Tag: Dave Thomas

Trials, Tribulations, and Lists

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

Relevant Verses: Ezra 8, Nehemiah 11, 12 Leading question: Since several books in the Bible, including Ezra and Nehemiah, include long lists of names, how do we make sense of such lists in an age...

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God the the Covenant

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

Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 10 Leading question: Does the biblical concept of covenant make any sense in our modern world? Where we live in College Place (“Highland Park Drive”) a “covenant” used to be taken very...

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Our Forgiving God

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

Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 9 Leading question: What can we learn from a lesson entitled “Our Forgiving God,” but which includes the call to separate from foreigners? If one attempts to reconstruct a history of the...

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The Reading of the Word

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

Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 8 Leading question: In an age when reading seems to be less important, can the example of long hours of reading make a difference for good in today’s world.? Nehemiah 8 is...

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Violating the Spirit of the Law

• Lesson 5 for the week of October 26 to November 2

Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 5 Leading question: Can an example of generosity lead the greedy to be less grasping and help them become more generous? Three issues attract our attention in Nehemiah 5: 1) the danger...

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Facing Opposition

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

Relevant Verses: Ezra 4 – 5; Nehemiah 4 – 6; Haggai Leading Question: If Nehemiah armed his workers in the face of opposition, what does that mean for the followers of Jesus? Opposition seems to...

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God’s Call

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

Relevant Verses: Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 1:1-11 Leading Question: Does God call a person because of that person’s gifts, or is it sometimes the case that God’s call empowers a person to do the God-given task?...

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Nehemiah

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

Relevant Verses: Nehemiah 1-2 Leading Question: Is it always clear when circumstances are bad enough to require a man of action – like Nehemiah – to bring about God’s will? The Prayers of a Man...

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Making Sense of History: Zerubbabel and Ezra

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 28 to October 5

Relevant Verses: Ezra 4:1-7; 7:1-28 Leading Question: To what extent can we trust in Providence to make things happen when human beings have such powers to derail God’s plans? In this new series of lessons...

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Turning Hearts in the End Time

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

Texts for the Week: Mal. 4:5, 6; Matt. 11:14, 15; 17:10; 1 Kings 16:29–17:24; 1 Kings 18:20–45; Matt. 3:2 Memory Text: “ ‘Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the...

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What Have they Seen in Your House?

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

Texts for the Week: Isaiah 38; 39; 1 Cor. 7:12–15; 1 Pet. 3:1, 2; Heb. 6:12; 13:7; 3 John 11; Isa. 58:6, 7, 10, 12 Memory Text: “But you are a chosen generation, a royal...

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Families of Faith

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

Texts for the Week: Acts 10:1–28, 34, 35; 1 Cor. 2:2; 1 Thess. 5:21, 22; John 1:12, 13; 3:7; 1 John 5:1 Memory Text: “Therefore . . . let us run with endurance the race...

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Little Times of Trouble

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

Texts for the Week: Matt. 7:5; Eph. 1:7; Phil. 2:4–8; Eph. 4:26, 27; James 1:19, 20; Col. 3:19; Matt. 7:12 Memory Text: “Be angry, and do not sin’: do not let the sun go down...

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Times of Loss

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

Texts for the Week: Mark 5:22-24; 35-43; 1 Peter 5:6, 7; Gen. 37:17-28; Luke 16:13; Rom. 6:16; I Cor. 15:26 Memory Text: “Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the...

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