Tag: Paul Dybdahl

The Sabbath

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

Relevant Verses: Mark 2:23-28; Matthew 12:1-14; Luke 4:16, John 5:1-18 Leading Question: What does Jesus teach us about the Sabbath? In this lesson we will focus on what Jesus tells us about the Sabbath in the...

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The Law of God

• Lesson 10 for the week of August 30 to September 6

Relevant Verses: Matthew 5-7; 19:8; 22:37-40 Leading Question: What does Jesus tell us about “the law”? “Law” is an enormous topic to cover in just one lesson. Indeed last quarter all 13 lessons focused on law....

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Our Mission

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

Relevant Verses: Matthew 25, 28 Leading Question: What does Jesus tell us about “our” mission? Before looking specifically at what Jesus gives us as our mission, we should focus briefly on the difference between New Testament...

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The Church

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

Relevant Verses: John 17; 1 Corinthians 3, 12; Matt. 20:24-28 Leading Question: What does Jesus us tell us about the Church? In the NT, the Greek word for “church” is ecclesia , an assembly of people...

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Living Like Christ

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

Relevant Verses: Matt. 25:31-46; Luke 6:27-36; 10:25-37; John 16:25-27 Leading Question: When we say that we are to live like Christ, what does Jesus himself tell us about that? The troubling backdrop to the leading...

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Growing in Christ

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

Relevant Verses: John 15; Col. 1:24-29 Leading Question: What does Jesus tell us about growing in him? If, as suggested in the notes to last week’s lesson, “repentance” is the crucial element in God’s plan of...

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How to Be Saved

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 26 to August 2

Relevant Verses: Luke 5:27-32; 6:27-36; 7:36-50; 14:15-24; 19:1-10; 22:1-14 Leading Question: Before his death, what did Jesus teach about how to be saved? In recent decades, Protestant evangelists have developed a liking for simple rules to...

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Salvation

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

Relevant Verse: John 3:16 Leading Question: What do Jesus and Gospels tell us about salvation before Jesus died on the cross? Given the strong emphasis on substitutionary theology in evangelical circles, a position which sees the...

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The Holy Spirit

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

Relevant Verses: John 14-17 Leading Question: What do we learn about the Holy Spirit from Jesus and the Gospels? 1. How should we understand John 7:37-38: 37 On the last day of the festival, the great...

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The Son

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

Relevant Verses: Isaiah 53; John 14-17 Leading Questions: Why is it so hard today for some to see Jesus as God incarnate and why was it so hard for the Jews in Jesus’ day? Why it...

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Our Loving Heavenly Father

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 28 to July 5

Relavent Verses: Matt. 6:9; Luke 11:2 Leading Question: What qualifies Jesus to tell us about the love of a heavenly Father? For this first lesson in the new quarter, the author of the official study guide...

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The Cost of Discipleship

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

Introduction:This final lesson on the topic of discipleship is a reality check. If a person is to follow a life of discipleship i.e. personally be a disciple and work to win others to such a...

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The Harvest and the Harvesters

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

Introduction:In many ways this lesson continues on from the previous one which showed that Jesus chose apostles to train and carry on His work of making disciples. We look more in depth in this lesson...

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Discipling Spiritual Leaders

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

Introduction:The lesson series shifts gears in this segment. It moves from describing and talking about reaching specific groups with the Jesus message to talking about how to prepare disciple makers. Jesus knew His time on...

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