Category: Lessons

Zealous for Good Works

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

Key Passages: James 2:14-26 — Works demonstrate faith Titus 2:7-8 — A model of good works silences opponents Titus 2:14 — A purified people, zealous for good deeds Eph. 2:8-10 — Created for good works,...

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In the World, Not Of the World

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

Key Passages: 1 John 2:15 — Don’t love the world or worldly things. 1 John 4:1-3 — Believers confess that Jesus came in the flesh. Phil. 3:17-21 — Enemies of the cross live for the...

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United in Diversity

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

Key Passages: Rom. 12:4-8 — God gives different gifts to different people. Gal. 3:28 — Jew/Greek, slave/free, male/female are all one. 2 Cor. 13:11 — Agree with one another and live in peace. Eph. 4:1-3...

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An Open Community

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

Key Passages: Mark 10:45 — Son of Man came to serve, not to be served. John 13:15-17 — Footwashing is an example for us. Matt. 7:12 — Treat others as you want them to treat...

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United in Love and Action

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

Key Passages: 1 John 3:18 — Love not in word, but in deed. Eph. 5:1-2 — Imitate God in our loving. Phil. 2:1-3 — Consider others better than ourselves. Matt. 22:37-40 — Love others as...

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The Same Faith and Hope

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

Key Passages: Eph. 4:4-6 — The NT proclaims one body, one faith, one God. Rev. 14:6 — “Gospel” is the heart of God’s last message. Gal. 1:7-9 — Alternative Gospels are bad news. cf. 2...

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New Persons in Christ

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 2 to October 9

Key Passages: Eph. 2:1-3 — All are by nature children of wrath. Rom. 1:28-32 — Humans do evil even while they know better. cf. Rom. 2:12-16 — the “naturally” good Gentiles. Phil. 3:6 — Paul...

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We Are a Family

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 25 to October 2

Relevant Biblical Passages & Portraits: Matt. 12:49-50 — Those who do God’s will are Jesus family. 2 Cor. 6:17-18 — God’s children are called to be separate. 1 John 5:14 — God’s family will ask...

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Paradise Restored: The Earth Made New

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

At the conclusion of our discussions on creation we come full circle — back to creation again, this time of a new heaven and a new earth. Especially are the promises of Rev 21-22 a...

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Paradise Remembered: Sabbath and Redemption in Creation

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

Creation is memorialized in the Bible in numerous ways, the Sabbath being one of the major ones. We examine here the connections in the Bible between creation and the Sabbath and how the Sabbath also...

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God’s Power in Nature

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

Having explored creation from several perspectives thus far in this set of lessons, we are now in a position to catch our breath for a moment and reflect on what our faith in God as...

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Master Designer

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 28 to September 4

This lesson focuses on the issue of design in the creation. This concern has been foundational to arguments for the existence of God and for divine creation of the world. We want to explore the...

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Creation and the Flood

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 21 to August 28

The biblical flood has long been the subject of extensive and heated debate. What we want to do in this lesson is explore primarily what the Bible has to say about the flood from the...

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Sin & Death

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 14 to August 21

This lesson takes us to a discussion about the relationship between sin and death in the broadest terms. Picking up from Lesson #7, we redefine the terms for human sins and rebellion and consider the...

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