Wise Words for Families

• Lesson 6 for the week of February 4 to February 11

Read: I Cor 7:3-4; Prov 5:3-23; 19:18; 13:24; 23:13-14; 17:22; 31:10-31 Wise Words for Families: The book of Proverbs has been described as the lecture notes of a wisdom teacher. In perusing those notes it...

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Disciples Making Disciples

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 28 to February 4

Read: s 54:13; Mt 28:19; Jn 8:31; 13:35; Deut 6:4-7; Prov 2:9; 22:6; Eph 6:1-4 Disciples Making Disciples: Discipline correctly understood is all about discipling. Discipline is an educational process of making willing followers who...

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Living with Lambs

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 21 to January 28

Read: Mk 10:14; Ps 127:3; Prov 22:3; Eph 6:4; Mt 18:3-5 Living with Lambs: There is a growing conviction in many circles that the purpose of marriage is to provide a solid and secure platform...

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Restoration

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 14 to January 21

Read: Rom 12:2; Mt 19:4-6; Gen 3:8, 12, 14-19; Ph 2:4; Eph 5:28-29 Restoration: In the beginning marriage was established for companionship, for procreation, and for sharing responsibilities. With the Fall came a disruption of...

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God’s Word on Family Living

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 7 to January 14

Read: Eph 5:17, 21;Rom 15:4; I Jn 4:11: Is 54:5; 66:13 God’s Word on Family Living: Our study this week encompasses an interesting range of Biblical passages, beginning with a number of hortatory injunctions, such...

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A Family of Families

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 31 to January 7

Read: Gen 1:27-28; 2:18, 24; Eph 2:19-20; Jn 17:11, 21 A Family of Families: This quarter our lessons focus on the family of faith as a way to nurture and encourage growth and vitality in...

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The Cross and the Great Controversy

• Lesson 13 for the week of March 19 to March 26

Job 1-2; Rev. 12:7-17 The Cosmic Conflict. The Seventh-day Adventist understanding of the Cosmic Conflict has generally been popularized in Adventism under the heading of “The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan.” It is more...

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The Cross and Sanctification

• Lesson 12 for the week of March 12 to March 19

Rom 6; Gal 5:16-25; Col 3:1-17 The Cross and Sanctification. If justification is God’s act of declaring His children righteous, sanctification is the process by which we become righteous, holy, and good. Our lesson today...

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The Cross and Justification

• Lesson 11 for the week of March 5 to March 12

Rom 3, 7-8; Gal 3 The Cross and Justification. In traditional Protestant theology, “justification” is the process by which God declares us to be in right standing with him, regardless of our behavior of the...

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The Heart of the Cross

• Lesson 10 for the week of February 26 to March 5

Gen 18:22-33; Gen 22; Rom 3:9-31; 5; 2 Cor 5:14-21 The Heart of the Cross . Many of the biblical passages which focus on the meaning of the cross, build on the idea of substitution....

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He is Risen

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 19 to February 26

Mt 28; Mk 16; Lk 24; Jn 20; Rom 6:4-6; 1 Cor 15 He Is Risen. This week’s lesson focuses on the Resurrection, the central pillar in the Christian faith. As Paul put it in...

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Darkness at Noon

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 12 to February 19

Mt 27:33-66; Mk 15:22-47; Lk 23:33-56; Jn 19:17-42 Darkness at Noon. This week’s study focuses on Jesus’ experience on the cross. Here we will look at the cross through the lens of Jesus’ seven sayings...

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Passage to Calvary

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 5 to February 12

Mt 26:57-27:32; Mk 14:53-15:21; Lk 22:54-23:32; Jn 18:12-19:17 Passage to Calvary. All four Gospels describe Jesus’ trials and condemnation. It is instructive to view this sequence of events through the experience of the primary characters...

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The Passion Week

• Lesson 6 for the week of January 29 to February 5

Lk 19:28-44; Jn 13:1-17; Mt 21:10-17; 26:36-44 The Passion Week. This week’s lesson surveys four major events during passion week which led up to Jesus’ crucifixion: Triumphal Entry, Cleansing of the Temple, Footwashing, and Gethsemane....

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