The first school. This year may be the first in many decades that students have gone to many of their classes outdoors—to reduce exposure to the COVID virus bug that has been attacking millions of people. Imagine the very first outdoor school. Instead of avoiding disease, what benefits did learning in the Garden of Eden … Continue reading –>
Welcome to the fourth quarter of 2020 with our new topic of Education. Hymn 193 – Savior, Teach me and Hymn 266 – Spirit of God may be used as the theme hymns for education this quarter. Our first bit of education for this quarter commences at the very beginning of this earth’s history in … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Genesis allows us to gain God’s instruction on the history of Creation, the purpose and responsibility of the family and marriage, lessons from nature, and warnings about an enemy and the forbidden tree..October 3, 2020 A. Have a volunteer read Genesis 2(7-23). Ask class members to share a thought on what the most … Continue reading –>
One of the great joys for many teachers is assembling their classrooms: hanging bulletin boards, organizing supplies, and arranging the rooms in the most desirable way. When we look at God’s vision for the classroom that was the Garden of Eden, we see the care He took in preparing a learning environment for Adam and … Continue reading –>
Though we don’t think of a garden as a classroom, it makes perfect sense, especially one like Eden, filled with the unspoiled riches of God’s creation. Hard to imagine, from our perspective today, how much these unfallen beings, in an unfallen world, being directly taught by their Creator, must have been learning in that “classroom.” … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 2:7-23; Genesis 3:1-6; 2 Peter 1:3-11; 2 Peter 2:1-17; Hebrews 13:7, Hebrews 13:17, Hebrews 13:24. Memory Text: “Behold, God is exalted by His power; who teaches like Him?” (Job 36:22, NKJV). Most Bible students know the story of Genesis 1-3 and its cast of characters: God, Adam, Eve, the angels, the serpent. The setting is a … Continue reading –>
Christian Education “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10, NKJV). Think about the above text. It entails, really, two closely related concepts: “fear,” as in awe, as in marveling at the glory and power of God; and “knowledge,” as in learning … Continue reading –>
Does the past ever haunt you? Do you ever wish you could go back and do something differently? Every baseball season I am haunted by something that I did, or actually didn’t do when I was 12. Many springs ago, I was a Little League baseball player. It was my first year of organized baseball, … Continue reading –>
Pregnant for Two Years By Andrew McChesney Fanta Camara was excited when she noticed a bump on her belly. But as the bump grew bigger, she began to feel ill. She felt so terrible that she went to the hospital in Conakry, Guinea. A physician examined her belly. “You aren’t pregnant”, he said. Fanta didn’t … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: “Those who have the spiritual oversight of the church should devise ways and means by which an opportunity may be given to every member of the church to act some part in God’s work. Too often in the past this has not been done. Plans have not been clearly laid and fully carried … Continue reading –>
At the end of the conversation between Peter and Jesus, we see two men walking on the beach. As the waves lap at the shore, Jesus tells Peter about the cost of discipleship. He wants Peter to know clearly what he will face if He accepts Jesus’ invitation to “feed My sheep”. Read John 21.18-19. … Continue reading –>
Love always manifests itself in action. Our love for Christ compels us to do something for lost humanity. Paul stated it clearly when he said to the church at Corinth, “For the love of Christ compels us” (2 Corinthians 5:14, NKJV). Christianity is not primarily giving up bad things so that we can be saved. Jesus … Continue reading –>
