Tag: Alden Thompson

Unity in Worship

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 8 to December 15, 2018

Relevant Verses: Rev. 4-5; 14:6-12 Leading Question: Given the wide variety of worship preferences and styles, is it possible even to speak of “unity in worship” this side of heaven? Interestingly enough, the official study...

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Unity and Broken Relationships

• Lesson 10 for the week of December 1 to December 8, 2018

Relevant Verses: Acts 15:36-41//2 Tim. 4:11; Philemon; Rom. 8:5-11 Leading Question: What biblical stories of restored relationships are most powerful for you? Our lesson for this week focuses on two New Testament experiences and then...

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The Most Convincing Proof

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 24 to December 1, 2018

Relevant Verses: Matt. 7:12; John 13:35, 1 John 3:18, 23 Leading Question: What thought immediately comes to mind when one hears the theme of our lesson for this week, “The Most Convincing Proof? For those...

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Unity in Faith

• Lesson 8 for the week of November 17 to November 24, 2018

Relevant Verses: Acts 4:8-12; Matt. 15:1-13; Exod. 20:8-11; 1 Cor. 15:51-54 Leading Question: Does a faith community decide issues of belief by democratic vote? This week’s lesson focuses on particular beliefs that are important to...

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When Conflicts Arise

• Lesson 7 for the week of November 10 to November 17, 2018

Relevant Verses: Acts 6, 10, 11, 15 Leading Question: How does a community, or an individual, know when a conflict is one that needs to be solved by firm confrontation, or by finding a way...

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Images of Unity

• Lesson 6 for the week of November 3 to November 10, 2018

Relevant Verses: John 10:1-18; 1 Pet. 2:9; Exod. 19:5-6; 1 Cor. 3, 12 Leading Question: How does the New Testament build on an Old Testament foundation when it comes to illustrating the idea of unity? Although...

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The Experience of Unity in the Christian Church

• Lesson 5 for the week of October 27 to November 3, 2018

Relevant Verses: Acts 1-2, 4- 5 Leading Question: With reference to unity, how should one assess the NT evidence: Positively? Negatively? Or as a toss-up? In light of what one finds in the New Testament and...

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The Key to Unity

• Lesson 4 for the week of October 20 to October 27, 2018

Relevant Verses: Ephesians Leading Question: Among believers today, does being “in Christ” transform everything? The vision in the book of Ephesians is incredibly expansive, the memory text for this week makes this bold assertion: “And this...

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“That They All May Be One”

• Lesson 3 for the week of October 13 to October 20, 2018

Relevant Verses: John 13-17, Mark 9:38-41, John 10:16 Leading Question: Is oneness (in Christ) so important that we should seek unity at any price? In his famous “unity” prayer, Jesus asked that his disciples be “one,”...

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Causes of Disunity

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 6 to October 13, 2018

Relevant Verses: Deut. 28, Judges, 1 Kings 12, Jer. 3:14-18; 1 Cor. 1 Leading Question: If Paul admonishes us to think on what is true, honorable, just, and pure (Phil. 4:8), are we justified in...

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Creation and Fall

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 29 to October 6, 2018

Relevant Verses: Genesis 1, 3, 11 Leading Question: Why should one little sin in the Garden of Eden Leave such a huge imprint on the human family? Our topic this quarter is “Oneness in Christ,”...

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The Return of our Lord Jesus Christ

• Lesson 13 for the week of June 23 to June 30, 2018

Relevant Verses: 1 Kings 18:1-40; Revelation 16:12-16 Leading Question: How can one explain the sharp distinction between the Old Testament perspective on Jesus’ return and that of the New Testament? Coming to this last lesson...

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Babylon and Armageddon

• Lesson 12 for the week of June 16 to June 23, 2018

Relevant Verses: 1 Kings 18:1-40; Revelation 16:12-16 Leading Question: How does one know how to determine the line between the concrete and the abstract in Scripture? This week’s lesson brings together a vivid and concrete...

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God’s Seal or the Beast’s Mark

• Lesson 11 for the week of June 9 to June 16, 2018

Relevant Verses: Revelation 14:6-12 Leading Question: How does one know if a person has received the mark of the beast or the seal of God? Behind the theme for this week’s lesson (“God’s Seal or...

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