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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 Cost of Rest

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 17 to July 24
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Relevant Verses: 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51 Leading Question: How much time should one take to ponder the seamy side of Scripture? The title for this lesson could just as easily be “The Cost of Sin,”...

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Roots of Restlessness

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 10 to July 17
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Relevant Verses: Matt. 34-39; Luke 12:13-21; Phil. 2:5-8; Luke 22:14-30 Leading Question: Jesus clearly calls us to rest in him; but is it possible to look at “restlessness” in a positive light? While we can all...

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Restless and Rebellious

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 3 to July 10
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Relevant Verses: 1 Cor. 10:1-11; Numbers 11-14 Leading Question: “Can a believer question God without being sinfully rebellious?” In an authoritarian culture, any questioning of “authority” is already condemned as an act of rebellion. Josef...

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Living in a 24/7 Society

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 26 to July 3
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Relevant Verses: Gen. 2:1-3; Jer. 45:1-5; Mark 6:30-32; Gen. 4:1-12 Leading Question: If life in Bible times was much more pastoral and leisurely than our fast-paced modern world, how can an ancient world like that...

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Heaven, Education, and Eternal Learning

  • Lesson 13 for the week of December 19 to December 26
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Leading Question: The hope of restoration is a vibrant one in the New Testament, but what does that hope look like in the Old? The official studyguide does not address the differences between the Old...

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Sabbath: Experiencing and Living the Character of God

  • Lesson 12 for the week of December 12 to December 19
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Leading Question: How does one experience the Sabbath as a gift instead of a test? I am intrigued by the fact that a lesson on “Sabbath” is included in this series on “Education.” Maybe because...

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The Christian and Work

  • Lesson 11 for the week of December 5 to December 12
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Leading Question: What’s the agenda here: a lesson on “work” in a series on education? Many of my students have told me that their parents have drilled it into them that they should get an...

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Education in Arts and Sciences

  • Lesson 10 for the week of November 28 to December 5
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Leading Question: Why are the Arts and Sciences a focus of special attention in these lessons? I must admit that I became increasingly intrigued as I began working on the study guide for this lesson....

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The Church and Education

  • Lesson 9 for the week of November 21 to November 28
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Leading Question: If for some, the church is for believers and the school for thinkers, where can we go in Scripture to provide a more balanced perspective? Theodore Hesburgh, at one time President of Notre...

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Education and Redemption

  • Lesson 8 for the week of November 14 to November 21
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Leading Question: How can “redemption” appeal to a secular age? Key issues/puzzles: For Believers: Does God make our decisions for us? – predestinarian Calvinists Do we make decisions for God? – free-will Wesleyans and Arminians...

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Worship in Education

  • Lesson 7 for the week of November 7 to November 14
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Scripture: 1 Chron. 16; 1-36; Daniel 1, 3; Psalm 8, 73 Leading Question: Why should worship belong to a discussion of Adventist Education? In the secular world, the goal of education is to train one’s...

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More Lessons from the Master Teacher

  • Lesson 6 for the week of October 31 to November 7
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Scripture: Mark 5, 7-8; Luke 5 Leading Question: Did Jesus as “Master Teacher” always follow the rules? In this lesson we want to look at the some of the creative, even unorthodox, methods used by...

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Jesus as the Master Teacher

  • Lesson 5 for the week of October 24 to October 31
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Scripture: Heb. 1:1-4; John 1:1-18; 14:1-14 Leading Question: At what age is a child likely to begin questioning the divinity of Christ or the existence of God? When schools are founded by devout Christians, it...

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The Eyes of the Lord: The Biblical Worldview

  • Lesson 4 for the week of October 17 to October 24
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Scripture: Prov. 15:3 Leading Question: What is a “world view”? The official study guide has selected Proverbs 15:3 (NKJV) as the “Memory Verse” for this week: “The eyes of the Lord are in every place,...

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