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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.

“Principalities and Powers”

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 24 to July 1
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Read: Eph 6:12; Job 1-2; Rev 12:7-17 Introduction to the Quarter’s Lessons. The lessons this quarter take us into potentially contentious territory. We could easily fall to arguing, quarreling, or worse. But we could also...

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Appendix A

  • Addendum A for the week of June 24 to July 1
Interpreting Apocalyptic Prophecies Note: This appendix is a reprint of the first lesson of the PROBE Study Guide, 2002.2 Key biblical passages: Isa 65-66; Ezek 40-48; Dan 2, 7-12; Zech 14; Matt 24-25; Rev 1-22...

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Appendix B

  • Addendum B for the week of June 24 to July 1
“The Great Disappointment[s]” by Alden Thompson Adventist Review, 24 September 1992, 1016-18 Spring is supposed to be such a happy time. But this spring was different. The year was A.D. 31, the place was Jerusalem,...

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Appendix C

  • Addendum D for the week of June 24 to July 1
Response to Dale Ratzlaff By Alden Thompson Ministry, February 2004, 30-32, 38 Since shortly after the middle of the twentieth century, Seventh-day Adventists have been in sporadic and sometimes painful dialogue with the Evangelical community....

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Appendix D

  • Lesson 19 for the week of June 24 to July 1
Fireworks: Goldstein Responds to Ratzlaff by Alden Thompson for Spectrum, 5 December 2004 [Cf. “Fireworks in the Holy of Holies,” Spectrum 33:1 (Winter 2005), 67-72] A review of Clifford Goldstein, Graffiti in the Holy of...

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The Holy Spirit in the Last Days

  • Lesson 13 for the week of June 17 to June 24
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Key Texts: Joel 2:28, 29; Acts 2:14-24; Acts 3:19-20; Revelation 18:1-5 The lesson this week concludes our study of the Holy Spirit. It is fitting that this last lesson asks us to think about the...

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The Sin Against the Holy Spirit

  • Lesson 12 for the week of June 10 to June 17
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The lesson this week raises a subject that is often the one people are most concerned about when dealing with the Holy Spirit. The concern arises from Jesus’ words found in Mark 3:28, 29. In...

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The Restorer

  • Lesson 11 for the week of June 3 to June 10
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A beautiful picture emerges from the passage above. The restoration God is working on does not just include the planet. It includes the heart as well. Wayward wills, minds, and desires will be transformed, restored...

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Life Through the Holy Spirit

  • Lesson 10 for the week of May 27 to June 3
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Key Text: John 6:63 The lesson this weeks is built on the biblical idea that human beings, left in their natural state, are far from God and bent toward going away from Him. Left this...

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The Christian’s Guide

  • Lesson 9 for the week of May 20 to May 27
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Key Texts: John 16:13; John 14:26 The Bible is very clear that one of the significant works of the Holy Spirit is to provide guidance for believers as they find their way along life’s way....

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The Fruit of the Holy Spirit

  • Lesson 8 for the week of May 13 to May 20
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The lesson this week is on the subject of the fruits of the Spirit. It is, arguably, the loveliest lesson of the whole quarter for it reminds us that, while traveling along the Christian way,...

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Gifts of the Holy Spirit

  • Lesson 7 for the week of May 6 to May 13
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The Bible very clearly teaches that one of the tasks the Holy Spirit undertakes is that of giving to believers various abilities called “gifts” that are given not for personal advantage of aggrandizement, but in...

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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit

  • Lesson 6 for the week of April 29 to May 6
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This week, we take on the discussion fo a topic that has surrounding it, a measure of controversy – the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. The point of controversy has to do with whether this...

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The Promise Fulfilled

  • Lesson 5 for the week of April 22 to April 29
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This week’s lesson focuses on Acts 2:1-4. This is commonly called the story of Pentecost where, according to the promise of Jesus, the Holy Spirit manifested itself in a remarkable manner. Of a sudden, there...

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