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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.

Beware of Covetousness

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 25 to March 4
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Read for This Week’s Study: Isa. 14:12–14, Eph. 5:5, Joshua 7, John 12:1–8, Acts 5:1–11, 1 Cor. 10:13. The lesson this week takes up a challenging topic: the whole topic of the human propensity to...

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Planning for Success

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 18 to February 25
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Read for This Week’s Study: Eccles. 12:1; Gen. 2:15; 1 Tim. 5:8; Col. 3:23, 24; Gen. 39:2–5; Prov. 3:5–8. This week, the official Sabbath School lesson takes up the subject of being successful in life,...

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Unto the Least of These

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 11 to February 18
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Read for This Week’s Study: Luke 4:16–19; Isa. 62:1, 2; Deut. 15:11; Matt. 19:16–22; Luke 19:1–10; Job 29:12–16. This week we have a lesson that is quite challenging, titled “Unto the least of These.” It...

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Laying Up Treasure in Heaven

  • Lesson 6 for the week of February 4 to February 11
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Read for This Week’s Study: Gen. 6:5–14, Heb. 11:8–13, 2 Cor. 4:18, Gen. 13:10–12, Gen. 32:22–31, Heb. 11:24–29. The foundational passage for this week is Mark 8:36, 37, which reads, “For what will it profit...

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Dealing With Debt

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 28 to February 4
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Read for This Week’s Study: Deut. 28:1, 2, 12; Matt. 6:24; 1 John 2:15; Prov. 22:7; Prov. 6:1–5; Deut. 15:1–5. This week we are going to talk about debt: what it is, what it does...

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Offerings for Jesus

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 21 to January 28
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Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Cor. 9:6, 7; Deut. 16:17; Ps. 116:12–18; 1 Chron. 16:29; Mark 12:41–44; Mark 14:3–9. The lesson this week considers the many and various offerings mentioned in the Bible that...

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The Tithing Contract

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 14 to January 21
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Read for This Week’s Study: Gen. 14:18–20; Mal. 3:10; Deut. 12:5–14; Lev. 27:30; 1 Kings 17:9–16; 1 Cor. 4:1, 2. The lesson this week is precisely focused on the concept of tithing. It is commonly...

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God’s Covenants With Us

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 7 to January 14
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Read for This Week’s Study: Matt. 10:22, John 6:29, Deut. 28:1–14, Prov. 3:1–10, Mal. 3:7–11, Matt. 6:25–33. The lesson this week is built around the fact that, in the long ago, God made a covenant...

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Part of God’s Family

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 31 to January 7
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Read for This Week’s Study: Gal. 3:26, 29; Ps. 50:10–12; 1 Chron. 29:13, 14; Phil. 4:19; 1 John 5:3; Matt. 6:19–21. The official lesson this week begins with some reflection on the idea that those...

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Introduction

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To put things very plainly, this quarter’s lessons are all about humans and the way they deal with the resources that come into their hands because of the activities of God. A particular focus is...

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All Things New

  • Lesson 14 for the week of December 24 to December 31
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Relevant Verses: Isaia 65:17-18; 66:22-23; Rev. 21:1-5 Leading Question: Our title suggests a clean slate. But is that actually possible? Can we actually understand salvation if we have no memory of what we have been saved...

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The Judging Process

  • Lesson 13 for the week of December 17 to December 24
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Relevant Verses: Deut. 4:5-8; Jer. 31:33-34; Rom. 8:1; John 3:16-17 Leading Question: How can we make the idea of judgment good news? Or will it always have to have a touch of bad news too? Comment:...

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The Biblical World View

  • Lesson 12 for the week of December 10 to December 17
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Relevant Verses: Luke 2:52; Acts 8:4-24 Leading Question: If there is a biblical “”World View,” where did the other one come from? Or is there more than one? As the word suggests, “world view” is a...

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End-time Deceptions

  • Lesson 11 for the week of December 3 to December 10
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Relevant Verses: 1 Sam 38:3-25; James 4:7 Leading Question: If neither you nor I like to be deceived, why doesn’t God just waive his magic wand and get rid of all deceptions? Comment: No one likes...

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The Last Five Kings of Judah

October 10, 2015

Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle

April 30, 2011

Jesus Mingled with People

July 30, 2016

In the Shadow of His Wings

May 7, 2011

Major Themes in 1 and 2 Peter

June 17, 2017

The Priority of the Promise

July 29, 2017

The Character of Job

December 17, 2016

Grieving and Resisting the Spirit

March 11, 2017

The Curse Causeless

October 29, 2016

Deuteronomy in the New Testament

December 11, 2021

Jesus in the Writings of Peter

May 13, 2017

Symbolic Acts

October 31, 2015

Thessalonica in Paul’s Day

July 14, 2012

Mission to the Unreached: Part 1

December 2, 2023

Mission to the Powerful

November 25, 2023

Mission to the Needy

November 18, 2023

Mission to My Neighbor

November 11, 2023

Motivation and Preparation for Mission

November 4, 2023

Excuses to Avoid Mission

October 28, 2023

Sharing God’s Mission

October 21, 2023

God’s Call to Mission

October 14, 2023

God’s Mission to Us: Part 2

October 7, 2023

God’s Mission to Us: Part 1

September 30, 2023

Introduction and Aim

September 30, 2023

Ephesians in the Heart

September 23, 2023

Waging Peace

September 16, 2023

To Love Mercy

September 14, 2019

The Bible—The Authoritative Source of our Theology

April 18, 2020

Education in Arts and Sciences

November 28, 2020

Restless and Rebellious

July 3, 2021

Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant

February 12, 2022

Christ in the Crucible

September 17, 2022

Fear God and Give Glory to Him

April 15, 2023

Mission to the Needy

November 18, 2023

Introduction

March 27, 1999

The Same Faith and Hope

October 9, 1999

The Witness of the Remnant

May 20, 2000

The Model Pray-er and the Model Prayer

December 30, 2000

God’s Gift of Immortality

August 11, 2001

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