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Dave Thomas

David Thomas is Professor of Practical Theology & Apologetics. He has been a member of the faculty at WWU since the summer of 2001. He served as Dean of the School of Theology for seventeen years (2001-2018). He is now focused on full-time teaching and writing. Prior to joining the faculty, Thomas spent some 24 years in pastoral work in New England, and in Washington. His pastoral experience ranges from multiple church districts to large, multi-staff churches. While pastoring in the east, he taught as an adjunct professor at Atlantic Union College for six years. He has served on many administrative committees at conference, union, and institutional levels. He has been a member of the Walla Walla College Board of Trustees.

The Role of Stewardship

  • Lesson 10 for the week of March 3 to March 10
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Read for This Week’s Study: Col. 1:16–18; Heb. 4:14–16; 3 John 3; Gen. 6:13–18; Rev. 14:6–12; 1 Pet. 1:15, 16. Memory Text: “For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a...

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Offerings of Gratitude

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 24 to March 3
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Read for This Week’s Study: Matt. 6:19–21; Eph. 2:8; 1 Pet. 4:10; Luke 7:37–47; 2 Cor. 8:8–15; 2 Cor. 9:6, 7. Memory Text: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten...

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The Impact of Tithing

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 17 to February 24
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Read for This Week’s Study: Mark 16:15; 1 Pet. 3:8, 9; 1 Cor. 9:14; Rom. 3:19–24. Memory Text: “Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the...

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Honesty With God

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 10 to February 17
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Read for This Week’s Study: Luke 16:10; Lev. 27:30; Gen. 22:1–12; Heb. 12:2; Luke 11:42; Heb. 7:2–10; Nehemiah 13. Memory Text: “ ‘But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and...

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The Marks of a Steward

  • Lesson 6 for the week of February 3 to February 10
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Read for This Week’s Study: Heb. 11:8–12; Rom. 4:13, 18–21; Matt. 6:24; Heb. 9:14; 1 John 5:2, 3; Luke 16:10–12. Memory Text: “Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of...

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Stewards After Eden

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 27 to February 3
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Read for This Week’s Study: Isa. 22:14–18; 1 Cor. 4:1, 2; Col. 2:2, 3; Eph. 6:13–17; 2 Cor. 5:10. Memory Text: “On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with...

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Escape From the World’s Ways

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 20 to January 27
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Read for This Week’s Study: Ps. 119:11; Eph. 6:18; Rom. 8:5, 6; Heb. 11:1–6; 1 Kings 3:14; Ezek. 36:26, 27. Memory Text: “Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from...

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God or Mammon?

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 13 to January 20
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Read for This Week’s Study: Ps. 33:6–9; Matt. 19:16–22; 1 Pet. 1:18; Heb. 2:14, 15; Exod. 9:14; Ps. 50:10. Memory Text: “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is...

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I See, I Want, I Take

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 6 to January 13
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Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Cor. 8:1–7; Matt. 13:3–7, 22; Gen. 3:1–6; Isa. 56:11; Matt. 26:14–16; 2 Pet. 1:5–9. Memory Text: “ ‘Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears...

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The Influence of Materialism

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 30 to January 6
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Read for This Week’s Study: 1 John 2:16, 17; Luke 14:26–33; 12:15–21; Deut. 8:10–14; 1 Tim. 6:10; John 15:5; Gal. 2:20. Memory Text: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the...

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Introduction to “Stewardship: Motives of the Heart”

  • Introduction
The lessons this quarter are focused on what is commonly known as Stewardship. The word “stewardship” is an old word that has much the same meaning as the word “manager” or “management” today. A steward...

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Boasting in the Cross

  • Lesson 14 for the week of September 23 to September 30
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Leading Question: “If you could describe the ideal Christian church, what would it look like?” Key Passages: Galatians 6:11-18 – More than outward conformity to a set of rules, God desires a heart open to...

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The Gospel and the Church

  • Lesson 13 for the week of September 16 to September 23
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Leading Question: “If you could describe the ideal Christian church, what would it look like?” Key Passages: Galatians 6:1-10 – Forgiveness, help, and support should be manifest among God’s followers. 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 – Cases of defiant...

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Living by the Spirit

  • Lesson 12 for the week of September 9 to September 16
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Leading Question: “How does a person learn to walk by the Spirit?” Key Passages: Galatians 5:16-25 – The Christian life is a daily decision to live for God and not for self. Romans 7:14-24 – A life...

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