(1801)Daily Lessons
(1801)(1801)The Reformation Continues Until the Whole Earth Sees the Goodness of God
On 31 October 1517, Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. Hence, 31 October has become known as Reformation Day. Regarding the Reformation, this is one of my favorite passages in Revelation, After these things, I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: “This Was Not an Accident”
Inside Story for Friday 31st of October 2025 By Laurie Denski-Snyman Maria glanced nervously at David as the man approached them in his home in a large city in southern Asia. The man’s cellphone was recording as he waited for them to answer his wife’s question about their religious beliefs. “As I already said, we … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – God Fights for You
Daily Lesson for Friday 31st of October 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Fall of Jericho,” Pages 491–493, in Patriarchs and Prophets. As with everything in the Bible, knowing the context and the background is crucial. As we have seen, the cosmic conflict and the motif of God as judge are crucial in understanding these … Continue reading –>
Thursday: The Prince of Peace
Daily Lesson for Thursday 30th of October 2025 How do the following texts describe the future that God had envisioned for His people? Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 11:1-5, Isaiah 60:17, Hosea 2:18, Micah 4:3. Although the main focus of this week’s lesson has constituted the divinely commanded and assisted wars of the Old Testament, we need … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Free Choice
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 29th of October 2025 Read Deuteronomy 20:10,15-18; Deuteronomy 13:12-18; and Joshua 10:40. How does the law of warfare and the procedure against an idolatrous town in Israel, expressed in Deuteronomy, help us understand the limitations of total destruction in the war that the Israelites were engaged in? The Hebrew text uses … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: Dispossession or Annihilation?
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 28th of October 2025 Compare Exodus 23:28-30; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Numbers 33:52; and Deuteronomy 7:20 with Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 9:3; Deuteronomy 12:2-3; and Deuteronomy 31:3-4. What do these texts reveal about the purpose of the conquest and the extent of the destruction? God’s original purpose for the Canaanites … Continue reading –>
Monday: The Supreme Judge
Daily Lesson for Monday 27th of October 2025 Read Genesis 18:25; Psalms 7:11; Psalms 50:6; Psalms 82:1; Psalms 96:10; and 2 Timothy 4:1,8. What are these verses saying about God’s moral character? How does the role of God as the Judge of the universe help us understand the question of divine war? The holiness of … Continue reading –>
Sunday: The Canaanites’ Iniquity
Daily Lesson for Sunday 26th of October 2025 Read Genesis 15:16, Leviticus 18:24-30, Deuteronomy 18:9-14, and Ezra 9:11. What are these texts telling us about God’s larger plan in offering the land of Canaan to the Israelites? We need to look beyond the book of Joshua to completely understand what was meant by the iniquity … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: God Fights for You
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 25th of October 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 15:16; Leviticus 18:24-30; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Exodus 23:28-30; Deuteronomy 20:10,15-18; Isaiah 9:6. Memory Text: “And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel” (Joshua 10:42, ESV). The book of Joshua … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: “What Do You Want?”
Inside Story for Friday 24th of October 2025 By Laurie Denski-Snyman A missionary and his local partner were selling Christian books in a non-Christian neighborhood in a large city in southern Asia. They could see residents’ religious devotion by their clothing. Women wore scarves; men had long beards. Some people even had dark spots on … Continue reading –>