Category: Lessons

Atonement of the Cross

• Lesson 10 for the week of November 29 to December 6

Theme: Atonement at the Cross Leading Question: What does it mean for God to be godforsaken? This lesson follows a narrative plan, focusing on key points in Jesus” pilgrimage to Gethsemane and on to the...

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Metaphors of Salvation

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 22 to November 29

Theme: Metaphors of Salvation Leading Question: Is it safe to say out loud that different people will view the cross quite differently because of their personal experience? In the New Testament, the story of the...

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Born of a Woman: Atonement and the Incarnation

• Lesson 8 for the week of November 15 to November 22

Theme: Born of a Woman: Atonement and the Incarnation Leading Question: Why is it important that God himself came to earth to pay the price for our sins? Seeing Jesus as the incarnate God is...

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Atonement in Symbols: II

• Lesson 7 for the week of November 8 to November 15

Theme: Atonement in Symbols – II (sanctuary, priests, annual Day of Atonement) Leading Question: Why was a “place” of worship so important for God”s people?  Is it still? The yearly Day of Atonement has a...

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Atonement in Symbols: I

• Lesson 6 for the week of November 1 to November 8

Theme: Atonement in Symbols – I (animal sacrifices) Leading Question: Why is the shedding of blood important for the forgiveness of sins? In the light of Jesus” death as the true Passover lamb, Christians have...

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Atonement Announced

• Lesson 5 for the week of October 25 to November 1

Theme: Atonement Announced Leading Question: If the mission of the coming Messiah was clearly announced in the Old Testament, why did no one want to believe it from the lips of Jesus – until after...

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Atonement and the Divine Initiative

• Lesson 4 for the week of October 18 to October 25

Theme: Atonement and the Divine Initiative Leading Question: Was a plan of salvation for guilty sinners our idea or God’s? Discussions of the plan of salvation immediately confront issues of omniscience, divine foreknowledge, predestination, human...

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The Fall Into Sin

• Lesson 3 for the week of October 11 to October 18

Theme: The Fall Into Sin Leading Question:  What happened to God’s beautiful new world – to plants, to animals, and to human beings — when our parents disobeyed God’s command?  Why? The Bible does not...

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Cosmic Crisis: The Disruption of God’s Established Order

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 4 to October 11

Theme: “Cosmic Crisis: The Disruption of God’s Established Order” Leading Question: Why would a good and all-powerful God lead the universe through the horrors of this sinful world before making all things new? The idea...

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God’s Nature: The Basis of Atonement

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 27 to October 4

Theme: “God’s Nature: The Basis of Atonement” Leading Question: “Why is the cross of Christ so crucial for the Christian faith?” If we accept all that Scripture claims for God, we are faced with a...

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“Here Am I; Send Me!”: The Prophet Isaiah

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 20 to September 27

Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What do we know about Isaiah with regard to his background and ministry as a prophet? Basic facts of his life may be gleaned not only from Isaiah itself...

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Gifted for Service: Philip

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 13 to September 20

Questions and observations for discussion: While our study is about Philip the Evangelist, there were two known ‘Philips’ who were followers of Jesus, the Evangelist we meet in Acts and Philip the Apostle who preceded...

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Mission in a Pagan Land: Daniel and Company

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 6 to September 13

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What can we know about Daniel’s family background and early formative circumstances of his life?  (The following observations are taken from Z. Stefanovic, Daniel: Wisdom to the Wise: A...

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Women of Mission

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 30 to September 6

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What was the social standing of women in the first century A.D. among Jews?  What legal rights did they have if any? First of all, from the perspective of...

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