Inside Story for Friday 19th of July 2024 By Andrew McChesney Fourteen-year-old Payel changed after a 14-year-old friend committed suicide. Once outgoing, she sat quietly in the corner. Then she began to scream, shiver, and shake for no apparent reason. Terrified, she confided that she was being visited by someone who looked like her dead … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 19th of July 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “Levi-Matthew,” Pages 272–280; “The Sabbath,” Pages 281–289, in The Desire of Ages. “When questioned, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days?’ Jesus answered, ‘What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 18th of July 2024 Read Mark 3:20-21. What experience led Jesus’ family to consider Him out of His mind? A charge of mental instability is quite serious. Typically this arises from experiences where a person is a threat to his or her own safety. Jesus’ family felt this way about Him … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 17th of July 2024 Read Mark 3:20-35. What connection do you see between the two stories intertwined in this passage? This passage is the first “sandwich story” in Mark, where one story is begun and then is interrupted by another story, with the first story completed only afterward. The outer story … Continue reading –>
Friday evenings always bring fond memories of Sabbaths at home when I was a kid. We always had our Friday rituals even though they changed from time to time. We would play family games, or go on drives when I was little. Later, I remember we would get all the chores and baths done and … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 16th of July 2024 In Mark 2:23-24, the Pharisees accuse the disciples of breaking the Sabbath. According to Jewish tradition, 39 forms of labor were forbidden on the Sabbath, which, in the Pharisees’ minds, included what the disciples had done. Read Mark 2:23-28. How does Jesus counter the charge brought by … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 15th of July 2024 Read Mark 2:13-22. Who was Levi, the son of Alphaeus, and why would there be an objection to him becoming a disciple of Jesus? Tax collectors in Jesus’ day were civil servants under the local or Roman government. They were unpopular among the Jewish population in Judea … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 14th of July 2024 Read Mark 2:1-12. What was the paralytic looking for when he was brought to Jesus, and what did he receive? The man was paralyzed; his four friends, therefore, had to carry him to Jesus. After they tore through the roof and let the man down into Jesus’ … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 13th of July 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Mark 2:1-28; Mark 3:1-6, Micah 6:6-8, 1 Samuel 21:1-6, Mark 3:20-35, Luke 12:53, Luke 14:26. Memory Text: “And He said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 12th of July 2024 By Andrew McChesney Father rested for several days at the house of his daughter, Divya, in Nepal. He was exhausted from his jobs as construction worker and shaman. Father watched with interest when the Seventh-day Adventist pastor of Divya’s church came to visit and brought several church … Continue reading –>
