The lessons this quarter are all about origins, particularly about creation as the event is found laid out in the Bible. Now the minute this subject comes up, everyone knows it is surrounded with a…
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
Major Texts: 1 Thess. 4:16-18; Rev. 20; 1 Cor. 4:5; Rom. 8:20-22; Rev. 21:11-22:5; Rev. 21:3. This lesson concludes the quarter-long series on Growing in Christ. It invites us to look toward the very end of things...
Major Texts: Heb. 8:1-5; Isa. 53:6; Rom. 3:24, 25; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 9:23; Acts 3:19-21. We begin with the passage from Acts 3:19-21 – “19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be...
Major Texts: Deut. 8:11-17; Phil. 2:3,4; 1 Cor. 15:51, 52; Rev. 22:1-5; Matt. 22:39; Gen. 2:21-25 We begin the lesson this week with a thought-provoking text – “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if...
Major Texts: Psa. 19:7, 8; Exod. 23:1-9; 1 John 5:3; Rom. 3:19, 20; Exod. 20:11,12; Deut 5:15. The lesson this week raises the question of the relationship that exists, or should exist, between the law and...
Major Texts: Rom. 6:3-8; I Cor. 11:24-26; Matt. 26:26-28; Matt. 28:19, 20; John 13:1- 17. This week the lesson looks at religious ritual. In every place and society, to some degree or another, there is ritual,...
Major Texts: Rom. 16:5; I Cor. 1:2; I Pet. 2:9; Matt. 28:19; John 17:21, 22; Acts 15:1-29. This week the lesson looks at the idea and function of church. Interestingly, though this is a subject vital...
Major Texts: Eph. 6:14-18, 2 Cor. 6:7, Eph. 5:9, Rom. 10:15, 1 Thess. 5:8, Mark 14:38 This week’s lesson focuses on what the Bible calls the “armor of God” (Eph 6). The depiction of God’s armor...
Major Texts: Eph. 1:18-22, Rom. 8:26-39, James 1:7, 1 Peter 5:6-10, Luke 10:1-20, Acts 5:12-16. Thinking of the Christian’s life, Paul wrote to the Roman Christians, “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors...
Major Texts: Isa 35:10, Mark 10:45, Rom. 6:12-23, Eph. 6:12, Col. 1:16, Gal. 4:1-11, Col. 2:15. This lesson is titled “Growing in Christ,” but the content would suggest a different title, something more along the lines...
Major Texts: John 2:25; Jer. 17:9; Titus 1:1-2; Rom. 3:19-24; Acts 2:37; Luke 7:47; Eph. 2:1-5; John 3:16-17; Rom. 8:1. This week we come to the subject of salvation. Salvation is the word believers use to...
Major Texts: Gen. 1:27; 1:26; Mark 12:13-17; Gen. 2:19-25; Acts 17:26; Rom. 5:12-19 This week the focus of the lesson is on origins, particularly the origins of humans. In opening up this topic, we immediately run...
Major Texts: 2 Peter. 1:19-21; 2 Tim. 3:16; Deut. 6:4; Exo. 3:1-14; Matt. 28:19 This week, we come upon a very interesting and very important topic, the question of how we get information or word from...
Major Texts: Gen. 3:15; Rev. 12:1-17; Isa. 14:4-21; Ezek. 28:12-19; Isa. 53:6; Rom. 1:20-28. This week we begin a new set of lessons under the title “Growing In Christ.” This is an intriguing title as it...
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