Category: Lessons

I See, I Want, I Take

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

Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Cor. 8:1–7; Matt. 13:3–7, 22; Gen. 3:1–6; Isa. 56:11; Matt. 26:14–16; 2 Pet. 1:5–9. Memory Text: “ ‘Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears...

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The Influence of Materialism

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 30 to January 6

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 John 2:16, 17; Luke 14:26–33; 12:15–21; Deut. 8:10–14; 1 Tim. 6:10; John 15:5; Gal. 2:20. Memory Text: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the...

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Introduction to “Stewardship: Motives of the Heart”

• Introduction

The lessons this quarter are focused on what is commonly known as Stewardship. The word “stewardship” is an old word that has much the same meaning as the word “manager” or “management” today. A steward...

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Christian Living

• Lesson 13 for the week of December 23 to December 30

What should Christians do when they don’t agree? Having emphasized the supremacy of love in the Christian life (12:9-10; 13:8-10), Paul now begins to wrap up his letter by providing examples of how love should...

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Overcoming Evil with Good

• Lesson 12 for the week of December 16 to December 23

How should the Christian live be lived? Now that Paul has finished his explanation of the gospel, he turns his attention more fully to the way life should be lived in light of it. Paul...

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The Elect

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 9 to December 16

Did God reject the Jewish nation? Today’s lesson focuses on Romans 10 and 11 and is a continuation of Paul’s discussion in chapter 9 dealing with fact that so many Jews failed to accept Jesus...

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Children of the Promise

• Lesson 10 for the week of December 2 to December 9

What qualities is God looking for in the lives of his followers today? I suspect that Romans 9-11 is probably the least liked section in Romans. The first eight chapters of Romans provide a stunning...

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No Condemnation

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 25 to December 2

What role does the Holy Spirit play in the Christian life? In contrast to the discouraging picture painted in Romans 7 of the person struggling to overcome sin, but failing miserable, Romans 8 offers a...

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Who is the Man of Romans 7

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

Who is the man in Romans 7? Today’s lesson deals with one of the most controversial passages in Paul’s epistle: the identity of the man in Romans 7 struggling ineffectively against the power sin in...

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Overcoming Sin

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

Is freedom from sin a reality in your life? Paul’s insistence that a person is saved by faith apart from works of the law (Rom. 3:28) was troubling for some Christians—particularly those who were Jewish...

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Adam and Jesus

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

What difference does justification by faith really make in a person’s life? Although Paul has explained the details of what it means to be justified by faith and has illustrated that experience in the life...

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The Faith of Abraham

• Lesson 5 for the week of October 28 to November 4

Was Abraham justified by obedience or by faith? Having provided a technical definition and explanation of justification by faith in Romans 3:21-31, Paul now turns his attention in Romans 4 to the experience of Abraham....

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Justification by Faith

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

What does it mean to be justified by faith? Of all the passages in Paul’s writings, no single passage is packed with more theologically significant terms than Romans 3:21-31: Justification, redemption, propitiation, grace, justification by...

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The Human Condition

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

Are you ashamed of the Gospel? While some people in Paul’s day may have been ashamed of the gospel, Paul was not. The gospel for Paul was something to boast about? Why? Because the gospel...

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