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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 Great Controversy and the Miracles of Jesus

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 23 to March 2
Relevant Biblical Passages: Matt. 8:5-13; 12:22-32; Mark 5:25-34; John 5:1-18; 11:1-45 Miracles: Gift or Reward? Some of Jesus’ miracles seem to have been performed without any particular merit or even faith on the part of...

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The Great Controversy in the Parables of Jesus

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 16 to February 23
Relevant Biblical Passages: Matt. 13; 20:1-16; 21:33-41; 22:1-14; Luke 15 Human Responsibility and Divine Initiative in Tension: The Parables. If one adopts the so-called “free-will” defense of God in the cosmic struggle between good and...

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Jesus Models Victory

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 9 to February 16
Relevant Biblical Passages: Isa. 53; Matt. 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13; 16-28; John 6:1-15 A Surprising Messiah. Many passages in the Old Testament could be taken to suggest that the Messiah would sweep away the enemies of...

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Faith Amid Turmoil

  • Lesson 6 for the week of February 2 to February 9
Relevant Biblical Passages: Job 19:25-27; Gen. 17:1-11; 22:1-18; Ruth, Dan. 6; Esther 4 Tormented Witnesses. Apparently belonging to the Lord’s side doesn’t mean an easy street in the great cosmic struggle. Can you think of...

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Winning and Losing

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 26 to February 2
Relevant Biblical Passages: Gen. 39; Judg. 13-16; 2 Sam. 11-12; 1 Kings 18; Heb. 11 God’s Witnesses: Imperfect Saints. If the Book of Job provides the framework within which we are to understand the great...

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The War Comes to Earth

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 19 to January 26
Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis 3, 4, 6-9, 11 Dangerous Freedom. In some ways the early chapters of Genesis mirror the “action” of biblical narratives where God “allows” his creatures to be free. In the New...

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The Contenders

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 12 to January 19
Relevant Biblical Passages: Gen. 3; Job 1-2; Zech. 3; Matt. 4:5-6 Two Lions: The lion is a tantalizing symbol in Scripture. On the one hand, it can symbolize the Devil who stalks the earth “seeking...

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Issues in the Great Controversy

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 5 to January 12
Relevant Biblical Passages: Zech. 3:1-5; Matt. 4:8-11; John 8:42-46; 14:9-11; Rev. 12:17 Theodicy. Technically defined, the term “theodicy” means “justification or vindication of God.” It addresses the dilemma of how a God who claims to...

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War in Heaven

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 29 to January 5
Relevant Biblical Passages: Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:12-17; Rev. 12 Power Play or Moral Conflict? It is possible to view the great struggle between Christ and Satan as simply a battle between two great generals, one...

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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

The Changing of the Guard

July 13, 2002

Covenant Sign

February 22, 2003

People and Places

October 4, 2003

Defeat of the Assyrians

May 8, 2004

The Provocation and Provision

December 25, 2004

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Lord of Our Relationships

August 6, 2005

The Personality and Diversity of the Holy Spirit

March 25, 2006

“In the Beginning…”

October 7, 2006

The Bible and Health

May 26, 2007

Introduction

December 29, 2007

The Apostle John

August 9, 2008

Confidence in the Prophetic Gift

March 21, 2009

Planning Ahead

October 31, 2009

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