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 –>
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 –>
Sunday: We Work Out What God Works In
Daily Lesson for Sunday 25th of January 2026 Having just presented Jesus as the perfect example of humility and obedience to God’s will, Paul now turns to the Philippians themselves. He affirms their obedience to the Lord after they received the gospel message (see Acts 16:13-15,32-33) and urges them to continue in that obedience. Having … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: Shining as Lights in the Night
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 24th of January 2026 Read for This Week’s Study: Philippians 2:12-30; Romans 3:23-24; Romans 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:6; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Timothy 4:13,21; Luke 7:2. Memory Text: “Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: Money Never Runs Out
Inside Story for Friday 23rd of January 2026 Eleven-year-old Alvan Harold liked hearing coins jingling in his pocket as he walked home from school in Kisumu, Kenya. Then he could stop by a shop and buy some crunchy nuts or a cold ice cream. One day, the fifth-grade Bible teacher shocked Alvan by talking about … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – Unity Through Humility
Daily Lesson for Friday 23rd of January 2026 Further Thought: “All the paternal love which has come down from generation to generation through the channel of human hearts, all the springs of tenderness which have opened in the souls of men, are but as a tiny rill to the boundless ocean when compared with the … Continue reading –>
Thursday: The Mystery of Godliness
Daily Lesson for Thursday 22nd of January 2026 A popular verse in the Bible is 1 Corinthians 8:2: “If anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know” (NKJV). There is no subject about which we know everything. We can always learn something more about anything. How much more … Continue reading –>