Inside Story for Friday 7th of June 2024 By Andrew McChesney The Nigerian town of Umuacha is located at a strategic crossroads. The town boasts a big market that attracts daily crowds from neighboring towns. But it lacked a Seventh-day Adventist church. The absence of an Adventist church was astonishing because Adventist churches had been … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 7th of June 2024 A recent book by Lee Strobel, The Case for Heaven, is premised on the idea that, at death, the dead remain alive in some kind of conscious existence, with “near death experiences” (NDEs) being used as part of the “proof.” One example: “Another girl, who had an … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 6th of June 2024 Our hope of salvation is rooted in Christ. His bloodstained hands beckon us to accept the sacrifice so freely provided at infinite cost. Soon Christ will return to claim His own. Titus 2:13 calls the second coming of Christ “the blessed hope.” Satan’s goal is to destroy … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 5th of June 2024 Read Matthew 24:5,11,24; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-9; Revelation 13:13-14; and Revelation 16:13-14. What kind of deceptions will people face in the last days? The devil will use “signs and wonders” and spectacular miracles to deceive multitudes just before the coming of Jesus. Commenting on the deceptive power of … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 4th of June 2024 Read John 11:11-14,21-25; 2 Timothy 1:10; 1 Corinthians 15:51-54; and 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17. How do the New Testament writers’ descriptions of death compare with those in the Old Testament? Both the Old and New Testaments use the symbolism of death as a sleep. At least 53 times … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 3rd of June 2024 Read Psalms 6:5, Psalms 115:17, 1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 11:43, and 1 Kings 14:20. What do these verses teach about the state of the dead? The Old Testament does not teach the immortality of the soul. Nor does it teach that after death the faithful soar … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 2nd of June 2024 The fable that death is really just entrance to a new stage of life is based on the concept of the soul’s natural immortality. This pagan idea infiltrated the church early on as it moved away from its biblical foundations in an attempt to make its faith … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 1st of June 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Matthew 10:28; Ecclesiastes 9:5; Isaiah 8:19-20; John 11:11-14,21-25; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 16:13-14; Matthew 24:23-27; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12. Memory Text: “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 31st of May 2024 By Andrew McChesney After two young refugees gave their hearts to Jesus in a European city, they began to plead with their mother to consider Jesus. “Mother, don’t you want to be saved?” asked 20-year-old Rosen. His mother, Aneliya, erupted like a volcano. “I will never leave … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 31st of May 2024 “In the absence of Bible testimony in their favor, many with unwearying persistence urged—forgetting how the same reasoning had been employed against Christ and His apostles: ‘Why do not our great men understand this Sabbath question? But few believe as you do. It cannot be that you … Continue reading –>
