Covenant at Sinai

• Lesson 7 for the week of May 8 to May 15

Opening Question Why might it be necessary renew a promise previously made? Introduction Israel’s redemption from Egyptian slavery presents the quintessential “mighty act of God” the is referred to throughout the prophets and the Psalms....

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Abraham’s Seed

• Lesson 6 for the week of May 1 to May 8

Opening Question What is your ethnic heritage and how significant is that background in your daily life? Introduction God’s plan and purpose for Israel was far-reaching. And without question, their ethnicity comes into the story....

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Children of the Promise

• Lesson 5 for the week of April 24 to May 1

Opening Question Why do we hesitate to enter into agreements that seem imbalanced or “unfair” to one party or the other? Introduction One of the greatest divisions in protestant Christianity is between dispensationalists (many Baptists,...

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An Everlasting Covenant

• Lesson 4 for the week of April 17 to April 24

Opening Question How do you feel when someone keeps their promise to you? What about when they let you down? Introduction God’s covenant with Abraham forms the foundation of the world’s three major monotheistic religions—Judaism,...

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“All Future Generations”

• Lesson 3 for the week of April 10 to April 17

Opening Question What was the most meaningful promise someone ever made to you? Introduction Our lesson this week examines Genesis 6-9 in detail, the story of the flood and God’s covenant with Noah. Regarding the...

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Covenant Primer

• Lesson 2 for the week of April 3 to April 10

Opening Question: Why do we make legal agreements with each other? Introduction The study this week summarizes some of the major covenant experiences throughout Scripture, which later lessons will focus on more specifically. For our...

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What Happened

• Lesson 1 for the week of March 27 to April 3

Opening Question: How are humans like God? Introduction to Lesson 1 It seems each quarterly that takes a theological topic begins with Genesis. While this is often appropriate, the lessons often feel like nearly an...

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General Introduction

• Introduction

This study guide is meant to accompany the Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath School lesson for the 2nd Quarter of 2021. The format of this guide follows a similar pattern for each week’s lesson: an introduction to...

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Heaven, Education, and Eternal Learning

• Lesson 13 for the week of December 19 to December 26

Leading Question: The hope of restoration is a vibrant one in the New Testament, but what does that hope look like in the Old? The official studyguide does not address the differences between the Old...

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Sabbath: Experiencing and Living the Character of God

• Lesson 12 for the week of December 12 to December 19

Leading Question: How does one experience the Sabbath as a gift instead of a test? I am intrigued by the fact that a lesson on “Sabbath” is included in this series on “Education.” Maybe because...

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The Christian and Work

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 5 to December 12

Leading Question: What’s the agenda here: a lesson on “work” in a series on education? Many of my students have told me that their parents have drilled it into them that they should get an...

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Education in Arts and Sciences

• Lesson 10 for the week of November 28 to December 5

Leading Question: Why are the Arts and Sciences a focus of special attention in these lessons? I must admit that I became increasingly intrigued as I began working on the study guide for this lesson....

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The Church and Education

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 21 to November 28

Leading Question: If for some, the church is for believers and the school for thinkers, where can we go in Scripture to provide a more balanced perspective? Theodore Hesburgh, at one time President of Notre...

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Education and Redemption

• Lesson 8 for the week of November 14 to November 21

Leading Question: How can “redemption” appeal to a secular age? Key issues/puzzles: For Believers: Does God make our decisions for us? – predestinarian Calvinists Do we make decisions for God? – free-will Wesleyans and Arminians...

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