Inside Story for Friday 18th of April 2025 By Andrew McChesney After someone stole the family cow, Mother got a dog to watch their new cow. Mother also wanted the dog to guard the tithe: a big bucket of butter. Father, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, was far away in a Soviet labor camp on charges … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 18th of April 2025 Further Thought: Read John 2:1-11, Matthew 22:1-14, 2 Corinthians 11:1-5, and Matthew 25:1-13. Once you realize how much data is available in the rest of the Bible to help you broaden your understanding of prophecy, it can be tempting to over-apply it. Throughout the centuries, some … Continue reading –>
Many have seen the movies and read books to children about the knight in shining armor who comes and saves the damsel in distress. As we read we dream of someone caring for us the way the knight cares for the damsel. Would anyone ever pursue us with such desire? What if I told you, that someone … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 17th of April 2025 Read Revelation 19:1-9. Two things are celebrated simultaneously: the end of the harlot and the marriage of Christ with His bride. How is it possible that both events are actually demonstrations of God’s righteous and loving character at the same time? Infidelity comes with a very painful … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 16th of April 2025 When Abraham was old and no doubt thinking about the promises made to him by God about his posterity (see Genesis 15:5), he gave his oldest and most trusted servant a solemn task. Read Genesis 24:1-4. Why was it so important to Abraham that his son not … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 15th of April 2025 God’s request of the prophet Hosea may be one of the strangest assignments ever given to one of His servants: marry a harlot—on purpose! But God was using Hosea to help us understand, from His own perspective, the pain of human sin and rebellion. God had lovingly … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 14th of April 2025 Ezekiel 16:1-63 shows us an astonishing picture of God’s regard for His people. He describes the nation of Israel as an abandoned baby, left in a field to die. He takes her home, cleans her up, and when she is fully grown, he marries her. It is … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 13th of April 2025 Few biblical metaphors underscore the intimacy that God desires with the human race more than that of marriage. This metaphor is used so frequently in the biblical narrative—and shows up so pointedly in Revelation—that it is imperative for Bible students to grasp what God is driving at … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 12th of April 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 2:23-25, Ephesians 5:29-32, Ezekiel 16:4-14, Revelation 18:1-4, Genesis 24:1-4, Revelation 19:1-9. Memory Text: “Then he said to me, ‘Write: “Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!” ’ And he said to me, ‘These are the true … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 11th of April 2025 By Andrew McChesney No cow stood in the yard when Mother returned home from the market. Mother looked around the yard. No cow. She knew her two small children were waiting for her in the house. Tears filled her eyes. How could she tell them that the … Continue reading –>
