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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 Church at Ephesus

  • Lesson 1 for the week of September 24 to October 1

Read: Acts 19, 20:17-38 Paul’s Experience in Ephesus: Before coming to Ephesus (Acts 19) to work Paul had briefly stopped there on his way back to Antioch and engaged in a discussion in the Jewish…

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King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

  • Lesson 13 for the week of September 17 to September 24

Read: John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; 1 John 1:1-4; Phil. 2:9-11 King of Kings and Lord of Lords. When Jesus comes again, what is it above all else that earns him the title of King of…

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Lord of Our Service

  • Lesson 12 for the week of September 10 to September 17

Read: Matt. 25:31-46; John 13:1-15; Luke 10:38-42 Lord of Our Service. Is it possible to be serving God without ever knowing the one we are serving? Essence of Christianity: Matthew 25: 31-46. Of all the…

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Lord of Our Worship

  • Lesson 11 for the week of September 3 to September 10

Read: Ps. 95:6-7; Matt. 20:25-28; Mark 2:27-28 Lord of Our Worship. Is worship a way or life or is it something special? Worship and the worshiper: Psalm 95:6-7. Where should the focus be in our…

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Lord of Our Labor

  • Lesson 10 for the week of August 27 to September 3

Read: Gen. 2-3; 2 Thess. 3:6-12; Matt. 25:14-30 Lord of Our Labor. When Jesus becomes Lord of our life, do we become ambitious and upwardly mobile, or do we remain content with our state in…

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Lord of Our Body Temples

  • Lesson 9 for the week of August 20 to August 27

Read: 1 Cor 6:19-20; 10:31 Lord of our Body Temples. How does taking care of our bodies, in the name of Christ, affect our relationship with others? Do we have a responsibility for their temples,…

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Lord of Our Resources

  • Lesson 8 for the week of August 13 to August 20

Read: Jm 1:17; Dt 8:7-18; Ml 3; Mt 6:19-21; 24:45-51; Hb 13:5 Lord of our Resources. If everything in heaven and earth belongs to God, how do we know what is appropriate for us to…

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Lord of Our Relationships

  • Lesson 7 for the week of August 6 to August 13

Read: Ps. 127-128; Mt. 22:36-40; Eph. 5:22-33; Eph. 6:1-4 Lord of Our Relationships. When Christ is Lord of our life, do other relationships become more important or less important? Love for God, for others, for…

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Lord of Our Prayers

  • Lesson 6 for the week of July 30 to August 6

Read: Mt. 6:5-15; 1 Tm. 2:5; Jn 16:25-27; Jam 5:13-18 Lord of Our Prayers. If, as Jesus said, our heavenly Father already knows what we need before we ask him, why pray? Yet Jesus prayed…

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Lord of Our Speech

  • Lesson 5 for the week of July 23 to July 30

Read: Ps. 19:1-2; John 8:1-11; Eph. 4:15; 25-32; 5:1-2 Lord of our Speech . When Christ is Lord of our life, will the believers words be more gentle, more forceful, more numerous? Or will there…

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Lord of Our Desires

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 16 to July 23

Read: Gen. 1-3; Mt 4:1-2; 1 Pet. 1:13-16; Rm 5; 6:1-16 Lord of Our Desires. Last week on Probe we focused on Jesus as Lord of our thoughts. This week the focus is more intense,…

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Lord of Our Thoughts

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 9 to July 16

Read: Col. 3:1-2; Eph 4 and 6; Rm 12:1-2; Mt. 5:27-30; 2 Cor. 10:3-5 Lord of Our Thoughts. It’s one thing to control our actions in the name of Jesus; it is quite another thing…

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Lord of Our Priorities

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 2 to July 9

Read: Exod. 19; Phil. 2; Ex.2:11-15; Mk 1:35; Job 1:1-5 Lord of Our Priorities. What can the believer expect when Jesus Christ takes control of our life? What happens to our priorities? What becomes first…

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Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 25 to July 2

Read: Rm. 3:9-26; Lk 1:26-38; Jn 1:1-18; Isa. 53:3-7; 1 Cor. 1:18-31 Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our lessons this quarter focus on the role of Jesus Christ as Lord, not just as Savior,…

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