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 –>
Key Thought: For most of human history, education took place mostly in the home, especially in the early years. What does the Bible say about education in the family?October 10, 2020 A. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:1-15. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is. … Continue reading –>
Scripture gives us very little detail about the childhood of Jesus. Much from those years remains a mystery. However, we have been given some insight into the character of His earthly parents, Mary and Joseph, and what we learn about them could help explain to us something of His childhood and early education. What do these … Continue reading –>
Hymn 193 – Savior, Teach me and Hymn 266 – Spirit of God may be used as the theme hymns for education this quarter. The topic of the week is “The Family” with the first part of the family being Marriage. For this we have Hymn 656 – O Perfect Love, Hymn 657 – O … Continue reading –>
We haven’t been given many details – none, really – in the initial pages of Scripture regarding the kind of family education that went on in the earliest days of human history, though we can be sure that it was in the family structure itself that education took place back then. “The system of education … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 3:1-15, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 1:18-24, Ephesians 4:15, 1 John 3:18, Deuteronomy 6:1-25. Memory Text: “My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother” (Proverbs 1:8, NKJV). As human beings, we are always (ideally) learning. In fact, life itself is a school. “From the earliest … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: “The holy pair were not only children under the fatherly care of God but students receiving instruction from the all-wise Creator. They were visited by angels, and were granted communion with their Maker, with no obscuring veil between. They were full of the vigor imparted by the tree of life, and their intellectual … Continue reading –>
Some people are considered “natural students” in the classroom. They barely need to study to make excellent grades. They absorb material easily. Their knowledge seems to “stick.” Second Peter chapters 1 and 2, however, make it evident that our education in Christ is an equal-opportunity experience for those who will dedicate themselves. The encouraging words … Continue reading –>
You can view an in-depth discussion of “Education in the Garden of Eden” in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view: You may download an MP4 video file, and audio file or a PDF lesson outline from the HopeSS site. With thanks to Hope Channel – … Continue reading –>
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