Tag: Douglas Clark

Assurance and Christ’s High-Priestly Ministry

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 12 to February 19

Background Considerations: The book of Hebrews is unlike others in the New Testament in its focus and style. What can we know about the background of this book which could help us interpret it? From...

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John’s Experience and Assurance of Salvation

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 5 to February 12

Background Considerations: The material from John is among the later materials which make up our New Testament. Perhaps this explains some of the reflective nature of this literature since it comes out of a mature...

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Peter’s Growth in the Grace of Christ

• Lesson 6 for the week of January 29 to February 5

Background Considerations: By all counts, the biblical treatments of the Apostle Peter, find him to be an intriguing character in the cast of disciples. Brash, arrogant, pushy, assertive, vocal, impatience, a grand-stander ­ these all...

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Paul’s Experience and Teaching of Assurance

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 22 to January 29

Background Considerations: The major issue at stake in this lesson has to do with sanctification and salvation as they relate to assurance. While Paul’s experience on the Damascus Road is the focal point for the...

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Christ’s Assurance of Justification by Faith

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 15 to January 22

Background Considerations: It might make some sense, in thinking about this lesson, to consult a good dictionary and a good Bible dictionary on terms like: guilt, forgiveness, justification. The latter in particular is a technical...

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The Work of Christ: Our Assurance

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 8 to January 15

Background Considerations: The issue in this lesson does not have so much to do with the nature of Christ as with his activities on our behalf as reason for assurance. Over the centuries, believers have...

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The Person of Christ: Our Assurance

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 1 to January 8

Background Considerations: The Christian centuries have witnessed endless debates about the person and nature of Christ. These extended from conflicts about the divinity of Jesus and the idea of a trinity during the first five...

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The Foundation of Our Assurance

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 25 to January 1

Assurance and the Bible: One of the major issues in this lesson has to do with the trustworthiness of the Bible as a source of assurance. How might one get at this concern? What kinds...

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Paradise Restored: The Earth Made New

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

At the conclusion of our discussions on creation we come full circle — back to creation again, this time of a new heaven and a new earth. Especially are the promises of Rev 21-22 a...

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Paradise Remembered: Sabbath and Redemption in Creation

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

Creation is memorialized in the Bible in numerous ways, the Sabbath being one of the major ones. We examine here the connections in the Bible between creation and the Sabbath and how the Sabbath also...

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God’s Power in Nature

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

Having explored creation from several perspectives thus far in this set of lessons, we are now in a position to catch our breath for a moment and reflect on what our faith in God as...

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Master Designer

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

This lesson focuses on the issue of design in the creation. This concern has been foundational to arguments for the existence of God and for divine creation of the world. We want to explore the...

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Creation and the Flood

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

The biblical flood has long been the subject of extensive and heated debate. What we want to do in this lesson is explore primarily what the Bible has to say about the flood from the...

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Sin & Death

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

This lesson takes us to a discussion about the relationship between sin and death in the broadest terms. Picking up from Lesson #7, we redefine the terms for human sins and rebellion and consider the...

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