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The Law and the Gospel

Lesson 10 for the week of December 1 to December 8

Major Texts: Psa. 19:7, 8; Exod. 23:1-9; 1 John 5:3; Rom. 3:19, 20; Exod. 20:11,12; Deut 5:15. The lesson this week raises the question of the relationship that exists, or should exist, between the law and...

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The Church: Rites and Rituals

Lesson 9 for the week of November 24 to December 1

Major Texts: Rom. 6:3-8; I Cor. 11:24-26; Matt. 26:26-28; Matt. 28:19, 20; John 13:1- 17. This week the lesson looks at religious ritual. In every place and society, to some degree or another, there is ritual,...

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The Church: In Service to Humanity

Lesson 8 for the week of November 17 to November 24

Major Texts: Rom. 16:5; I Cor. 1:2; I Pet. 2:9; Matt. 28:19; John 17:21, 22; Acts 15:1-29. This week the lesson looks at the idea and function of church. Interestingly, though this is a subject vital...

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“Aiming” for Victory

Lesson 7 for the week of November 10 to November 17

Major Texts: Eph. 6:14-18, 2 Cor. 6:7, Eph. 5:9, Rom. 10:15, 1 Thess. 5:8, Mark 14:38 This week’s lesson focuses on what the Bible calls the “armor of God” (Eph 6). The depiction of God’s armor...

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Victory Over Evil Forces

Lesson 6 for the week of November 3 to November 10

Major Texts: Eph. 1:18-22, Rom. 8:26-39, James 1:7, 1 Peter 5:6-10, Luke 10:1-20, Acts 5:12-16. Thinking of the Christian’s life, Paul wrote to the Roman Christians, “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors...

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Growing In Christ

Lesson 5 for the week of October 27 to November 3

Major Texts: Isa 35:10, Mark 10:45, Rom. 6:12-23, Eph. 6:12, Col. 1:16, Gal. 4:1-11, Col. 2:15. This lesson is titled “Growing in Christ,” but the content would suggest a different title, something more along the lines...

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Salvation: The Only Solution

Lesson 4 for the week of October 20 to October 27

Major Texts: John 2:25; Jer. 17:9; Titus 1:1-2; Rom. 3:19-24; Acts 2:37; Luke 7:47; Eph. 2:1-5; John 3:16-17; Rom. 8:1. This week we come to the subject of salvation. Salvation is the word believers use to...

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Mankind: God’s Handiwork

Lesson 3 for the week of October 13 to October 20

Major Texts: Gen. 1:27; 1:26; Mark 12:13-17; Gen. 2:19-25; Acts 17:26; Rom. 5:12-19 This week the focus of the lesson is on origins, particularly the origins of humans. In opening up this topic, we immediately run...

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Revelation, and the God Revealed in It

Lesson 2 for the week of October 6 to October 13

Major Texts: 2 Peter. 1:19-21; 2 Tim. 3:16; Deut. 6:4; Exo. 3:1-14; Matt. 28:19 This week, we come upon a very interesting and very important topic, the question of how we get information or word from...

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The Great Controversy: The Foundation

Lesson 1 for the week of September 29 to October 6

Major Texts: Gen. 3:15; Rev. 12:1-17; Isa. 14:4-21; Ezek. 28:12-19; Isa. 53:6; Rom. 1:20-28. This week we begin a new set of lessons under the title “Growing In Christ.” This is an intriguing title as it...

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Keeping the Church Faithful

Lesson 13 for the week of September 22 to September 29

Verses: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:18 Leading Question: Is salvation God’s business or ours? In his final admonition to the Thessalonians, Paul returns to some of the same themes with which he began his letters. 1. God chose you...

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The Antichrist

Lesson 12 for the week of September 15 to September 22

Verses: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Leading Question: Is the antichrist one person, one power, or potentially many? The second chapter of Thessalonians again returns to the question of the second coming and adds much more detailed information than...

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Promise to the Persecuted

Lesson 11 for the week of September 8 to September 15

Verses: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 Leading Question: If someone sends a well-intentioned message that is misunderstood, what steps should one take to put things right? 1. Second Coming instruction, second edition. Apparently Paul’s comments about the return of...

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Church Life

Lesson 10 for the week of September 1 to September 8

Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 Leading Question: How is it possible to exhort, admonish, and rebuke people so that our words will “reform but not exasperate” (6T 123)? Paul concludes his first letter to the Thessalonians with seventeen...

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The Law and the Gospel

The Church: Rites and Rituals

The Church: In Service to Humanity

“Aiming” for Victory

Victory Over Evil Forces

Growing In Christ

Salvation: The Only Solution

Mankind: God’s Handiwork

Revelation, and the God Revealed in It

The Great Controversy: The Foundation

Keeping the Church Faithful

The Antichrist

Promise to the Persecuted

Church Life

The Last Five Kings of Judah

Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle

Deuteronomy in the New Testament

In the Psalms: Part 1

Foundations for Prophecy

Understanding Sacrifice

God is Good

That We May Know Him

What Inspiration Is

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