Category: Lessons

The Unity of the Gospel

• Lesson 3 for the week of October 8 to October 15

Leading Question: “Is the debate over circumcision in the early church relevant for Christians today?” Key Passages: Galatians 2:1-14 – Paul and the apostles agreed that circumcision was not necessary for Gentiles. Galatians 5:2-6 – Circumcision is...

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Paul’s Authority and Gospel

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 1 to October 8

Leading Question: “How do we relate to Scripture? And what authority does it have in our lives?” Key Passages: Galatians 1:1-24 – Paul defends his apostolic authority and the divine origin of his gospel. 2 Peter...

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Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 24 to October 1

Leading Question: “Who was Saul of Tarsus? And why did God choose him as His apostle to the Gentiles?” Key Passages: Acts 6:8-7:60 – Arrest and Stoning of Stephen Acts 8:1-3 – Saul’s Persecution of the Church...

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Worship in the Book of Revelation

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 17 to September 24

Texts: Revelation 1:13-18, Job 42:1-6, Revelation 19:1-5, Revelation 13, Revelation 14:6-12 This week is the last of the progression we have been following for the last 13 weeks, all on the subject of worship, looking at worship from various...

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Worship in the Early Church

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 10 to September 17

Texts: Acts 1:1-11, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 17:15-34, Acts 18:1-16, I Corinthians 13 This week in our discussion, we are invited to look beyond the time of Jesus to the very early years during which time the Christian church was...

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In Spirit and in Truth

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 3 to September 10

Texts: Luke 1:46-55, Luke 4:5-8, Deuteronomy 11:16, John 4:1-24, Luke 19:37-40 Continuing on with the theme of worship – what it is, how it happens, the role and function it plays in believers lives – we are invited to look...

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Worship: From Exile to Restoration

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 27 to September 3

Texts: Ezekiel 8, Daniel 3, Jeremiah 29:10-14, Haggai 1, Zechariah 1:1-6, Nehemiah 1 All this quarter, we have been looking at worship, particularly as it has been played out in the history of the ancient people of...

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“Trust Not in Deceptive Words:” The Prophets and Worship

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 20 to August 27

Texts: Micah 6:1-8, Isaiah 6:1-8, Isaiah 1:11-15, Isaiah 58:1-10, Isaiah 44, Jeremiah 7:1-10 We continue with the subject of worship, how it is appropriately done and how it can often fall off into counterfeits and mere rituals. In the lesson...

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Conformity, Compromise and Crisis in Worship

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 13 to August 20

Texts: Genesis 6:5, Jeremiah 17:5, Deut 12:8, Deut 13:18, 1 Kings 11:1-13, 1 Kings 18, Malachi 3:16-17 Malachi 4:1-6 One of the things to be learned about human beings and worship is that we have a great innate desire and capacity to...

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Worship in the Psalms

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 6 to August 13

Texts: Psalms 90:1-2; Psa 100:1-5; Psa 100:73; Psa 100:49; Psa 141:2; Psa 20:3; Psa 54:6; Psa 78:1-8 This week, our focus is going to again be on the subject of worship but the particular focus, the place from which we will take our...

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Worship and Song and Praise

• Lesson 6 for the week of July 30 to August 6

Texts: Psalms 32:1-5; 1 Chronicles 51:1-6, 1 Chronicles 17; 1 Chronicles 16:8-36;Revelation 4:9-11; Rev 5:9-13; Phil 4:8 This week we are still talking about worship and will consider some aspects of King David of ancient Israel in an attempt to...

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Happy Are You, O Israel!

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 23 to July 30

Texts: Leviticus 9; Leviticus 10:1-11; Revelation 20:9; Deuteronomy 33:26-29; I Samuel 1; I Samuel 15:22-23 The lesson for this week begins with a rather sobering couple of verses, taken from the writings of the prophet Isaiah. The verses read:...

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Rejoicing Before the Lord: The Sanctuary and Worship

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 16 to July 23

Texts: Exodus 25:1-9; Exodus 35; Exodus 29:38-39; Exodus 25:10-22; Deuteronomy 12:5-7; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 16:13-16 One of the major features of the Old Testament, particularly in its earlier stages, is the appearance of a tent called a “Tabernacle,” with a...

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The Sabbath and Worship

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 9 to July 16

Texts: Exodus 20:11, Deuteronomy 5:15, Isaiah 44:15-20, Romans 6:16-23, Matthew 11:28-30 The lesson this week traces the links between the call to worship God as creator and redeemer and the Sabbath that was established as a day of commemoration, the...

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