Tag: Alden Thompson

Teaching Disciples: Part 2

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 17 to August 24

Opening Question If you could request any gift from God, what might it be? Introduction As this lesson completes chapter 10, we also complete the three major chapters on discipleship in Mark. We learn more...

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Teaching Disciples: Part 1

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 10 to August 17

Opening Question What makes someone a good student? Introduction Many commentators will divide Mark into two sections: the first half ends at 8:30 or perhaps 8:38, and the 2nd half ends at 16:8 (or 20)....

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Inside Out

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 3 to August 10

Opening Question Does Jesus care what we eat? Introduction One of the more challenging passages in Mark’s gospel is chapter 7’s discussion about unclean hands and foods. But perhaps we ask the wrong questions when...

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Miracles Around the Lake

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 27 to August 3

Opening Question Who is more in need of immediate care: a person with a cold, or someone suffering a heart stroke? Introduction Several “boat scenes” in Mark’s gospel reveal misunderstandings of the disciples and give...

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Parables

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 20 to July 27

Opening Question Why do people enjoy riddles? Introduction This week’s study examines the Parables in Mark 4. In many ways, this chapter is parallel to Matthew 13. Jesus was not unlike the Rabbis of His...

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Controversies

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 13 to July 20

Opening Question Have you ever been involved in something contentious or scandalous? Introduction This week’s lesson covers the next stories in Mark chapters 2 and 3. The stories are again punctuated with the word “immediately”...

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A Day in the Ministry of Jesus

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 6 to July 13

Opening Question What is the most spontaneous thing you can remember doing? Introduction Our lesson this week takes on Mark 1:16-45. These verses cover a range of topics including the call of the first disciples,...

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The Beginning of the Gospel

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 29 to July 6

Opening Question: What do people mean when they say, “it’s the Gospel truth”? Introduction We begin our study this quarter of the Biblical “gospel” according to Mark, and the first couple days focus on John...

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General Introduction

• Introduction

This study guide is meant to accompany the Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath School lesson for the 3rd Quarter of 2024. The format of this guide follows a similar pattern for each week’s lesson: an introduction to...

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Ephesians in the Heart

• Lesson 14 for the week of September 23 to September 30

Study Guide Prepared by: John McVay Key Texts: Ephesians 1-6 Key Questions Reviewing the Epistle to the Ephesians chapter by chapter, what candidates for “life texts” do you see, passages that can inspire and shape...

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Waging Peace

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 16 to September 23

Study Guide Prepared by: John McVay Key Texts: Eph 6:10-20, Part 2 Key Questions In Eph 6:10-20, Paul exhorts believers to adopt an urgent, soldier-like approach to Christian discipleship and witness. How sustainable is such...

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The Call to Stand

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 9 to September 16

Study Guide Prepared by: John McVay Key Texts: Eph 6:10-20, Part 1 Key Questions Since we are now under the authority of the exalted Christ (Eph 1:20-23), why not simply ignore the powers of darkness...

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Practicing Supreme Loyalty to Christ

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 2 to September 9

Study Guide Prepared by: John McVay Key Texts: Eph 6:1-9 Key Questions What principles should we use in interpreting and applying the counsels of Paul’s “household code” in Ephesians 5:21-6:9? See the “Excursus,” below. What...

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Husbands & Wives: Together at the Cross

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 26 to September 2

Study Guide Prepared by: John McVay Key Texts: Eph 5:21-33 Key Questions What element of Paul’s discussion of the relationship between Christ as Bridegroom and the church as bride (Eph. 5:25-27, 29) do you find...

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