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...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Scripture: Deut. 4:5-8; 13-14; 5:22-33 Leading Question: What is the role of “law” in education? Given the secularizing impulse in higher education, it may seem surprising to see a lesson with the title, “The Law...
Scripture: Eph. 5:21 – 6:1-4; Deut. 6 Leading Question: From an educational perspective, where can one go in the Bible to find he ideal family setting and the ideal family in action? In both Testaments,...
Scripture: Genesis 2-3 Leading Question: What can the Garden of Eden teach us about what how we are to go about education today? Our new series of topics for this quarter focus on the topic...
Scripture: Phil. 2:5-11; Matt. 4:18-20; Acts 9, John 21, 1 John 3:16-18 Leading Question: How does one explain a life-long commitment to God? Our lesson this week focuses of the example of Jesus in giving...
Scripture: Revelation 14 Leading Question: “What is God’s message for today?” As I prepared the study guide for this lesson, I found myself moving further and further back into biblical history, looking for the great...
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