Category: Lessons

Creation and the Fall

• Lesson 6 for the week of February 2 to February 9

Major Texts: Gen 3:1-15, Matt 4:3-10, Col 2:20-23, John 3:17, Rev 14:6,7 Those who know the biblical story of creation know It is followed quite directly by another well-known story that is a very sad one, the story of the...

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Creation and Morality

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 26 to February 2

Major Texts: Gen 2:16,17,1:26-28; James 3:9, Acts 17:26, Proverbs 4:31, Matt 5:44-48, Rev 20:11-13 The title of the lesson this week raises the prospect of some very interesting and challenging discussions about a matter that is of great significance to all...

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Creation, a Biblical Theme

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 19 to January 26

Major Texts: Genesis 2, Matt 19:4-6, Psalms 8, Job 38:1-21,42:1-6; Is 45:18, Acts 17:22-31 The lesson this week invites us to look at creation not only as an initial event but also as an event that has implications for all history...

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The Creation Completed

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 12 to January 19

Major Texts: Genesis 1, Ps 8:3, Rom 8:19-22, Lev 11:14-22, Gen 2:1-3, Mark 2:28 The lesson this week revolves around three main eventualities-the days of creation, the sequence of creative events, and the completion of the creation week with the resultant...

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Creation: Forming the World

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 5 to January 12

Major Texts: Gen 1:1-13; Isa 45:18, 1 John 1:5, Rev 22:5, 2 Cor 4:6, 2 Pet 3:5, Job 38:4-6 The adult Sabbath School lesson for this week focuses itself on the various particulars about planet earth that make it, to borrow a...

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Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 29 to January 5

Major Texts: Gen 1:1; Heb 11:3; Ps 19:1-3; John 1:1-3; Col 1:15,16; John 2:7-11 Introduction: The lessons this quarter focus on the big and foundational question of origins, a question that is much agitated these days mostly because of the on-going...

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Introduction

• Introduction

The lessons this quarter are all about origins, particularly about creation as the event is found laid out in the Bible. Now the minute this subject comes up, everyone knows it is surrounded with a…

When All Things Become New

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

Major Texts: 1 Thess. 4:16-18; Rev. 20; 1 Cor. 4:5; Rom. 8:20-22; Rev. 21:11-22:5; Rev. 21:3. This lesson concludes the quarter-long series on Growing in Christ. It invites us to look toward the very end of things...

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Last Things: Jesus and the Saved

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

Major Texts: Heb. 8:1-5; Isa. 53:6; Rom. 3:24, 25; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 9:23; Acts 3:19-21. We begin with the passage from Acts 3:19-21 – “19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be...

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The Christian Life

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 7 to December 15

Major Texts: Deut. 8:11-17; Phil. 2:3,4; 1 Cor. 15:51, 52; Rev. 22:1-5; Matt. 22:39; Gen. 2:21-25 We begin the lesson this week with a thought-provoking text – “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if...

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The Law and the Gospel

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

Major Texts: Psa. 19:7, 8; Exod. 23:1-9; 1 John 5:3; Rom. 3:19, 20; Exod. 20:11,12; Deut 5:15. The lesson this week raises the question of the relationship that exists, or should exist, between the law and...

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The Church: Rites and Rituals

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 24 to December 1

Major Texts: Rom. 6:3-8; I Cor. 11:24-26; Matt. 26:26-28; Matt. 28:19, 20; John 13:1- 17. This week the lesson looks at religious ritual. In every place and society, to some degree or another, there is ritual,...

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The Church: In Service to Humanity

• Lesson 8 for the week of November 17 to November 24

Major Texts: Rom. 16:5; I Cor. 1:2; I Pet. 2:9; Matt. 28:19; John 17:21, 22; Acts 15:1-29. This week the lesson looks at the idea and function of church. Interestingly, though this is a subject vital...

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“Aiming” for Victory

• Lesson 7 for the week of November 10 to November 17

Major Texts: Eph. 6:14-18, 2 Cor. 6:7, Eph. 5:9, Rom. 10:15, 1 Thess. 5:8, Mark 14:38 This week’s lesson focuses on what the Bible calls the “armor of God” (Eph 6).  The depiction of God’s armor...

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