It’s about shame. This week’s lesson opens by mentioning shame as a major part of our struggle with sin. Does your walk with God sometimes seem hopeless because of things you do or say or think? Imagine the shame and hopelessness Adam and Eve felt when they realized that their foolish acts had brought on … Continue reading –>
Jesus comes to reveal God. I wasn’t there, and neither were you, but we can paint a picture in our minds of what it must have been like to be an angel, and see the earth in a jumbled mess of sin and destruction. Angels of God would be eager to set things straight. How … Continue reading –>
Did you notice the scathing rebuke by a university professor in our lesson? What is his atheistic view of the world as we have lived in it for thousands of years? Is it easy to believe that the earth was formed by human beings? But where did those human beings come from? How do scientists brush … Continue reading –>
Memory text: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJV To love and to fear God. Have you ever been afraid of God? If so, what kind of fear did you experience? How did you deal with that fear? Did Moses know … Continue reading –>
The first family. Can a family school can be a good school? How about the first students who lived on this planet? Was Jesus the first teacher in this school? What do you think the curriculum was for our planet’s earliest school? Agriculture? Astronomy? Childcare? With wonderful divinely led instruction in this early school, how … Continue reading –>
The first school. This year may be the first in many decades that students have gone to many of their classes outdoors—to reduce exposure to the COVID virus bug that has been attacking millions of people. Imagine the very first outdoor school. Instead of avoiding disease, what benefits did learning in the Garden of Eden … Continue reading –>
Jesus’ self-sacrificing Love.Does it seem to border on the unreal to believe that Jesus became a human being, was tormented and punished for no good reason, and yet pours out His love today on you and me? Of course, there’s nothing ridiculous about that belief. The sacrifice that Jesus made on our behalf is the most precious … Continue reading –>
Peter’s Present-Truth Message. Consider some times when Jesus sent a special message before a display of God’s judgmental purpose. Examples: Noah, Joseph, John the Baptist. What was the first key message that God sent to His people in the New Testament? What was the last and final message from God? What is the sole and … Continue reading –>
What a privilege it is to witness a life changed for Jesus, whether it is your life or the life of someone you know or are beginning to know. Obviously, you were not born a Christian. You may have been born into a Christian home and felt the joy of church and “happy Sabbath” activities … Continue reading –>
Small groups: God’s idea first. Should it surprise us that the God of all the universe, including the earth where we live, likes dealing with His people in small groups? How does the Bible help us conceptualize the godhead as a small group? Is anything small about God? In what way or ways is God … Continue reading –>
