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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.

Church Life

  • Lesson 10 for the week of September 1 to September 8
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Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 Leading Question: How is it possible to exhort, admonish, and rebuke people so that our words will “reform but not exasperate” (6T 123)? Paul concludes his first letter to the Thessalonians with seventeen...

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Final Events

  • Lesson 9 for the week of August 25 to September 1
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Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Leading Question: How do believers retain a sense of urgency and immediacy after a time of long delay? Already in the first century, some were losing their sense of urgency about the advent....

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The Dead in Christ

  • Lesson 8 for the week of August 18 to August 25
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Verses: 1 Thess. 4:13-18 Leading Question: How can the Christian’s hope be seen as a hope, not just a fear? In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Paul has given us one of the most specific and pointed promises of...

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Living Holy Lives

  • Lesson 7 for the week of August 11 to August 18
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Verses: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 Leading Question: When, in 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul urgently admonishes the Thessalonians toward sexual purity, is that a concern that applies directly to our culture and age? 1. Saying the nice things first. In the...

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Friends Forever

  • Lesson 6 for the week of August 4 to August 11
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Verses: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 – 3:13 Leading Question: When is it safe to imitate other believers? 1. The Judean Example (1 Thess. 2:13-16). Paul commends the Thessalonians for “imitating” the churches in Judea. And his specific point of...

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The Apostolic Example

  • Lesson 5 for the week of July 28 to August 4
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Verses: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Leading Question: Why should apostles – and preachers – be so careful not to be a burden on those whom they serve? 1. Boldness in suffering (1 Thess. 2:1-2). Why does Paul choose to...

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Joyous and Thankful

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 21 to July 28
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Verses: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Leading Question: How can Paul write a personal letter to believers he scarcely knows? As reported in Acts 17:1-10, Paul had spent only three Sabbaths preaching in the Jewish synagogue when turmoil erupted...

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Thessalonica in Paul’s Day

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 14 to July 21
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Verses: Acts 18:1-3; 1 Cor. 9:19-27; 16:19 Leading Question: How does the temperament and personality of a city effect how Christians share their faith? In 168 BC, the city of Thessalonica invited Rome to take over their...

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Preserving Relationships

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 7 to July 14
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Verses: Acts 16-17; 1 Corinthians 2-4 Leading Question: When opposition arises, how do we decide between fight and flight? After an astonishingly brief stay in Thessalonica of only three weeks, enough trouble had erupted that Paul found it...

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The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 30 to July 7
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Verses: Acts 16:9 – 17:12 Leading Question: How does the church at Thessalonica compare with the typical Christian church today? In the first two lessons for this quarter we focus on the story of the founding of...

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Boasting in the Cross

  • Lesson 14 for the week of December 24 to December 31
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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 December 17 to December 24
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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 December 10 to December 17
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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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Freedom in Christ

  • Lesson 11 for the week of December 3 to December 10
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Leading Question: “Does the word ‘freedom’ describe your Christian life?” Key Passages: Galatians 5:1-15 – Freedom in Christ is opposed to both legalism and licentiousness. Romans 8:1-4 – Freedom in Christ includes freedom from condemnation and from...

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