Tag: Paul Dybdahl

Darkness at Noon

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

Mt 27:33-66; Mk 15:22-47; Lk 23:33-56; Jn 19:17-42 Darkness at Noon. This week’s study focuses on Jesus’ experience on the cross. Here we will look at the cross through the lens of Jesus’ seven sayings...

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Passage to Calvary

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

Mt 26:57-27:32; Mk 14:53-15:21; Lk 22:54-23:32; Jn 18:12-19:17 Passage to Calvary. All four Gospels describe Jesus’ trials and condemnation. It is instructive to view this sequence of events through the experience of the primary characters...

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The Passion Week

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

Lk 19:28-44; Jn 13:1-17; Mt 21:10-17; 26:36-44 The Passion Week. This week’s lesson surveys four major events during passion week which led up to Jesus’ crucifixion: Triumphal Entry, Cleansing of the Temple, Footwashing, and Gethsemane....

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In the Shadow of Calvary

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

Mt 16:13-23; 17:1-23; 20:25-28; Jn 1:29-34; Acts 10:38-39 In the Shadow of Calvary. In this week’s lesson, the God-Man moves closer to his ultimate destiny, death on the cross. But before the resurrection, no one...

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A Body You Have Preparted for Me

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

John 1:1-3, 14; 8:58; Heb. 5:7-9; Phil. 2:1-11 A Body You Have Prepared for Me. Today’s lesson focuses on one of the most tantalizing mysteries in Christian theology: the Incarnation, especially as it relates to...

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Jesus and the Sanctuary

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

Exod. 24:1-11; 25:8; Isaiah 53 Jesus and the Sanctuary . When we think of the heavenly sanctuary as the place where Jesus’ sacrifice has made atonement for our sin, it is easy to overlook parts...

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His Glorious Purpose Foreshadowed in Types

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

Gen. 4:1-8; 22:1-19; Num. 21:4-9; John 3:14-15 His Glorious Purpose Foreshadowed in Types. One of the crises precipitated by the modern critical study of Scripture is that the teaching about salvation which Christians accept on...

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The Provocation and Provision

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

Genesis 1-3 Provocation and Provision. Our lessons this quarter focus on the cross of Christ and we begin the discussion where it begins in Scripture: Creation and Fall. In Genesis we only glimpse briefly the...

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The Power of the Resurrection

• Lesson 13 for the week of March 20 to March 27

Relevant Passages John 20:1-21:25 The Power of the Resurrection. None of the Gospels leave Jesus in the tomb. On the first day of the week the tomb is empty. That points to a precious hope...

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Jesus Lays Down His Life for His Friends

• Lesson 12 for the week of March 13 to March 20

Relevant Passages John 18:1-19:42 Jesus Lays Down His Life for His Friends. John’s account of Jesus’ trial and crucifixion differs in several ways from the synoptic accounts, just as the synoptics differ among themselves. John...

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The Spirit “Replaces” Jesus

• Lesson 11 for the week of March 6 to March 13

Relevant Passages John 13:31-16:33 The Spirit “Replaces” Jesus. In John 13-16, Jesus addresses several of the pressing concerns which were haunting the disciples. It was a troublesome time for all of them. Not only had...

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Real Greatness

• Lesson 10 for the week of February 28 to March 6

Relevant Passages John 13:1-30; 17 Real Greatness. If Jesus’ strong claims to divinity as recorded in the earlier chapters of John are separated from his real life of service and his passion, they could sound...

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A Devoted Soul and an Impending Cross

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

Relevant Passages John 11:1-12:50 A Devoted Soul and an Impending Cross. Jesus’ ministry is now in transition. In John 11 and 12 we read of two significant events involving Jesus’ friends from Bethany: the death...

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The Good Shepherd

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

Relevant Passages John 7:1-10:21 The Good Shepherd. Jesus’ story of the good shepherd follows on a sequence of events at the Feast of Tabernacles. After the feeding of the 5000 Jesus spoke of bread; at...

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