Tag: Dave Thomas

The Triumph of God’s Love

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

Texts for the Week: Rev. 22:11, 12; Jer. 30:5-7; Ps. 91:1-11; Jer. 25:33; Rev. 21:2; Rev. 20:11-15. Opening Question: “What visions of joy and grandeur come to you mind when you think about the day...

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Earth’s Closing Events

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

Texts for the Week: John 8:32; Ezek. 20:12, 20; Rev. 7:1, 2; Rev. 14:1; Joel 2:21–24; Hos. 6:3; James 5:7, 8; Rev. 18:1–4. Opening Question: “Should we think of time as a circular thing, or...

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The Impending Conflict

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

Verses for This Week: Rev. 14:7, 9, 12; Rev. 4:11; Rev. 13:1, 2; Rev. 12:3–5, 17; Rev. 13:11–18. Opening Question: “What can be said about the possibility of a final conflict taking place between the...

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Spiritualism Exposed

• Lesson 10 for the week of June 1 to June 8

Texts for this Week: Matt. 10:28; Eccles. 9:5; Isa. 8:19, 20; John 11:11–14, 21–25; 1 Thess. 4:16, 17; Rev. 16:13, 14; Matt. 24:23–27; 2 Thess. 2:9–12. Opening Question: “What is the condition of a human...

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The Foundation of God’s Government

• Lesson 9 for the week of May 25 to June 1

Texts for this Week: Rev. 14:6–12; Eccles. 12:13, 14; Prov. 28:9; Dan. 7:25. One of the things that received a lot of careful attention as the result of careful Bible study among those who founded...

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Light from the Sanctuary

• Lesson 8 for the week of May 18 to May 25

Texts for the Week: Exod. 25:8, 9, 40; Heb. 8:1–6; Lev. 16:21, 29–34; Lev. 23:26–32; Heb. 9:23–28; Dan. 7:9, 10; Matt. 25:1–13; Rev. 11:19. Opening Question: “What do you know about the services in the...

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Motivated by Hope

• Lesson 7 for the week of May 11 to May 18

Verses for This Week: 1 Thess. 4:13–18; Matt. 24:27, 30, 31; 2 Pet. 1:19–21; Dan. 8:14; Dan. 9:20–27; Ezra 7:7–13. Opening Question: “What role does hope play in the lives of human beings?” The lesson...

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The Two Witnesses

• Lesson 6 for the week of May 4 to May 11

Texts to Read for This Week: Rev. 11:3–6; Zech. 4:14; Rev. 12:5, 6, 14, 15; Dan. 7:25; Isa. 54:17; Ps. 119:89; Rev. 11:15–18. Opening Question: “What happens to a person or even a whole society...

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Faith Against All Odds

• Lesson 5 for the week of April 27 to May 4

Verses to be read this week: Ps. 119:103, 103, 147, 162; John 16:13–15; 2 Pet. 1:20, 21; Eph. 2:8, 9; Rom. 3:23, 24; Rom. 6:15–18. Opening Question: “What do you think would happen if the...

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Standing for Truth

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

Key Texts: Dan. 7:23–25; Rev. 12:6, 14; Jude 3, 4; Rev. 2:10; Acts 5:28–32; Ps. 19:7–11; 1 John 5:11–13. Opening Question: “How is it that some people will stand for their beliefs even in the...

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Light Shines in the Darkness

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

Key Texts: John 8:44; Prov. 23:23; Acts 20:27–32; 2 Thess. 2:7–12; Ps. 119:105, 116, 130, 133, 160; Prov. 16:25; 2 Cor. 4:3–6. Opening Question: “What can be done to prevent or slow doctrinal and behavioural...

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The Central Issue: Love or Selfishness

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

Major Texts: Isa. 41:10; Luke 19:41-44; Matt. 23:37, 38; Heb. 11:35-38; Rev. 2:10; Acts 2:44-47; John 13:35. Opening Question: “Should we regard persecution as something good for the Church, or bad?” The lesson this week...

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The War Behind All Wars

• Lesson 1 for the week of March 27 to April 6

Major Texts for this Lesson: Rev. 12:7-9; Ezek. 28:12-15; Isa. 14:12-14; Gen. 3:15; John 17:24-26 Every story has to have a beginning. The verses listed above all speak to the beginning of the conflict. The...

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Introduction

• Introduction

Opening Question: “What shall we make of the biblical statement that there was once war in heaven?” The lessons this quarter focus on a grand theme that has been well-known in the SDA community from...

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