The South Pacific Division (SPD) has produced a series of videos about the lesson studies this quarter. The speaker is Dr Kayle de Waal, a theology lecturer at Avondale University College. Week 9_ study this lesson for May 30 from SPD Discipleship on Vimeo. (2)
Continue reading -->Read Genesis 5:1-32 and Genesis 11:1-32 . How does the Bible trace the history of humanity from Adam to Noah, and from Noah to Abraham? There is one element that makes these genealogies unique in the Bible: they contain the element of time, causing some scholars to correctly call them “chronogenealogies”. They contain an interlocking … Continue reading –>
Avianca Flight 52 left Bogotá Columbia January 25, 1990 headed for JFK airport in New York. That particular day there were several storms on the eastern coast of the United States forcing Flight 52 to go into holding patterns over a few cities to avoid the storms. Because of this, once they got to New … Continue reading –>
Far from being dependent upon ancient pagan creation myths, Genesis seems to have been written in a way that refutes those myths and distances God as Creator from them. Read Genesis 1:14-19. How are the entities that appear on the fourth day described, and what are their functions? The terms “sun” and “moon” were surely avoided … Continue reading –>
We have several hymns to choose as our theme. Here are just two, the first being Hymn 272 – Give Me the Bible, followed by Hymn 277 – For Your Holy Book We Thank You. Thank you to the ladies who messaged in and suggested that we could also add the song Ancient Words – … Continue reading –>
A flat earth? As hard as it may be for us to understand in this age of exploring the earth and studying the universe, today the Flat Earth Society states that it is growing by 200 people per year, and some claim that a third of all millennials believe the earth is flat. What does … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Was.the Bible culturally conditional by its place and time, or does it elevate us to a view of origins that is complete in its Divine framework? May 30, 2020 1. Have a volunteer read Job 26:7-10, Isaiah 40:21,22. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this … Continue reading –>
Archaeologists have discovered texts from ancient Egypt and the Near East that contain primeval histories of the creation and the flood. This has caused some to wonder whether the Genesis account was borrowed from these cultures or was dependent in some way on them. But is such a thing really the case? Read Genesis 1:1-2:4, and … Continue reading –>
It is commonly believed that many in the ancient world thought the earth was flat. Most people, however, for a variety of good reasons, understood that the earth was round. Even to this day, though, some claim that the Bible itself taught that the earth was flat. Read Revelation 7:1 and Revelation 20:7-8. What is the context of … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Job 26:7-10; Genesis 1:1-2:25; Genesis 5:1-32; Genesis 11:1-32; 1 Chron. 1:18-27; Matt. 19:4-5; John 1:1-3. Memory Text: “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork” (Psalm 19:1, NKJV). Many great thinkers were inspired by Scripture to explore God’s created world; as a result, modern science was born. Johannes Kepler, … Continue reading –>
Delayed Heart Attack By Yiannakis Kyriazis Dreadful abdominal pain awoke me at 5 a.m. Though rested, I felt exhausted and out of breath. I was nearly 60 and not in the best of health, so I went straight to the hospital in Cyprus’ capital, Nicosia. A doctor examined me, said everything was fine, and told … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “The Creation”, pages 44-51; “The Literal Week”, pages 111-116, in Patriarchs and Prophets. “The cumulative evidence, based on comparative, literary, linguistic and other considerations, converges on every level, leading to the singular conclusion that the designation yôm, ‘day’, in Genesis 1 means consistently a literal 24-hour day. The author of Genesis 1 could … Continue reading –>
