Tag: Dave Thomas

God’s Mission to Us: Part 1

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 30 to October 7

Leading Question: In Genesis 2:8, we read that Adam and Eve “heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from...

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Introduction and Aim

• Introduction

Before using this discussion guide, the reader should be aware of several assumptions made by the author. First, I assume this study guide will be used in close connection with the Adult Sabbath School Study...

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Rewards of Faithfulness

• Lesson 12 for the week of March 18 to March 25

Read for This Week’s Study: Heb. 11:6, Isa. 62:11, Rom. 6:23, John 14:1–3, Revelation 21, Matt. 25:20–23, Rom. 8:16–18. Question – “What rewards may the faithful rightfully look forward to? Our final lesson for this...

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Managing in Tough Times

• Lesson 11 for the week of March 11 to March 18

Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Chron. 20:1–22, 1 Chron. 21:1–14, 2 Pet. 3:3–12, 1 John 2:15–17, Rev. 13:11–17. A foundational text for this week is 2 Chron 20:20 ~ “Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear...

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Giving Back

• Lesson 10 for the week of March 4 to March 11

Read for This Week’s Study: Luke 12:16–21, Eccles. 2:18–22, Prov. 27:23–27, 2 Cor. 4:18, Eccles. 5:10, Col. 1:15–17. The lesson this week takes us into some interesting and, to some, delicate territory, that of dealing...

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Beware of Covetousness

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 25 to March 4

Read for This Week’s Study: Isa. 14:12–14, Eph. 5:5, Joshua 7, John 12:1–8, Acts 5:1–11, 1 Cor. 10:13. The lesson this week takes up a challenging topic: the whole topic of the human propensity to...

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Planning for Success

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

Read for This Week’s Study: Eccles. 12:1; Gen. 2:15; 1 Tim. 5:8; Col. 3:23, 24; Gen. 39:2–5; Prov. 3:5–8. This week, the official Sabbath School lesson takes up the subject of being successful in life,...

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Unto the Least of These

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

Read for This Week’s Study: Luke 4:16–19; Isa. 62:1, 2; Deut. 15:11; Matt. 19:16–22; Luke 19:1–10; Job 29:12–16. This week we have a lesson that is quite challenging, titled “Unto the least of These.” It...

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Laying Up Treasure in Heaven

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

Read for This Week’s Study: Gen. 6:5–14, Heb. 11:8–13, 2 Cor. 4:18, Gen. 13:10–12, Gen. 32:22–31, Heb. 11:24–29. The foundational passage for this week is Mark 8:36, 37, which reads, “For what will it profit...

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Dealing With Debt

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 28 to February 4

Read for This Week’s Study: Deut. 28:1, 2, 12; Matt. 6:24; 1 John 2:15; Prov. 22:7; Prov. 6:1–5; Deut. 15:1–5. This week we are going to talk about debt: what it is, what it does...

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Offerings for Jesus

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 21 to January 28

Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Cor. 9:6, 7; Deut. 16:17; Ps. 116:12–18; 1 Chron. 16:29; Mark 12:41–44; Mark 14:3–9. The lesson this week considers the many and various offerings mentioned in the Bible that...

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The Tithing Contract

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 14 to January 21

Read for This Week’s Study: Gen. 14:18–20; Mal. 3:10; Deut. 12:5–14; Lev. 27:30; 1 Kings 17:9–16; 1 Cor. 4:1, 2. The lesson this week is precisely focused on the concept of tithing. It is commonly...

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God’s Covenants With Us

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 7 to January 14

Read for This Week’s Study: Matt. 10:22, John 6:29, Deut. 28:1–14, Prov. 3:1–10, Mal. 3:7–11, Matt. 6:25–33. The lesson this week is built around the fact that, in the long ago, God made a covenant...

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Part of God’s Family

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 31 to January 7

Read for This Week’s Study: Gal. 3:26, 29; Ps. 50:10–12; 1 Chron. 29:13, 14; Phil. 4:19; 1 John 5:3; Matt. 6:19–21. The official lesson this week begins with some reflection on the idea that those...

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