Controversies – Hit the Mark Sabbath School
Join the Hit the Mark panel as they discuss Sabbath School Lesson 3 – Controversies. It’s the fastest hour of the week! (0)
Continue reading -->Sabbath: Parables
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 20th of July 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Mark 4:1-34, James 1:21, Isaiah 6:1-13, Psalms 104:12, Daniel 4:10-12. Memory Text: “Then He said to them, ‘Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be … Continue reading –>
Mission Spotlight for July 20
The Mission program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is an opportunity for us to understand the needs of others and share in supporting them. Please click on the image below to watch the Mission Spotlight presentation for this week: (11)
Continue reading -->Inside Story: “Except by Fasting and Prayer”
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 –>
Friday: Further Thought – Controversies
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 –>
3: Controversies – It is Written, Discussions with the Author
oin It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter’s author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week’s Sabbath School lesson, “The Beginning of the Gospel.” < (1)
Continue reading -->3: Controversies – Hope Sabbath School Video Discussion
View an in-depth discussion of Controversies in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image below to view the video: With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life. (3)
Continue reading -->Thursday: Sandwich Story: Part 2
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 –>
Wednesday: Sandwich Story: Part 1
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 –>
Preparing to Make the Sabbath a Delight
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 –>
Amplify the Gospel, Silence the Controversies
Amplified controversies can silence the Gospel, or amplifying the Gospel can silence controversies. The church in Jesus’ day was praying. They prayed so much Jesus had to warn people not to be showing off how much they were praying and to pray in their closets. The church in Jesus’ day was debating Scripture. Many lawyers … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: The Lord of the Sabbath
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 –>