Category: Lessons

The Passion Week

• Lesson 6 for the week of January 29 to February 5

Lk 19:28-44; Jn 13:1-17; Mt 21:10-17; 26:36-44 The Passion Week. This week’s lesson surveys four major events during passion week which led up to Jesus’ crucifixion: Triumphal Entry, Cleansing of the Temple, Footwashing, and Gethsemane....

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In the Shadow of Calvary

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 22 to January 29

Mt 16:13-23; 17:1-23; 20:25-28; Jn 1:29-34; Acts 10:38-39 In the Shadow of Calvary. In this week’s lesson, the God-Man moves closer to his ultimate destiny, death on the cross. But before the resurrection, no one...

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A Body You Have Preparted for Me

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 15 to January 22

John 1:1-3, 14; 8:58; Heb. 5:7-9; Phil. 2:1-11 A Body You Have Prepared for Me. Today’s lesson focuses on one of the most tantalizing mysteries in Christian theology: the Incarnation, especially as it relates to...

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Jesus and the Sanctuary

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

Exod. 24:1-11; 25:8; Isaiah 53 Jesus and the Sanctuary . When we think of the heavenly sanctuary as the place where Jesus’ sacrifice has made atonement for our sin, it is easy to overlook parts...

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His Glorious Purpose Foreshadowed in Types

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

Gen. 4:1-8; 22:1-19; Num. 21:4-9; John 3:14-15 His Glorious Purpose Foreshadowed in Types. One of the crises precipitated by the modern critical study of Scripture is that the teaching about salvation which Christians accept on...

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The Provocation and Provision

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 25 to January 1

Genesis 1-3 Provocation and Provision. Our lessons this quarter focus on the cross of Christ and we begin the discussion where it begins in Scripture: Creation and Fall. In Genesis we only glimpse briefly the...

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Like the Stars Forever

• Lesson 13 for the week of December 18 to December 25

Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Dec 18-24 Background Considerations: Chapter 12 of Daniel contains the last revelation that was given to him. Several interesting parallels may be drawn between his life and career and...

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Is Michael Your Prince

• Lesson 12 for the week of December 11 to December 18

Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Dec 11-24 Background Considerations: Many students of the Bible consider Daniel 11 to be one of the most difficult chapters in the Bible. The chapter is unusually long, full...

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Face to Face With the Savior

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 4 to December 11

Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Dec 11-17 Background Considerations: This chapter is dated to the third year of King Cyrus or 536 BC. The first exiles have already returned to Palestine because of the...

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The Story of Two Exiles

• Lesson 10 for the week of November 27 to December 4

Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Dec 4-10 Background Considerations: The chapter is dated to the year 538 BC when the world was ruled by a new empire, the Medo-Persian. Following Babylon’s fall there were...

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Then Our Sins Shall Be Forgiven

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

Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Nov 20-Dec 3 Background Considerations: Daniel chapter eight dates to the third year of Belshazzar, or 547 BC, two years after the date of the vision from chapter seven....

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Suffering is Not Forever

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

Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Nov 6-19 Background Considerations: Daniel has a vision in which he sees four wild beasts rising out of the ocean. Three have identifiable forms, while the fourth is a...

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Two Unchangeable Laws

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

Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Oct 30-Nov 5 Background Considerations: The story recorded in chapter six of Daniel has many parallels with the story from chapter three at the levels of structure, vocabulary and...

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From Stars to Dust

• Lesson 6 for the week of October 30 to November 6

Corresponds with Sabbath School Study Guide: Oct 23-29 Background Considerations: Chapter five in Daniel contains a story that is closely related to the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. In fact, this is the only place...

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