3rd Quarter 2004 – Good Word

Read: John 17:15-18; Matthew 25:31-46 Embracing the World. Should the church seek to portray a particular image to the world? Or should it simply seek to be a hospital for sinners and let the chips...

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Supporting Our Leaders

Lesson 12 for the week of September 11 to September 18

Read: Ps. 51; Matt. 20:20-28; Gal. 3:28; 1 Thess. 5:12-13 Support Our Leaders: If a church leader makes a mistake, should we still support him or her? That is the question at the heart of...

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Brothers and Sisters in the Faith

Lesson 11 for the week of September 4 to September 11

Read: Rom. 12:4-5;1 Cor. 1-3; 12:12-27; Acts 1-7; 15 Brothers and Sisters in the Faith. It may be one thing to forgive our enemies, but how can we forgive members of our own faith community...

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Loving Our Enemies

Lesson 10 for the week of August 28 to September 4

Read: Jer. 31:31-34; Matt. 6:12; Luke 6:27-36; 23:1-34 Loving Our Enemies. If our enemies are both wrong and evil, why and how can we love them as Jesus said we must? That is the focal...

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How to Relate to Non-Christians

Lesson 9 for the week of August 21 to August 28

Read: John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Rom. 1:18-20; 2:14-16 How to Relate to Non-Christians. Can people who do not know Jesus and who do not knowingly follow him be saved in a kingdom where Jesus reigns...

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Christ’s Other Sheep

Lesson 8 for the week of August 14 to August 21

Read: John 10:16; 13:34-35; 1 Cor. 13; Rev. 14:1-12 Christ’s Other Sheep. These lessons are prepared by a Seventh-day Adventist and are supported by a Seventh-day Adventist institution. Quite bluntly, the question being addressed in...

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Respect for Authorities

Lesson 7 for the week of August 7 to August 14

Read: Matt. 5:13-16; 22:15-21; Rom. 13:1-5; 1 Pet. 2:13-15 Respect for Authorities. When does a Christian submit to authority and when should a Christian resist an authority? That is the issue which lies at the...

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Religion in the Workplace

Lesson 6 for the week of July 31 to August 7

Read: Gen. 3:17-19; Eccl. 9:10; Matt. 18:15-22; Luke 15:11-32 Religion in the Workplace. Does the Christian do better work than a non-Christian worker. If so, why? That is the focus of our discussion this week....

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Friendship

Lesson 5 for the week of July 24 to July 31

Read: 1 Sam. 20; John 15:12-15; 2 Cor. 6:14-18; Phil. 2:3-8 Friendship. To what extent is the divine example a model for human friendship, as presented by a Father whom we cannot see and the...

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Marriage Is Not Out of Date

Lesson 4 for the week of July 17 to July 24

Read: Gen. 2:18-25; John 2:1-11; Eph. 5:21-33; 1 Pet. 3:1-7 Marriage Is Not Out of Date. In Scripture, marriage is the norm, celibacy the rare exception. Jesus never married, but early in his ministry blessed...

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Parenthood – Joys and Responsibilities

Lesson 3 for the week of July 10 to July 17

Read: Ps. 127:3-5; Prov. 1:8-15; 19:8; Eph. 6:1-4; Phil. 4:9 Parenthood – Joys and Responsibilities. To what extent are parents responsible for their children, both before they reach maturity and after? The ideas suggested by...

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“Honor Your Father and Your Mother”

Lesson 2 for the week of July 3 to July 10

Read: Gen. 22:1-14; Exod. 20:12; Luke 2:41-52; Eph. 6:1-3 Honor Your Father and Your Mother. Right at the beginning of Leviticus 19, a chapter which includes a wide variety of laws, both moral and ritual,...

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