Tag: Dave Thomas

Disciples Making Disciples

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

Read: s 54:13; Mt 28:19; Jn 8:31; 13:35; Deut 6:4-7; Prov 2:9; 22:6; Eph 6:1-4 Disciples Making Disciples: Discipline correctly understood is all about discipling. Discipline is an educational process of making willing followers who...

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Living with Lambs

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

Read: Mk 10:14; Ps 127:3; Prov 22:3; Eph 6:4; Mt 18:3-5 Living with Lambs: There is a growing conviction in many circles that the purpose of marriage is to provide a solid and secure platform...

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Restoration

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

Read: Rom 12:2; Mt 19:4-6; Gen 3:8, 12, 14-19; Ph 2:4; Eph 5:28-29 Restoration: In the beginning marriage was established for companionship, for procreation, and for sharing responsibilities. With the Fall came a disruption of...

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God’s Word on Family Living

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

Read: Eph 5:17, 21;Rom 15:4; I Jn 4:11: Is 54:5; 66:13 God’s Word on Family Living: Our study this week encompasses an interesting range of Biblical passages, beginning with a number of hortatory injunctions, such...

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A Family of Families

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

Read: Gen 1:27-28; 2:18, 24; Eph 2:19-20; Jn 17:11, 21 A Family of Families: This quarter our lessons focus on the family of faith as a way to nurture and encourage growth and vitality in...

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Embracing the World

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 18 to September 25

Read: John 17:15-18; Matthew 25:31-46 Embracing the World. Should the church seek to portray a particular image to the world? Or should it simply seek to be a hospital for sinners and let the chips...

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Supporting Our Leaders

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 11 to September 18

Read: Ps. 51; Matt. 20:20-28; Gal. 3:28; 1 Thess. 5:12-13 Support Our Leaders: If a church leader makes a mistake, should we still support him or her? That is the question at the heart of...

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Brothers and Sisters in the Faith

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 4 to September 11

Read: Rom. 12:4-5;1 Cor. 1-3; 12:12-27; Acts 1-7; 15 Brothers and Sisters in the Faith. It may be one thing to forgive our enemies, but how can we forgive members of our own faith community...

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Loving Our Enemies

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 28 to September 4

Read: Jer. 31:31-34; Matt. 6:12; Luke 6:27-36; 23:1-34 Loving Our Enemies. If our enemies are both wrong and evil, why and how can we love them as Jesus said we must? That is the focal...

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How to Relate to Non-Christians

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 21 to August 28

Read: John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Rom. 1:18-20; 2:14-16 How to Relate to Non-Christians. Can people who do not know Jesus and who do not knowingly follow him be saved in a kingdom where Jesus reigns...

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Christ’s Other Sheep

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 14 to August 21

Read: John 10:16; 13:34-35; 1 Cor. 13; Rev. 14:1-12 Christ’s Other Sheep. These lessons are prepared by a Seventh-day Adventist and are supported by a Seventh-day Adventist institution. Quite bluntly, the question being addressed in...

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Respect for Authorities

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 7 to August 14

Read: Matt. 5:13-16; 22:15-21; Rom. 13:1-5; 1 Pet. 2:13-15 Respect for Authorities. When does a Christian submit to authority and when should a Christian resist an authority? That is the issue which lies at the...

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Religion in the Workplace

• Lesson 6 for the week of July 31 to August 7

Read: Gen. 3:17-19; Eccl. 9:10; Matt. 18:15-22; Luke 15:11-32 Religion in the Workplace. Does the Christian do better work than a non-Christian worker. If so, why? That is the focus of our discussion this week....

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Friendship

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 24 to July 31

Read: 1 Sam. 20; John 15:12-15; 2 Cor. 6:14-18; Phil. 2:3-8 Friendship. To what extent is the divine example a model for human friendship, as presented by a Father whom we cannot see and the...

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