblical Passages: Gen. 3; Job 1-2; Zech. 3; Matt. 4:5-6 Two Lions: The lion is a tantalizing symbol in Scripture. On the one hand, it can symbolize the Devil who stalks the earth “seeking...

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Issues in the Great Controversy

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 5 to January 12
Relevant Biblical Passages: Zech. 3:1-5; Matt. 4:8-11; John 8:42-46; 14:9-11; Rev. 12:17 Theodicy. Technically defined, the term “theodicy” means “justification or vindication of God.” It addresses the dilemma of how a God who claims to...

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War in Heaven

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 29 to January 5
Relevant Biblical Passages: Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:12-17; Rev. 12 Power Play or Moral Conflict? It is possible to view the great struggle between Christ and Satan as simply a battle between two great generals, one...

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Sins of the Neighbors

  • Lesson 2 for the week of October 6 to October 13
Background and Literary Considerations Amos 1:2-2:16 introduce us to three major speech forms in Amos: a sermon, speeches or oracles against foreign nations (OAN) and the “numerical” proverb. Delivered evidently at the sanctuary at Bethel,...

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April 30, 2011

The Last Five Kings of Judah

October 10, 2015

Jesus Mingled with People

July 30, 2016

The Priority of the Promise

July 29, 2017

The Character of Job

December 17, 2016

The Curse Causeless

October 29, 2016

Jesus in the Writings of Peter

May 13, 2017

Major Themes in 1 and 2 Peter

June 17, 2017

In the Shadow of His Wings

May 7, 2011

The Church Militant

March 12, 2016

Grieving and Resisting the Spirit

March 11, 2017

Symbolic Acts

October 31, 2015

Josiah’s Reforms

November 14, 2015

The Promise

May 14, 2022

The Covenant with Abraham

May 7, 2022

The Roots of Abraham

April 30, 2022

All Nations and Babel

April 23, 2022

The Flood

April 16, 2022

Cain and His Legacy

April 9, 2022

The Fall

April 2, 2022

The Creation

March 26, 2022

Let Brotherly Love Continue

March 19, 2022

Receiving an Unshakeable Kingdom

March 12, 2022

Jesus, Author and Perfecter of Our Faith

March 5, 2022

Jesus Opens the Way Through the Veil

February 26, 2022

Jesus, the Perfect Sacrifice

February 19, 2022

Discipling Children

January 18, 2014

The Law of God

August 30, 2014

The Coming of Jesus

March 28, 2015

Crisis Continues

November 7, 2015

Jesus’ Last Days

June 11, 2016

The Personality of the Holy Spirit

January 21, 2017

Paul’s Pastoral Appeal

August 19, 2017

The Habits of a Steward

March 17, 2018

The Key to Unity

October 20, 2018

Season of Parenting

May 18, 2019

From Reading to Understanding

December 28, 2019

Unlimited Possibilities

August 1, 2020

Desire of Nations

March 13, 2021

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