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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.

Behold, He Comes!

  • Lesson 13 for the week of September 22 to September 29
Key Passages: Isaiah 11, 65-66; John 14:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4 He Will Come. In our modern world, the Christian has to fight on two fronts. On the one hand, an increasing number...

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The Days of the End

  • Lesson 12 for the week of September 15 to September 22
Relevant Passages: Matthew 24-25; Acts 1:6-8; Thessalonians 5:1-3 Essential Knowledge in the Days of the End. When Jesus was on earth, the disciples were very curious about the end of time. As he sat on...

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The Remnant

  • Lesson 11 for the week of September 8 to September 15
Relevant Passages: Revelation 12:17 The Last of the Last. Scripture can depict God’s people as a mighty throng, then turn right around and call them a threatened remnant. A great crowd left Egypt in the...

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The Hour of God’s Judgment

  • Lesson 10 for the week of September 1 to September 8
Relevant Passages: Daniel 7-8; Revelation 14:6-12 Judgment: The Good News and the Bad. In contrast with our modern era when the thought of judge and judgment is rarely a sign of joy, judgment in the...

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The Heavenly Sanctuary

  • Lesson 9 for the week of August 25 to September 1
Relevant Passages: Daniel 7-9; Leviticus 16; Matthew 24:15; Revelations 11:19 From Earth to Heaven. While many of the services in the earthly sanctuary illustrated the death of Christ as a sacrifice for sin (e.g. Passover;...

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Light and Shadows: The Earthly Sanctuary

  • Lesson 8 for the week of August 18 to August 25
Relevant Passages: Exodus 25:9, 40; Hebrew 8:5; 1 Peter 1:19; 1 Corinthians 5:7 God’s Picture Book. One of the important methods the early Christians used to attempt to understand the ministry of Christ was the...

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God’s Gift of Immortality

  • Lesson 7 for the week of August 11 to August 18
Relevant Passages: 1 Corinthians 15:22; John 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 A Soul That Sleeps. An important part of Adventist history is the willingness of the pioneers to adopt the doctrine of soul...

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Crisis of Loyalty

  • Lesson 6 for the week of August 4 to August 11
Relevant Passages: Revelation 14:8-12 The Bad News Angels. The first angel’s message can be seen in a positive light (whether or not it has been so presented is another question). The second and third angels,...

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The First Angel’s Message

  • Lesson 5 for the week of July 28 to August 4
Relevant Passages: Revelation 14:6-7 The Angel With a Message. From its inception, Adventists have felt the call to preach the three angels’ message. The first of the angel’s brings the most positive message and the...

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Keeping the Sabbath Holy

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 21 to July 28
Relevant Passages: Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5; Isaiah 58; Mark 2 Sacred Time. In Exodus 20, the KJV translates the Sabbath command as “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy”; in Deuteronomy 5, the KJV...

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The Sabbath – The Sign of Our Relationship

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 14 to July 21
Relevant Passages: Genesis 2; Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5; Ezekial 20; Psalms 92; Mark 2; Hebrew 4 Sabbath As a Bond Between Creator and Creatures. Throughout the Old Testament, the Sabbath was portrayed as a special...

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The Sabbath

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 7 to July 14
Relevant Passages: Genesis 2; Exodus 16; Nehemiah 13; Matthew 12; John 5; Isaiah 66 Sabbath: From Creation to Restoration. From a biblical perspective, the Sabbath is a feature of human existence from Creation to Restoration....

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The Lord Our Righteousness

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 30 to July 7
Relevant Passages: Jeremiah 23:6; Romans 3-5; Ephesians 2:8-9 Jesus, the foundation of our faith. Jesus is the focal point of the Christian faith. The crucial question is: How does the divine initiative in salvation relate...

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Tiny Sins, Huge Results

  • Lesson 13 for the week of June 23 to June 30
In Scripture, instantaneous judgments to seemingly minor infractions can be interpreted as confirming eternal consequences. In some cases, however, the intended effect may be more local, demonstrating to an endangered community, for example, that God...

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