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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.

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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Like the Stars Forever

  • Lesson 13 for the week of December 18 to December 25
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Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Dec 18-24 Background Considerations: Chapter 12 of Daniel contains the last revelation that was given to him. Several interesting parallels may be drawn between his life and career and...

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Is Michael Your Prince

  • Lesson 12 for the week of December 11 to December 18
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Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Dec 11-24 Background Considerations: Many students of the Bible consider Daniel 11 to be one of the most difficult chapters in the Bible. The chapter is unusually long, full...

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Face to Face With the Savior

  • Lesson 11 for the week of December 4 to December 11
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Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Dec 11-17 Background Considerations: This chapter is dated to the third year of King Cyrus or 536 BC. The first exiles have already returned to Palestine because of the...

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The Story of Two Exiles

  • Lesson 10 for the week of November 27 to December 4
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Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Dec 4-10 Background Considerations: The chapter is dated to the year 538 BC when the world was ruled by a new empire, the Medo-Persian. Following Babylon’s fall there were...

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Then Our Sins Shall Be Forgiven

  • Lesson 9 for the week of November 20 to November 27
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Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Nov 20-Dec 3 Background Considerations: Daniel chapter eight dates to the third year of Belshazzar, or 547 BC, two years after the date of the vision from chapter seven....

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Suffering is Not Forever

  • Lesson 8 for the week of November 13 to November 20
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Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Nov 6-19 Background Considerations: Daniel has a vision in which he sees four wild beasts rising out of the ocean. Three have identifiable forms, while the fourth is a...

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Two Unchangeable Laws

  • Lesson 7 for the week of November 6 to November 13
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Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Oct 30-Nov 5 Background Considerations: The story recorded in chapter six of Daniel has many parallels with the story from chapter three at the levels of structure, vocabulary and...

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