Tag: Alden Thompson

Our Mission

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 23 to August 30

Relevant Verses: Matthew 25, 28 Leading Question: What does Jesus tell us about “our” mission? Before looking specifically at what Jesus gives us as our mission, we should focus briefly on the difference between New Testament...

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The Church

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 16 to August 23

Relevant Verses: John 17; 1 Corinthians 3, 12; Matt. 20:24-28 Leading Question: What does Jesus us tell us about the Church? In the NT, the Greek word for “church” is ecclesia , an assembly of people...

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Living Like Christ

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 9 to August 16

Relevant Verses: Matt. 25:31-46; Luke 6:27-36; 10:25-37; John 16:25-27 Leading Question: When we say that we are to live like Christ, what does Jesus himself tell us about that? The troubling backdrop to the leading...

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Growing in Christ

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 2 to August 9

Relevant Verses: John 15; Col. 1:24-29 Leading Question: What does Jesus tell us about growing in him? If, as suggested in the notes to last week’s lesson, “repentance” is the crucial element in God’s plan of...

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How to Be Saved

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 26 to August 2

Relevant Verses: Luke 5:27-32; 6:27-36; 7:36-50; 14:15-24; 19:1-10; 22:1-14 Leading Question: Before his death, what did Jesus teach about how to be saved? In recent decades, Protestant evangelists have developed a liking for simple rules to...

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Salvation

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 19 to July 26

Relevant Verse: John 3:16 Leading Question: What do Jesus and Gospels tell us about salvation before Jesus died on the cross? Given the strong emphasis on substitutionary theology in evangelical circles, a position which sees the...

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The Holy Spirit

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 12 to July 19

Relevant Verses: John 14-17 Leading Question: What do we learn about the Holy Spirit from Jesus and the Gospels? 1. How should we understand John 7:37-38: 37 On the last day of the festival, the great...

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The Son

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 5 to July 12

Relevant Verses: Isaiah 53; John 14-17 Leading Questions: Why is it so hard today for some to see Jesus as God incarnate and why was it so hard for the Jews in Jesus’ day? Why it...

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Our Loving Heavenly Father

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 28 to July 5

Relavent Verses: Matt. 6:9; Luke 11:2 Leading Question: What qualifies Jesus to tell us about the love of a heavenly Father? For this first lesson in the new quarter, the author of the official study guide...

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Christ’s Kingdom and the Law

• Lesson 13 for the week of June 21 to June 28

Leading Question: “In God’s new kingdom, how will the law of God be different than that law of God that we now know?” Introduction to the Issue: In this sinful world, attitudes toward God’s law...

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Christ’s Church and the Law

• Lesson 12 for the week of June 14 to June 21

Leading Question: “Given the differing reactions to law within the human family, how can a single church unite them all in Christ?” Introduction to the Issue. If we are serious about uniting all God’s children...

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Apostles and the Law

• Lesson 11 for the week of June 7 to June 14

Leading Question: “How can we avoid the tendency to focus only on the passages of Scripture that meet our needs?” Introduction to the Issue: It is worth noting that when a person swings away from...

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Christ, the Law, and the Covenants

• Lesson 10 for the week of May 31 to June 7

Leading Question: “On what basis have some Christians concluded that the Old Testament represents the “old” covenant and the New Testament the “new” covenant? Introduction to the Issue: Some Christians who resolve the old covenant/new...

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Christ, the Law, and the Gospel

• Lesson 9 for the week of May 24 to May 31

Leading Question: “In the Old Testament, law is Gospel – good news – why is that hard for some people to believe? Introduction to the Issue: The contrast between the view of law in the...

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