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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 Restless Prophet

  • Lesson 12 for the week of September 11 to September 18
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Leading Question: What happens when a restless prophet is much less merciful than the God who sent him? Comment: The official study guide does a wonderful job of stating the paradoxes of the book of Jonah:...

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Longing for More

  • Lesson 11 for the week of September 4 to September 11
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Leading Question: How far is it possible to stretch a biblical symbol? Comment: The title for this week’s lesson is a tantalizing one, for it suggests that ultimately, the biblical idea of “rest” should stay...

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Sabbath Rest

  • Lesson 10 for the week of August 28 to September 4
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Leading Question: Is the Sabbath a test or a gift? Our leading question takes us into territory not suggested by the official study guide. But it is a crucial opportunity for us at a time when...

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Rhythms of Rest

  • Lesson 9 for the week of August 21 to August 28
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Leading Question: How important are “rhythm” and “rhythmic habits” to our religious experience? This week and next week our lessons focus on the Sabbath. And for this first lesson we will think about the Sabbath as...

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Free to Rest

  • Lesson 8 for the week of August 14 to August 21
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Relevant Verses: Mark 2:1-12; 1 Kings 18-19 Leading Question: How should we differ in addressing the needs of those who are physically paralyzed and those who a mentally paralyzed? This week’s lesson focuses on two radically...

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Rest, Relationships, and Healing

  • Lesson 7 for the week of August 7 to August 14
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Relevant Verses: Gen. 42-50; Matt. 18:23-35; 5:43-44; Luke 6:28; 23:34; Acts 5:31 Leading Question: When Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt, was it his fault, his father’s fault, or the fault of his brothers? After...

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Finding Rest in Family Ties

  • Lesson 6 for the week of July 31 to August 7
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Leading Question: If we keep score of the family relations in the book of Genesis in order to determine which side wins, the dysfunctional family or the supportive family. What is the result? It would seem...

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Come to Me …

  • Lesson 5 for the week of July 24 to July 31
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Relevant Verses: Matthew 11:28-30 Leading Question: Jesus said, “Come to me . . . and I will give you rest.” Is it possible to find rest without coming to Jesus? Jesus’ well-known rest invitation comes at...

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The Cost of Rest

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 17 to July 24
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Relevant Verses: 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51 Leading Question: How much time should one take to ponder the seamy side of Scripture? The title for this lesson could just as easily be “The Cost of Sin,”...

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Roots of Restlessness

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 10 to July 17
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Relevant Verses: Matt. 34-39; Luke 12:13-21; Phil. 2:5-8; Luke 22:14-30 Leading Question: Jesus clearly calls us to rest in him; but is it possible to look at “restlessness” in a positive light? While we can all...

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Restless and Rebellious

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 3 to July 10
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Relevant Verses: 1 Cor. 10:1-11; Numbers 11-14 Leading Question: “Can a believer question God without being sinfully rebellious?” In an authoritarian culture, any questioning of “authority” is already condemned as an act of rebellion. Josef...

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Living in a 24/7 Society

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 26 to July 3
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Relevant Verses: Gen. 2:1-3; Jer. 45:1-5; Mark 6:30-32; Gen. 4:1-12 Leading Question: If life in Bible times was much more pastoral and leisurely than our fast-paced modern world, how can an ancient world like that...

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Heaven, Education, and Eternal Learning

  • Lesson 13 for the week of December 19 to December 26
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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
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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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Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle

April 30, 2011

The Last Five Kings of Judah

October 10, 2015

Jesus Mingled with People

July 30, 2016

The Priority of the Promise

July 29, 2017

The Character of Job

December 17, 2016

The Curse Causeless

October 29, 2016

Jesus in the Writings of Peter

May 13, 2017

Major Themes in 1 and 2 Peter

June 17, 2017

In the Shadow of His Wings

May 7, 2011

The Church Militant

March 12, 2016

Grieving and Resisting the Spirit

March 11, 2017

Symbolic Acts

October 31, 2015

Josiah’s Reforms

November 14, 2015

The Promise

May 14, 2022

The Covenant with Abraham

May 7, 2022

The Roots of Abraham

April 30, 2022

All Nations and Babel

April 23, 2022

The Flood

April 16, 2022

Cain and His Legacy

April 9, 2022

The Fall

April 2, 2022

The Creation

March 26, 2022

Let Brotherly Love Continue

March 19, 2022

Receiving an Unshakeable Kingdom

March 12, 2022

Jesus, Author and Perfecter of Our Faith

March 5, 2022

Jesus Opens the Way Through the Veil

February 26, 2022

Jesus, the Perfect Sacrifice

February 19, 2022

Visions of Hope (Zechariah)

June 8, 2013

Discipling Children

January 18, 2014

The Law of God

August 30, 2014

The Coming of Jesus

March 28, 2015

Crisis Continues

November 7, 2015

Jesus’ Last Days

June 11, 2016

The Personality of the Holy Spirit

January 21, 2017

Paul’s Pastoral Appeal

August 19, 2017

The Habits of a Steward

March 17, 2018

The Key to Unity

October 20, 2018

Season of Parenting

May 18, 2019

From Reading to Understanding

December 28, 2019

Unlimited Possibilities

August 1, 2020

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