What Was Sabbath School Like When You Were a Child?
I grew up in a relatively large Sabbath School class at the First Tulsa Seventh-day Adventist Church in the late 60s and 70s. It was a large church with attendance back in the 70s reaching well over 300. Some of my older friends tell me it was almost 400 some Sabbaths. The church also had … Continue reading –>
Monday: Paul’s “Past Life”
Daily Lesson for Monday 2nd of February 2026 It is a common experience for Christian converts to think of their lives in terms of before they accepted Jesus and after, just as Paul does in Philippians 3:1-21. Nevertheless, rightly or wrongly, we sometimes speak of those who are not Christians as being “good people,” and, … Continue reading –>
Sunday: Rejoicing in the Lord
Daily Lesson for Sunday 1st of February 2026 Read Philippians 3:1-3. What positive and negative notes does Paul sound here, and how are they related? How does he describe believers? Paul begins on a very positive note and almost sounds as though he is wrapping up his letter. But he’s not done. He returns to … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: Confidence Only in Christ
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 31st of January 2026 Read for This Week’s Study: Philippians 3:1-16; Romans 2:25-29; John 9:1-39; Ephesians 1:4,10; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. Memory Text: “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: No Devil Strings
Inside Story for Friday 30th of January 2026 By Olivia Fairfax Marovo Lagoon tribesmen were considered the most warlike and cannibalistic of the Solomon Island tribes. They worshiped the spirits of their ancestors, whose skulls were kept after death. They lived in fear of the devil. But around 1902, a Marovo chief named Tatagu began … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – Shining as Lights in the Night
Daily Lesson for Friday 30th of January 2026 Further Thought “The one who stands nearest to Christ will be he who on earth has drunk most deeply of the spirit of His self-sacrificing love,—love that ‘vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, . . . seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no … Continue reading –>
Thursday: “Hold Such Men in Esteem”
Daily Lesson for Thursday 29th of January 2026 Read Philippians 2:25-30. How does Paul describe Epaphroditus? What specific attitudes and actions of this Christian worker reveal his character? Epaphroditus is mentioned only in this letter, but we learn quite a bit about him from the few brief mentions that appear. Judging from his name (which … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Proven Character
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 28th of January 2026 Timothy’s role as a co-sender of this epistle has already been mentioned (Philippians 1:1). Now Paul begins to detail how valuable Timothy is as one of his coworkers. He is described as an evangelist (2 Timothy 4:5) whom Paul had sent to Macedonia (1 Thessalonians 3:2; compare … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: A Living Sacrifice
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 27th of January 2026 Read Philippians 2:17; 2 Timothy 4:6; Romans 12:1-2; and 1 Corinthians 11:1. What is Paul saying in these passages? Paul has already expressed a surprisingly ambivalent view toward whether he lives or dies in service to Christ (Philippians 1:20-23). Now he suggests the very real possibility of … Continue reading –>
Monday: Light in a Dark World
Daily Lesson for Monday 26th of January 2026 In Philippians 2:14, Paul urges the Philippians to “do all things without complaining and disputing” (NKJV). The challenges to church unity are so serious that it cannot be maintained without significant effort on our part. Unity within the church is a by-product of our union with Christ … Continue reading –>