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Tag: Revival and Reformation

The Promised Revival: God’s Mission Completed

  • Lesson 13 for the week of September 21 to September 28, 2013
Leading Question: What are we supposed to know about the timing of the Lord’s return? Four key chapters in the New Testament address the question of when Jesus will return: Matthew 24, 25, Acts 1,...

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Reformation: Healing Broken Relationships

  • Lesson 12 for the week of September 14 to September 21, 2013
Leading Question: Can a broken relationship be healed without forgiveness? Our lesson for this week focuses on five different kinds of broken relationships, and encourages to ponder ways in which our commitment to Jesus Christ can...

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Reformation: Thinking New Thoughts

  • Lesson 11 for the week of September 7 to September 14, 2013
dLeading Question: What does thinking new thoughts have to do with Christian growth? Our lesson this week includes several crucial New Testament passages that have a real bearing on Christian growth. Here these passages are spelled...

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Reformation: The Willingness to Grow and Change

  • Lesson 10 for the week of August 31 to September 7, 2013
Leading Question: Which is more striking and valuable to the onlooker, seeing changes in new converts as they become more and more like their Lord, or changes in those who have grown up in the church...

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Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival

  • Lesson 9 for the week of August 31 to August 31, 2013
Leading Question: If reformation is the outgrowth of revival, what are the marks of that reformation? The official Study Guide focuses on three examples of “reformation” that followed a revival. Each one deserved a closer look:...

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Discernment: The Safeguard of Revival

  • Lesson 8 for the week of August 17 to August 24, 2013
Leading Question: Why is it important to be able to tell whether a revival is genuine or false? Lurking in the background of today’s lesson is the conviction that the truth, especially about the 10 commandments,...

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Unity: The Bond of Revival

  • Lesson 7 for the week of August 10 to August 17, 2013
Leading Question: Since diversity and change are two of the most difficult issues for devout conservatives to address, how can the church find unity without significant conflict? Our study guide for this week focuses on three...

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Confession and Repentance: The Conditions of Revival

  • Lesson 6 for the week of August 3 to August 10, 2013
Leading Question: How should we consider confession and repentance: As duties or responsibilities? As requirements or conditions for salvation? Or as gifts of God? What happens to one of God’s children who really wants to confess,...

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Obedience: the Fruit of Revival

  • Lesson 5 for the week of July 27 to August 3, 2013
Leading Question: How does the believer know if it is God’s voice that is asking him or her to do something? The official Study Guide lists several biblical experiences which illustrate obedience or the lack of...

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Witness and Service: The Fruit of Revival

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 20 to July 27, 2013
Leading Question: When we witness to the love of God, should we expect positive results, negative results, or is the result entirely unpredictable? Under the heading of “fruit of revival,” the official Study Guide includes two...

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The Word: The Foundation of Revival

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 13 to July 20, 2013
Leading Question: If one turns to the Word of God to find the “how” of reformation and revival, where would we turn? As we noted in last week’s study, the Bible gives us very little by...

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The Heartbeat of Revival

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 6 to July 13, 2013
Leading Question: In the context of our desire for revival and reformation, what is the role of prayer? In terms of teaching us how to pray, Scripture is remarkably thin. Luke 11:1 records the disciples’ request to Jesus:...

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Revival: Our Great Need

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 29 to July 6, 2013
Leading Question: Which is more likely to spark a revival, thumping those who need it, or celebrating those who are already experiencing it? 1. Coming down hard on the Laodiceans. In the letter to the Laodiceans (Rev....

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