Inside Story for Friday 21st of March 2025 By Andrew McChesney Ki-nam’s world came crashing down after she arrived from South Korea to work as a student missionary in the Middle East. She arrived on a short-term tourist visa that needed to be upgraded to a residence visa, allowing her to stay for a full … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 21st of March 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Sabbath,” Pages 281–289, in The Desire of Ages. “The spies dared not answer Christ in the presence of the multitude, for fear of involving themselves in difficulty. They knew that He had spoken the truth. Rather than violate their traditions, they would … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 20th of March 2025 In Luke’s account, just after Jesus declares the two greatest commandments of love for God and love for a neighbor, a lawyer, “wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ ” (Luke 10:29, NKJV). In response to this, Jesus tells the now-familiar, but … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 19th of March 2025 The prophets in Scripture continually highlight God’s call for justice in society. Again and again, Scripture does not shrink back from highlighting issues of injustice and oppression. Indeed, the call for God to bring judgment was itself the call for God to establish justice. For example, the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 18th of March 2025 Scripture declares that God loves justice and hates evil (for example, Psalms 33:5, Isaiah 61:8), and He is deeply concerned about injustice, which evokes righteous indignation on behalf of all those who are the victims of injustice. Throughout the Old and New Testaments, God is consistently passionate … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 17th of March 2025 According to Jesus Himself, the two greatest commandments are love for God and love for one another. And carrying out these commands involves sacrifices that tangibly show love to others, which is what following in the footsteps of Jesus is really about. Now, if the two greatest … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 16th of March 2025 To reflect on what we might do, individually and corporately, to advance God’s love and justice in our world, it is appropriate to begin by focusing on what God has commanded us. Read Matthew 22:34-40. How did Jesus answer the lawyer’s question? According to Jesus Himself, the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 15th of March 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Matthew 22:34-40, Zechariah 7:9-12, Psalms 82:1-8, Micah 6:8, Matthew 23:23-30, Luke 10:25-37. Memory Text: “If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 14th of March 2025 By Andrew McChesney Pediatrician Colette Reahl hoped to bring the 13-year-old Alaska Native girl home before the Sabbath hours. She had told Matrona that she was a Seventh-day Adventist, but it seemed like a good idea to get settled at home in Anchorage before spending their first … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 14th of March 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Reward of Earnest Effort,” Pages 285–288, in Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, “All that has perplexed us in the providences of God will in the world to come be made plain. The things hard to be understood will then find explanation. … Continue reading –>
