The Backstory: The Prologue – Hit the Mark Sabbath School
Join the Hit the Mark panel as they discuss Sabbath School Lesson 3 – The Backstory: The Prologue. It’s the fastest hour of the week! (1)
Continue reading -->Sabbath: Witnesses of Christ as the Messiah
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 19th of October 2024 Read for This Week’s Study: John 1:19-23, Isaiah 40:1-5, John 1:29-37, Romans 5:6, John 1:35-39, John 1:43-51, John 3:1-21. Memory Text: “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God’ ” (John … Continue reading –>
Mission Spotlight for October 19
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: (0)
Continue reading -->Inside Story: A Sabbath Seed
Inside Story for Friday 18th of October 2024 By Andrew McChesney A Native American man walked onto the construction site. “What are you guys building here?” he asked, watching volunteers place log walls on the concrete foundation of the All Nations Center in Wapato, a town in the U.S. state of Washington. “Another church?” he … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – The Backstory: The Prologue
Daily Lesson for Friday 18th of October 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “ ‘God With Us,’ ” Pages 19–26, in The Desire of Ages. “The Lord Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, existed from eternity, a distinct person, yet one with the Father. He was the surpassing glory of heaven. He was the … Continue reading –>
Thursday: Reappearing Themes—Glory
Daily Lesson for Thursday 17th of October 2024 Read John 17:1-5. What did Jesus mean when He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you” (ESV)? Yesterday’s study looked at the earthly, human storyline of the Gospel of John with its clash and interplay between people, always revolving … Continue reading –>
3: The Backstory – The Prologue – It is Written – Discussions with the Author
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and one of this quarter’s authors, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week’s Sabbath School lesson, “The Beginning of the Gospel.” (2)
Continue reading -->3: The Backstory – The Prologue – Hope Sabbath School Video Discussion
View an in-depth discussion of The Backstory – The Proogue 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. (8)
Continue reading -->Wednesday: Reappearing Themes—Belief and Unbelief
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 16th of October 2024 Read John 3:16-21, John 9:35-41, and John 12:36-46. How do these texts repeat the theme of belief/unbelief found in the prologue? In John’s Gospel, humanity seems to be divided into two overarching groups: those who believe in Jesus and accept Him as the Messiah and those who, … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: Hearing or Not Hearing the Word
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 15th of October 2024 Read John 1:9-13. What harsh reality is John depicting here about how people respond to Jesus? The Prologue, John 1:1-18, describes not only who Jesus Christ, the Word (logos), is but also how people in the world related to Him. In John 1:9, He is called the … Continue reading –>
How to Prepare Images for HTML Pages
Reasons to keep our image sizes small: The images on our site are the primary reason for slow-loading pages. That’s because images take up a lot more kilobytes than text, and every time I find a page that is particularly slow-loading, it is because it contains one or more images that are not optimized. We … Continue reading –>
Monday: The Word Made Flesh
Daily Lesson for Monday 14th of October 2024 Read John 1:1-3,14. What are these verses telling us that Jesus, God Himself, did—and why is this truth the most important truth that we could ever know? John starts his Gospel not with the name “Jesus” or His role as Messiah/Christ but with the term logos. Around … Continue reading –>