Category: Lessons

Worship the Creator

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 3 to August 10

Relevant Verses: Isaiah 58, Jeremiah 7; Luke 4:18-19, Matt. 23 Leading Question: Does religion – things done in God’s name – tend to liberate or oppress? Comment: If God is the Creator of all, then...

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The Cry of the Prophets

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 27 to August 3

Relevant Verses: 1 Sam. 8:10-18; Amos 8:4-6; Micah 7:18-20; Ezek. 34:2-4; Isaiah Leading Question: Given the fact that the harsh judgments of the prophets were rarely successful in reforming God’s people, is there any clue...

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Mercy and Justice in Psalms and Proverbs

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 20 to July 27

Relevant Verses: Ps. 82, 146; Prov. 30:7-9 Leading Question: How do those who know they are sinners, find hope in passages of Scripture that praise a king for promising to root sinners out of his...

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Sabbath a Day of Freedom

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 13 to July 20

Relevant Verses: Exod. 16:16-18; 20:8-11; Deut. 5:12-15 Leading Question: How can we transform the Sabbath from a day which tells us what we can’t do, to a day that liberates us? Comment: In some ways,...

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Blueprint for a Better World

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 6 to July 13

Relevant Verses: Exod. 20, Deut. 26:1-11 Leading Question: How does the divine example help move us toward caring for the needy? Comment: Israel had been slaves for some 400 years when God “finally” came to...

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God Created…

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 29 to July 6

Relevant Verses: Gen. 1-3; 4:1-9 Leading Question: If you were to look at our created world without any reference to Scripture, where would you place it on a spectrum extending from good to evil? Our...

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Turning Hearts in the End Time

• Lesson 13 for the week of June 22 to June 29

Texts for the Week: Mal. 4:5, 6; Matt. 11:14, 15; 17:10; 1 Kings 16:29–17:24; 1 Kings 18:20–45; Matt. 3:2 Memory Text: “ ‘Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the...

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What Have they Seen in Your House?

• Lesson 12 for the week of June 15 to June 22

Texts for the Week: Isaiah 38; 39; 1 Cor. 7:12–15; 1 Pet. 3:1, 2; Heb. 6:12; 13:7; 3 John 11; Isa. 58:6, 7, 10, 12 Memory Text: “But you are a chosen generation, a royal...

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Families of Faith

• Lesson 11 for the week of June 8 to June 15

Texts for the Week: Acts 10:1–28, 34, 35; 1 Cor. 2:2; 1 Thess. 5:21, 22; John 1:12, 13; 3:7; 1 John 5:1 Memory Text: “Therefore . . . let us run with endurance the race...

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Little Times of Trouble

• Lesson 10 for the week of June 1 to June 8

Texts for the Week: Matt. 7:5; Eph. 1:7; Phil. 2:4–8; Eph. 4:26, 27; James 1:19, 20; Col. 3:19; Matt. 7:12 Memory Text: “Be angry, and do not sin’: do not let the sun go down...

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Times of Loss

• Lesson 9 for the week of May 25 to June 1

Texts for the Week: Mark 5:22-24; 35-43; 1 Peter 5:6, 7; Gen. 37:17-28; Luke 16:13; Rom. 6:16; I Cor. 15:26 Memory Text: “Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the...

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Season of Parenting

• Lesson 8 for the week of May 18 to May 25

Texts for the Week: Gen. 18:11; Jer. 31:25; Matt. 11:28; Psalm 127; Prov. 22:6; 1 Sam. 3:10–14; Phil. 3:13 Memory Text: “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is...

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Keys to Family Unity

• Lesson 7 for the week of May 11 to May 18

Texts for the Week: Gen. 33:12–14, Ruth 1:16–18, John 17:21–26, Gal. 3:28, Eph. 2:11–22, 5:21–6:9 Memory Text: “That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they...

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The Royal Love Song

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

Texts for the Week: Song of Solomon; Gen. 2:7; 1 Cor. 7:3–5; John 17:3; 1 John 1:9; Rom. 1:24–27; Gal. 5:24. Memory Text: “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon...

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