The Gospel from Patmos

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 29 to January 5

Opening Question What sort of emotions does the last book of the Bible, Revelation, evoke in you? Introduction Most people think of Revelation as a book about the last days including mythical beasts, end-time plagues...

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The Book of Revelation – General Introduction

• Introduction

This study guide is meant to accompany the Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath School lesson for the 1st Quarter of 2019. Except for a longer first lesson, the format of this guide follows a similar pattern for...

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Journey to Rome

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 22 to September 29

Relevant Verses: Acts 27-28 Leading Question: Have you ever had someone who is a good person, but a bad traveling companion? What sort of a traveling partner would Paul have been? 1. Paul had always...

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Confinement in Caesarea

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 15 to September 22

Relevant Verses: Acts 24-26 Leading Question: Have you ever had to testify on your own behalf in a court of law? What was that like for you? 1. Following Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem, he was...

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Arrest in Jerusalem

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 8 to September 15

Relevant Verses: Acts 21-23:30 Leading Question: Are religious beliefs personal and private, or are there some religious differences that are worth arguing—even fighting—about? 1. Acts 21 begins with a recitation of the stages in Paul’s...

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The Third Missionary Journey

• Lesson 10 for the week of September 1 to September 8

Relevant Verses: Acts 18-20 Leading Question: The Christian church speaks quite a bit about baptism. Acts takes that word “baptism” and forces us to use the plural “baptisms”. So, how many types of baptism are...

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The Second Missionary Journey

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 25 to September 1

Relevant Verses: Acts 15:36-18:10 Leading Question: Can good, Christian people disagree so strongly that they can no longer work together? 1. Some time after their return from their first missionary journey, Paul suggested to Barnabas...

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The Jerusalem Council

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 18 to August 25

Relevant Verses: Acts 15 Leading Question: At the end of their missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas return to the church that sent them in Antioch. When they give their mission report, not everyone is happy....

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Paul’s First Missionary Journey

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 11 to August 18

Relevant Verses: Acts 13-14:26 Leading Question: All three of Paul’s so-called “missionary journeys” started in Antioch. Why were the believers in this city so supportive of these missionary endeavors? 1. According to Acts 13, the...

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The Ministry of Peter

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

Relevant Verses: Acts 9, 26:9-11 Leading Question: Peter saw a vision of all sorts of animals being let down to earth in a large sheet. A voice said, “Kill, and eat.” Was this a vision...

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The Conversion of Paul

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 28 to August 4

Relevant Verses: Acts 9, 26:9-11 Leading Question: Saul of Tarsus, who becomes known as Paul, is converted while on a mission to persecute believers in Jesus. But who was Saul? What do we know about...

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The First Church Leaders

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 21 to July 28

Relevant Verses: Acts 6-8 Leading Question: Were there racial tensions in the early church? 1. In our previous lesson, we emphasized the close fellowship of the early church. But Acts reveals that this happy state...

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Life in the Early Church

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 14 to July 21

Relevant Verses: Acts 2:42 – 5:42 Leading Question: According to Acts 2:44, “All the believers were together and had everything in common.” The point in emphasized again in Acts 4:32, which says, “No one claimed...

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Pentecost

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 7 to July 14

Relevant Verses: Acts 2 Leading Question: The title of our lesson today is Pentecost. What does this word mean? 1. The “Pentecost” of Acts 2 is often called the birthday of the church. The word...

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