Tag: Carl Cosaert

Mission in a Pagan Land: Daniel and Company

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 6 to September 13

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What can we know about Daniel’s family background and early formative circumstances of his life?  (The following observations are taken from Z. Stefanovic, Daniel: Wisdom to the Wise: A...

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Women of Mission

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 30 to September 6

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What was the social standing of women in the first century A.D. among Jews?  What legal rights did they have if any? First of all, from the perspective of...

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A Pillar of Mission: The Apostle Peter

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

Questions and observations for discussion: Although Peter was impetuous, ambitious, and could be even rashly violent, Jesus saw through this roughness a faithful commitment and  loyalty and a teachable spirit that would make him not...

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From Folly to Faith: The Apostle Peter

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

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What are the basic facts about Peter’s background? Peter is most likely the best known disciple of Jesus, a Galilean fisherman, the brother of Andrew (Mark 1:16-20) and the...

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The Apostle John

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

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What can we glean from the N.T. about the personal background of John the disciple of Jesus Christ? John (together with his brother James) was a son of Zebedee...

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The Compassionate Savior

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

Questions and observations for discussion: Compassion is a feeling and an attitude of the heart that manifests itself at different levels and is more-or-less predictable for certain relationships.  A predictable manifestation of compassion is that...

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Matthew 10: Jesus and His Disciples

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

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    When it comes to witnessing for the Kingdom, what message does the diversity of those Jesus called to be his disciples have for us? 2.    In the record of...

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The Son of God Among Us

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

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    Basically every Christian must ask the question, “What is the truth of the gospel?”  What is it that made and makes the N.T. revelation of God in Jesus Christ...

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John the Baptist: Preparing the Way for Jesus

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

Questions and observations for discussion: 1.    What do we know of John the Baptist’s background? In Luke 1:11-38 we find the birth stories John and Jesus intertwined by revelations given by Gabriel.  One is born...

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“All Things to All Men”: Paul Preaches to the World

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

Questions and observations for discussion 1. How far may one go in making the message of the gospel relevant to the world? Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:22 that “I have become all things to...

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For Such a Time as This: The Apostle Paul

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

Lesson Verse: Romans 15:17 Questions and observations for discussion: 1. What sort of personality did Paul bring to his task as an agent of hope? See Gal 1:6-10, Gal 1:13-14, Gal 4:19, Gal 5:12; Phil...

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Yahweh and Israel: Fulfillment Beyond Failure

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 22 to September 29

Many Christians speak of the so called “Old Testament God” as a God of wrath and violence. I held a similar view until a class forced me to read extended portions of the Old Testament...

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Hosea and Gomer: Forgiving the Unfaithful

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 15 to September 22

Hosea was a prophet whose ministry lasted approximately 40 years. His focus was on the northern kingdom, Israel, and the judgment of God brought on by the Assyrians. The details of his message, however, are...

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Ahab and Jezebel: Abuse of Authority

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 8 to September 15

With surprisingly graphic language, the Adult Sabbath School Study Guide expresses the partnership of Ahab and Jezebel as “a marriage made in hell! When you take one weak-willed king and add to him a power-hungry...

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