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A Portrait of Love

Lesson 7 for the week of August 8 to August 15

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Corinthians 13; Matt. 24:12; Gal. 5:22, 23; 1 Tim. 1:14; 1 John 4:8. Memory Text: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love”...

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Spiritual Gifts

Lesson 6 for the week of August 1 to August 8

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Corinthians 12, Eph. 4:11-13, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 Pet. 4:8-11, 1 Cor. 14:27, Amos 3:7. Memory Text: “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy” (1...

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All to the Glory of God

Lesson 5 for the week of July 25 to August 1

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Corinthians 8; Acts 15:20; 1 Cor. 9:1-6; 1 Cor. 10:5-22; Deut. 6:4, 5; Mark 12:28-31. Memory Text: “Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the...

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Sin in the Church

Lesson 4 for the week of July 18 to July 25

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Cor. 5:1-13, 2 Cor 2:5-10, 1 Cor. 6:1-13, 1 Thess. 4:1-8, 1 Cor. 6:19-7:9. Memory Text: “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is...

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Unity in Christ

Lesson 3 for the week of July 11 to July 18

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Cor. 1:12-17, Rom. 1:29, 1 Cor. 1:10, 1 Cor. 3:1-4, Phil. 2:5-8, 2 Cor. 11:23-28, Col. 1:24. Memory Text: “I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus...

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The Message of the Cross

Lesson 2 for the week of July 4 to July 11

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Cor. 1:17-31, Col. 1:20, 1 Pet. 2:24, Acts 13:16-47, 1 Cor. 2:1-5. Memory Text: “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who...

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Paul’s Ministry in Corinth

Lesson 1 for the week of June 27 to July 4

Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Cor. 1:1, Gal. 1:1, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Cor. 5:9-11, Acts 18:4-10, 2 Cor. 2:4. Memory Text: “One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, ‘Do not be afraid, but...

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Heaven, Education, and Eternal Learning

Lesson 13 for the week of December 19 to December 26

Leading Question: The hope of restoration is a vibrant one in the New Testament, but what does that hope look like in the Old? The official studyguide does not address the differences between the Old...

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Sabbath: Experiencing and Living the Character of God

Lesson 12 for the week of December 12 to December 19

Leading Question: How does one experience the Sabbath as a gift instead of a test? I am intrigued by the fact that a lesson on “Sabbath” is included in this series on “Education.” Maybe because...

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The Christian and Work

Lesson 11 for the week of December 5 to December 12

Leading Question: What’s the agenda here: a lesson on “work” in a series on education? Many of my students have told me that their parents have drilled it into them that they should get an...

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Education in Arts and Sciences

Lesson 10 for the week of November 28 to December 5

Leading Question: Why are the Arts and Sciences a focus of special attention in these lessons? I must admit that I became increasingly intrigued as I began working on the study guide for this lesson....

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The Church and Education

Lesson 9 for the week of November 21 to November 28

Leading Question: If for some, the church is for believers and the school for thinkers, where can we go in Scripture to provide a more balanced perspective? Theodore Hesburgh, at one time President of Notre...

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Education and Redemption

Lesson 8 for the week of November 14 to November 21

Leading Question: How can “redemption” appeal to a secular age? Key issues/puzzles: For Believers: Does God make our decisions for us? – predestinarian Calvinists Do we make decisions for God? – free-will Wesleyans and Arminians...

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Worship in Education

Lesson 7 for the week of November 7 to November 14

Scripture: 1 Chron. 16; 1-36; Daniel 1, 3; Psalm 8, 73 Leading Question: Why should worship belong to a discussion of Adventist Education? In the secular world, the goal of education is to train one’s...

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