The Royal Love Song

• Lesson 6 for the week of May 4 to May 11

Texts for the Week: Song of Solomon; Gen. 2:7; 1 Cor. 7:3–5; John 17:3; 1 John 1:9; Rom. 1:24–27; Gal. 5:24. Memory Text: “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon...

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Wise Words for Families

• Lesson 5 for the week of April 27 to May 4

Texts for the Week: Prov. 5:3–14; Matt. 19:5; 1 Cor. 7:3, 4; Prov. 13:22; 14:26; 17:22; 23:13; 31:10–31. Memory Text: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;...

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When Alone

• Lesson 4 for the week of April 20 to April 27

Texts for this Lesson: Eccles. 4:9–12, Phil. 4:11–13, 1 Cor. 7:25–34, Matt. 19:8, Gen. 37:34, Isa. 54:5. Memory Text: “And the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make...

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Preparing for Change

• Lesson 3 for the week of April 13 to April 20

Texts for this Lesson: 1 Cor. 10:1–13, Gen. 2:24, 1 Cor. 13:4–8, 1 Sam. 1:27, Psalm 71, 1 Cor. 15:24–26. Memory Text: “Righteousness will go before Him, and shall make His footsteps our pathway” (Psalm 85:13,...

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The Choices We Make

• Lesson 2 for the week of April 6 to April 13

Texts for this Lesson: Eph. 1:1–4; Matt. 22:35–37; Matt. 7:24, 25; Prov. 18:24; 1 Cor. 15:33; Eccles. 2:1–11. Memory Text: “And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day...

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The Rhythms of Life

• Lesson 1 for the week of March 30 to April 6

Texts for this Lesson: Genesis 1, Gen. 8:22, Ps. 90:10, Job 1:13–19, Acts 9:1–22, Phil. 1:6, Rom. 8:1. Memory Text: “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1,...

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Introduction to Family Seasons

• Introduction

Introduction The lessons this quarter are going to look at the various rhythms or stages of life that human beings pass through along life’s way, something we are all familiar with. The particular context within...

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“I Make All Things New”

• Lesson 13 for the week of March 23 to March 30

Opening Question What does a perfect world look like to you? Introduction This lesson attempts to take in chapters 19-22, a huge amount of material. It can be broken down into a couple parts: Chapter...

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Judgment on Babylon

• Lesson 12 for the week of March 16 to March 23

Opening Question Should we rejoice when a criminal is brought to justice? Introduction Revelation 17-18 show the fall of Babylon, the arch-type enemy of God. Beginning with the tower in Genesis 11, that region and...

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The Seven Last Plagues

• Lesson 11 for the week of March 9 to March 16

Opening Question Should we consider natural disasters on this earth “acts of God”? Introduction Revelation 15 pictures the saints of God, and introduces the seven last plagues and the fall of Babylon. The plague motif...

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God’s Everlasting Gospel

• Lesson 10 for the week of March 2 to March 9

Opening Question Question Introduction If this section was introduced with a sanctuary vision (11:19), then we expect a series-of-seven to follow, as has been the pattern throughout the book. Some point to the seven plagues...

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Satan and His Two Allies

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 23 to March 2

Opening Question Have you ever fallen for a scam? Introduction Chapter 13 is a favorite of Adventist evangelists because of its power to convince people of the historical accuracy of prophecy and the abhorrent record...

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Satan, A Defeated Enemy

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 16 to February 23

Opening Question Is there ever a “good war”? Introduction Adventists have spent more time on Revelation 12-14 than most Christian faiths. These passages are familiar in many of the details, but the big picture is...

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The Seven Trumpets

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 9 to February 16

Opening Question How do people respond to a God who is pictured as a judge of evil? Introduction If the seven seals show the sealing process of God’s people, the language of the trumpets appears...

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