Past Issues – Page 97

The Sabbath and the Second Coming

Lesson 4 for the week of April 15 to April 22

Background Considerations: Sixty plus years ago both my mother and my mother-in-law switched from keeping the first day of the week as sacred to keeping the seventh day. Like many religious Americans they were already...

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Creation and the Second Coming

Lesson 3 for the week of April 8 to April 15

Background Consideration: Dr. Joe Galusha points out in this broadcast that the evolutionist views the geological data in the earth’s crust as evidence of the process of evolution, but creation scientists typically view the geological...

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The Authority of the Bible

Lesson 2 for the week of April 1 to April 8

Background Considerations: In 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Paul exposes to view how an inspired Bible is supposed to work. Both the process and the end product are laid out in plain view. By means of teaching...

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What Makes Christianity Christian?

Lesson 1 for the week of March 25 to April 1

Background Considerations: The earliest surviving picture of Jesus was scratched on a plaster wall in the city of Rome about 200 A.D. In the crude graffiti a human body, drawn from the backside, is stretched...

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Blessed Assurances in Revelation

Lesson 13 for the week of March 18 to March 25

Background Considerations: Of all the books of the Bible, Revelation promises the greatest assurance, especially to those who have been oppressed, marginalized, wronged, in other words those needing hope the most. If one stands back...

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Witnessing With Assurance

Lesson 12 for the week of March 11 to March 18

Background Considerations: A confident Christian has something to say about faith and is not afraid to say it. Although gifts vary and levels of intensity (from nature and nurture!) differ among people, those who have...

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God’s Assurance in Baptism and the Communion

Lesson 11 for the week of March 4 to March 11

Background Considerations: Christians all over the world relate in different ways to sacraments. In many places you can never have too many; there is a ritual every time you turn around. And people find it...

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Assurance and the Final Judgment

Lesson 10 for the week of February 26 to March 4

Background Considerations: The appearance in the same sentence of “assurance” and “judgment” seems to create an oxymoron; this does not make sense, because people are normally not encouraged by references to accountability and assessment. Are...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Sabbath and the Second Coming

Creation and the Second Coming

The Authority of the Bible

What Makes Christianity Christian?

Blessed Assurances in Revelation

Witnessing With Assurance

God’s Assurance in Baptism and the Communion

Assurance and the Final Judgment

Such a Great Cloud of Witnesses

Assurance and Christ’s High-Priestly Ministry

John’s Experience and Assurance of Salvation

Peter’s Growth in the Grace of Christ

Paul’s Experience and Teaching of Assurance

Christ’s Assurance of Justification by Faith

The Last Five Kings of Judah

Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle

Deuteronomy in the New Testament

Rough Start

The Burning Bush

Oppression: The Background and the Birth of Moses

God is Good

That We May Know Him

What Inspiration Is

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