As this week’s Sabbath school lesson focuses on Living with Each Other, I am reminded how isolated our world is becoming. A couple of summers ago, I was in New York City riding the subways. On the subways, passengers mind their own business. Strangers don’t strike up conversations with other strangers. I get it. There … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 17th of March 2026 Read Colossians 3:22-25 and Colossians 4:1. What instructions are given to slaves? What principles are here for work relations generally? People today sometimes bring up slavery as a way to relegate some of the Bible’s counsels to the past, if not to discredit Scripture entirely. But, ironically, … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 16th of March 2026 Children have a vital role as part of the family firm. They need to know they are loved and valued as members of the family and citizens of the heavenly kingdom. Family worship is crucial, simple but regular, morning and evening. At an early age, children can … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 15th of March 2026 Several sets of instructions for Christian homes are included in the New Testament (see Ephesians 5:21-33; Ephesians 6:1-9, Colossians 3:18-25; Colossians 4:1, Titus 2:1-10, 1 Peter 2:18-25; 1 Peter 3:1-7). Notably, these “household codes,” as they are called, are not completely hierarchical but include elements to make … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 14th of March 2026 Read for This Week’s Study Colossians 3:18-25; Colossians 4:1-6; Ephesians 5:22-25,33; Proverbs 22:6,15; 1 Peter 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Memory Text: “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one” (Colossians 4:6, NKJV). When people … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 13th of March 2026 Rene Tucaldo is chief financial officer of the 1000 Missionary Movement, whose headquarters in Silang, Philippines, were constructed with the help of a 1996 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering. Read the rest of the story next week. On the Sabbath that Rene chose to go to church rather than … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 13th of March 2026 Further Thought “When the Spirit of God controls mind and heart, the converted soul breaks forth into a new song; for he realizes that in his experience the promise of God has been fulfilled, that his transgression has been forgiven, his sin covered. He has exercised repentance … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 12th of March 2026 Paul’s concern for peace and harmony in the church appears clearly in the last verses of Colossians 3:1-25. We’ve already looked at God’s peace in some detail (see Lesson 7). Unlike the pax Romana, the pax Christi is not a peace imposed from the outside but is … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 11th of March 2026 Having described the bad habits and negative qualities that are removed and put away when we come to Christ, Paul proceeds to the positive—like moving from darkness to light. Read Colossians 3:12-14. How are believers described, and how do you think it relates to the qualities they … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 10th of March 2026 Read Colossians 3:6-11. How does Paul continue with this train of thought? The initial words of Colossians 3:8 signal the dramatic and decisive change from death to life: “But now.” The word “now” in Greek is emphatic. Now, that is, because you are risen with Christ and … Continue reading –>
