Daily Lesson for Sunday 11th of August 2024 Read Mark 8:22-30. Why did it take Jesus two touches to heal the blind man, and what lessons came out of this account? The Gospels report a number of blind people healed by Jesus. Besides the passage here in Mark 8:1-38, blind Bartimaeus is healed as reported … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 10th of August 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Mark 8:22-38; Matthew 20:29-34; John 12:25; Mark 9:1-50; Luke 9:30-31; Malachi 4:5-6. Memory Text: “When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 9th of August 2024 By Andrew McChesney As a university student, Anush watched a Mexican film about a little boy who prayed for the conversion of his father. In the film, the boy said, “I believe that if I pray for my father every single day, he will by all means … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 9th of August 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “Tradition,” Pages 395–398; “Barriers Broken Down,” Pages 399–403; “The True Sign,” Pages 404–409, in The Desire of Ages. “Among the followers of our Lord today, as of old, how widespread is this subtle, deceptive sin! How often our service to Christ, our … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 8th of August 2024 Read Mark 8:11-13. What approach by the Pharisees deeply disappointed Jesus? Why not demonstrate His divine power and convince these cavilers? The problem goes back to the end of Mark 3:1-35, where Jesus speaks of the sin against the Holy Spirit. If one’s ears are shut and … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 7th of August 2024 Read Mark 7:31-37. Who was brought to Jesus, and what did Jesus do for him? Jesus did not take the shortest distance to return to Galilee from the region of Tyre and Sidon. It seems Jesus went north from the area of Tyre, up through the region … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 6th of August 2024 Read Mark 7:24-30. What important lessons are found in this story? Following on the heels of the challenging passage in yesterday’s study, the story in this passage also raises troubling questions. Why does Jesus respond so harshly to this woman, in so many words calling her a … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 5th of August 2024 Read Mark 7:14-19. What did Jesus mean by the riddle in Mark 7:15? Jesus’ words in this passage have been a conundrum for many as they ponder their relationship to the teachings of Leviticus 11:1-47 regarding clean and unclean foods. Is Jesus doing away with such distinctions? … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 4th of August 2024 Read Mark 7:1-13. What relevant truths are presented here? One can imagine children studying this passage in Sabbath School and coming home to tell their mothers that they do not have to wash their hands before eating because Jesus said so. However, this story is not about … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 3rd of August 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Mark 7:1-37, Isaiah 29:13, Exodus 20:12, Mark 8:11-21. Memory Text: “ ‘There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man’ ” … Continue reading –>
