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Category: Lessons

Such a Great Cloud of Witnesses

  • Lesson 9 for the week of February 19 to February 26
Background Considerations: Reviewing some definitions of “faith” might prove helpful in a good Bible dictionary in preparation for the discussion of this lesson. The Old Testament is more holistic and uses terms like faithfulness and...

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Douglas Clark

Assurance and Christ’s High-Priestly Ministry

  • Lesson 8 for the week of February 12 to February 19
Background Considerations: The book of Hebrews is unlike others in the New Testament in its focus and style. What can we know about the background of this book which could help us interpret it? From...

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Douglas Clark

John’s Experience and Assurance of Salvation

  • Lesson 7 for the week of February 5 to February 12
Background Considerations: The material from John is among the later materials which make up our New Testament. Perhaps this explains some of the reflective nature of this literature since it comes out of a mature...

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Douglas Clark

Peter’s Growth in the Grace of Christ

  • Lesson 6 for the week of January 29 to February 5
Background Considerations: By all counts, the biblical treatments of the Apostle Peter, find him to be an intriguing character in the cast of disciples. Brash, arrogant, pushy, assertive, vocal, impatience, a grand-stander ­ these all...

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Douglas Clark

Paul’s Experience and Teaching of Assurance

  • Lesson 5 for the week of January 22 to January 29
Background Considerations: The major issue at stake in this lesson has to do with sanctification and salvation as they relate to assurance. While Paul’s experience on the Damascus Road is the focal point for the...

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Douglas Clark

Christ’s Assurance of Justification by Faith

  • Lesson 4 for the week of January 15 to January 22
Background Considerations: It might make some sense, in thinking about this lesson, to consult a good dictionary and a good Bible dictionary on terms like: guilt, forgiveness, justification. The latter in particular is a technical...

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Douglas Clark

The Work of Christ: Our Assurance

  • Lesson 3 for the week of January 8 to January 15
Background Considerations: The issue in this lesson does not have so much to do with the nature of Christ as with his activities on our behalf as reason for assurance. Over the centuries, believers have...

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Douglas Clark

The Person of Christ: Our Assurance

  • Lesson 2 for the week of January 1 to January 8
Background Considerations: The Christian centuries have witnessed endless debates about the person and nature of Christ. These extended from conflicts about the divinity of Jesus and the idea of a trinity during the first five...

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Douglas Clark

The Foundation of Our Assurance

  • Lesson 1 for the week of December 25 to January 1
Assurance and the Bible: One of the major issues in this lesson has to do with the trustworthiness of the Bible as a source of assurance. How might one get at this concern? What kinds...

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Douglas Clark

The Heavenly Family

  • Lesson 13 for the week of December 18 to December 25
Key Passages Phil. 3:20 — Our citizenship is in heaven. 2 Cor. 5:1-10 — The believer longs for something better. Rom. 8:18-25 — The whole creation waits and groans in hope. Descriptions of a restored...

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Alden Thompson

Strong and Active

  • Lesson 12 for the week of December 11 to December 18
Key Passages: Isa. 58:1-14 — The Sabbath and the true fast. Rev. 14:6-12 — The three angels’ messages. Eph. 2:19-22 — Christ the foundation holds the house together 2 Peter 1:5-11 — Peter’s ladder: faith,...

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Alden Thompson

How We Are Today

  • Lesson 11 for the week of December 4 to December 11
Key Passages: Matt. 7:15-20 — Beware of false prophets; check the fruit. Matt. 7:24-27 — Obedience means building on rock, not sand. Matt. 24:11-13 — False prophets, lawlessness, loss of love. 1 Tim. 4:1-5 —...

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Alden Thompson

Christ, Center of Our Homes

  • Lesson 10 for the week of November 27 to December 4
Key Passages: Psalm 127 — Labor is vain unless the Lord builds the house. John 2:1-10 — Jesus blesses family life at a wedding in Cana. Eph. 5:21-31 — Spouses are to be subject to...

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Alden Thompson

Salt and Light

  • Lesson 9 for the week of November 20 to November 27
Key Passages: Matt. 5:13-16 — Salt of the earth, light of the world. Mark 9:50 — Have salt in yourselves and be at peace. John 8:12 — Jesus is the light of the world. 2...

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Alden Thompson
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