Tag: Biblical Missionaries

Must the Whole World Hear?

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 19 to September 26

Key Texts: Acts 4:12; Psa. 87:4-6; John 10:16; Rom. 2:12-16; John 14:6; Rom. 1:18 Q. – “Will all be saved, or will some be lost?” This is the last lesson in the progression of lessons...

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Mission and Message

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 12 to September 19

Key Texts: 1 Cor. 1:22-24; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7; 1 Cor. 15:12-22; Acts 15 38-41 Q. – “What are the key elements to Paul’s mission and message?” The lesson today is again about...

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Paul: Background and Call

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 5 to September 12

Key Texts: Acts 9:1, Phil. 3:6, I Cor. 15:10, Acts 9:1-22, 26:18, Gal. 2:1-17 Q. “Who is the most famous of Christian Missionaries?” We set out to discuss today the person who is, arguably, the...

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Philip as Missionary

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 29 to September 5

Key Texts: 2 Cor. 4:18; Acts 2:44-47, 4:34-37, 6:1-7, Acts 8, 21:7-10 The lesson this week is full of all kinds of things for us to consider and talk about, all of them drawn from...

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Peter and the Gentiles

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 22 to August 29

Key Texts: Acts 2:5-21; 10:1-8, 23, 48; Rom. 2:14-16, Acts 10:9-22; 11:1-10; 15:1-35 This week we are invited to consider the Apostle Peter and his missionary endeavors. Of particular interest are his efforts to carry...

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Cross Cultural Missions

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 15 to August 22

Key Texts: John 4:4-30; Matt. 8:5-13; Mark 5:1-20; Matt. 15:21-28; Luke 17:11-19; John 12:20-32. This week we are invited to contemplate mission work to cultures unlike our own. ’s lesson invites us to consider the...

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Jesus: The Master of Missions

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 8 to August 15

Key Texts: 2 Tim. 1:8, 9; Isa. 42:1-9; Dan. 9:24-27; Matt. 10:5, 6; Acts 1:1-14. The lesson this week focuses on Jesus as the master of missions. It is interesting to reflect on just how...

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Esther and Mordecai

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 1 to August 8

Key Texts: Esther 1-10; 1 Cor 9:19-23; John 4:1-26; Acts 17:26; Matt 22:21; Rom 1:18-20 The lesson this week looks at the famous stories found in the Book of Esther, a story first about Vashti...

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Exiles as Missionaries

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 25 to August 1

Key Texts: Dan. 1-12; Isa. 9:5-7; Da. 2:44; Matt. 24:14, 15; Gen. 41. This week, the lesson is about the missionary effect of those ancient Israelites who were carried off in one of the Babylonian...

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The Jonah Saga

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 18 to July 25

Key Texts: Jonah 1-4; 2 Kings 14:25; Isa. 56:7; Isa. 44:8; Matt. 12:40; Rev. 14:6-12. The lesson this week has to do with what is arguably the most famous prophet from antiquity, Jonah, the one...

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The Unlikely Missionary

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 11 to July 18

Key Texts: 2 Kings 5; Mark 1:40-45; 2 Kings 2:1-15; John 15:5; Rom. 6:4-11; 6:1 The lesson this week comes from 2 Kings 5, the record from the time of the ancient kings of Israel,...

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Abraham: The First Missionary

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 4 to July 11

Key Texts: Gen. 12:1-3; 14:8-24; Heb. 11:8-19; Gen. 3:6; Gen 12:6, 7; 18:18,19 The lesson this week invites us to look at Abraham, one of the most notable people from ancient times. His initial story...

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The Missionary Nature of God

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 27 to July 4

Key Texts: Gen. 1:26-28; 2:15-17; 1 John 2:16; John 3:14,15; 2 Cor. 5:21; Matt. 5:13,14. The lessons this quarter invite us to focus on what we commonly call Christian mission. In fact, the adult lesson...

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