Mt 28; Mk 16; Lk 24; Jn 20; Rom 6:4-6; 1 Cor 15 He Is Risen. This week’s lesson focuses on the Resurrection, the central pillar in the Christian faith. As Paul put it in...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
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Mt 27:33-66; Mk 15:22-47; Lk 23:33-56; Jn 19:17-42 Darkness at Noon. This week’s study focuses on Jesus’ experience on the cross. Here we will look at the cross through the lens of Jesus’ seven sayings...
Mt 26:57-27:32; Mk 14:53-15:21; Lk 22:54-23:32; Jn 18:12-19:17 Passage to Calvary. All four Gospels describe Jesus’ trials and condemnation. It is instructive to view this sequence of events through the experience of the primary characters...
Lk 19:28-44; Jn 13:1-17; Mt 21:10-17; 26:36-44 The Passion Week. This week’s lesson surveys four major events during passion week which led up to Jesus’ crucifixion: Triumphal Entry, Cleansing of the Temple, Footwashing, and Gethsemane....
Mt 16:13-23; 17:1-23; 20:25-28; Jn 1:29-34; Acts 10:38-39 In the Shadow of Calvary. In this week’s lesson, the God-Man moves closer to his ultimate destiny, death on the cross. But before the resurrection, no one...
John 1:1-3, 14; 8:58; Heb. 5:7-9; Phil. 2:1-11 A Body You Have Prepared for Me. Today’s lesson focuses on one of the most tantalizing mysteries in Christian theology: the Incarnation, especially as it relates to...
Exod. 24:1-11; 25:8; Isaiah 53 Jesus and the Sanctuary . When we think of the heavenly sanctuary as the place where Jesus’ sacrifice has made atonement for our sin, it is easy to overlook parts...
Gen. 4:1-8; 22:1-19; Num. 21:4-9; John 3:14-15 His Glorious Purpose Foreshadowed in Types. One of the crises precipitated by the modern critical study of Scripture is that the teaching about salvation which Christians accept on...
Genesis 1-3 Provocation and Provision. Our lessons this quarter focus on the cross of Christ and we begin the discussion where it begins in Scripture: Creation and Fall. In Genesis we only glimpse briefly the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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