Category: Lessons

The Reality of His Humanity

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

The Reality of His Humanity. Was Jesus really a human being like you and me? Study and Discussion Questions: After claiming that Jesus is divine, how can we possibly also make the claim that he...

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The Mystery of His Deity

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

The Mystery of His Deity. Why is it important to believe that Jesus was and is divine, that he has always been there and always will be? Study and Discussion Questions: In John 1, the...

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Who Was Jesus?

• Lesson 1 for the week of March 29 to April 5

Who Was Jesus? Why did everyone get it wrong about Jesus? Everyone: the disciples, the people, the religious leaders. No one was able to sense what kind of Messiah he had come to be. Maybe...

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Mission and Commission

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

Key Texts:    Matthew  28:31-46; Mark 16:14-20; Luke 24:36-53; John 3:14-19 Key Ideas:    The lesson this week focuses on the links between the mission Jesus gave his disciples (The Great Commission) and the Gospel.   1. It...

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More Lessons in Discipleship

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

Key Texts:    Matthew 14:22-33; Matthew 16:1-12; Mark 4:36-41; Mark 6:51, 52; Luke 8:25; Luke 24:37 Key Ideas:    We encounter a number of stories that are well-known.  First, there is the story of the disciples at...

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Discipleship Under Pressure

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

Key Texts:    Matthew 26:56; Luke 9:51-56; John 6:1-15; John 12:1-6; John 18:1-11;  John 21:15-19 Key Ideas:    This week, we will look at the human side of the disciples.  Time and again, their humanness burst out. ...

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Following The Master: Discipleship in Action

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 23 to March 1

Key Verses:    Matthew 8:14, 15; Matthew 10:34-37; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 5:17-26 Key Ideas:    Discipleship is something that is active, not passive.  1. The first story in this lesson is the one of Jesus healing Simon...

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Experiencing Discipleship

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 16 to February 23

Key Texts:    Matthew 17:1-13; Matthew 18:1-4; Mark 27-30; John 6:43-58 Key Issues:    This week, we are asked to contemplate discipleship as an experience rather than just belief in a set of ideas.  We encounter some...

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Preparation for Discipleship

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 9 to February 16

Key Texts:    Matthew 5-7; Matthew 10:1, Matthew 5-11; Mark 3:1-19; Luke 6:12-16. Key Ideas:    A disciple, by definition, is a learner/follower of Jesus who works constantly to understand and become more like Jesus, and who...

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Ethnicity and Discipleship

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

Key texts:    Matthew 15:21-28; Luke 7:1-11; Luke 17:11-16; John 1:3; Acts 10:1-28; I Corinthians 9:22. Key Issues:    There is an interesting progression in the Gospels and in Acts that leads away from Jerusalem and the...

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Gender and Discipleship

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

Key Texts:    Mark 5:25-34; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 8:1-3; Luke 10:38-42; John 4:4-30. Key Issue:    This week the lesson looks at the various women who became followers of Jesus.  There are quite a few who are...

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Lessons from Would-Be-Disciples

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

Key Texts:     Matthew 8:19-22; Matthew 19:16-26; Mark 10:17-23; Luke 4:16-30; Luke 18:18-30; John 3:1-21. Key Issues:    There are a number of instances recorded in the gospels of people who came to Jesus and volunteered...

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Called to Discipleship by Jesus

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

Key Texts:    Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20;  Luke 5:1-11; John 1:35-51        Key Issues:    This week, we continue the subject started last week, discussing the fact of Jesus’ calling his disciples to follow him.  We will...

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Discipleship Then and Now

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

Key Bible Passages:    Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:19 Mark 16:20; John 3:21-30; John 12:20;  Acts 5:34-39. Key Issues:    The major focus of the lesson this week has to do with discipleship over the ages.  Certainly, even...

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