You can view an in-depth discussion of “Waging Love” in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view: With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life. (9)
Continue reading -->This video is produced by the South Pacific Division Discipleship team. Week 11_ Waging Love_ study this lesson for Mar 13 from SPD Discipleship on Vimeo. (5)
Continue reading -->As the Israelites forgot about God and followed so many other gods and nations, God remained faithful to them, with Isaiah and many other prophets working so hard for God to turn His people around, hence I will choose Hymn 100 – Great Is Thy Faithfulness as a theme hymn for this quarter. Secondary to this … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Isaiah appeals to the people to give up their thoughts and ways and return to God. He insists the pardoned be merciful because of the gift of God’s forgiveness. March 13, 2021 1. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 55:1-7. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point … Continue reading –>
Isaiah 58:1-8 What is the “fast” referred to in Isaiah 58:3? This must be the fast of the Day of Atonement, the only fast commanded by God (Lev: 16:29, Leviticus 16:31; Lev: 23:27-32). This is confirmed in Isaiah 58:3 by the parallel expression “humble ourselves” (NRSV), which follows the terminology of Leviticus. Humbling/afflicting oneself referred to various forms of self-denial, including fasting (compare Ps: 35:13; … Continue reading –>
Isaiah 55:6-13 Why does God say His thoughts and ways are higher than ours, “as the heavens are higher than the earth” ( Isaiah 55.8-9, NRSV)? What do you think that means? There’s no question that the God who created a universe in which even some of the simplest things contain mysteries that our minds cannot begin … Continue reading –>
Isa: 55:1-7 Read this text: “Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat!” (Isa: 55:1, NRSV). What contradiction do you see there? Suppose you took food and stood on the street in a big city and announced to the hungry and homeless there: “Yo, you who have … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Isa: 55:1-7; Isa: 55:6-13; Isa: 58:1-12; Isaiah 58.13-14. Memory Text: “If you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light shall dawn in the darkness, and your darkness shall be as the noonday” (Isaiah 58:10). A Jewish cantor (worship leader) and his wife who lived in Lincoln, … Continue reading –>
This is a discussion between Pr John Bradshaw, speaker for “It is Written: and Dr Roy Gane, the author of this quarter’s lesson study series. https://itiswritten.tv/programs/sabbath-school/2020-q1-lesson-10-doing-the-unthinkable This program is produced by “It is Written” (4)
Continue reading -->Vodka for Easter By Andrew Mcchesney, Adventist Mission Sergei Sokol, chief engineer at a beverage company in northern Kazakhstan, was pleased when a coworker declared during lunch break that people should celebrate Easter with a shot of vodka, painted eggs, and kulich, a traditional Easter bread in the Orthodox Christian faith. Many people in Kazakhstan … Continue reading –>
