False (Gender) Ideals

This week's lesson is mostly a harmless mélange of common-sense advice, but it also contains some troublingly outdated gender ideals—Sabbath school...
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On the Least: Singular and the Systemic

The Adult Bible Study Guide this week speaks to the humanitarian issues of our day but misses a chance to address systemic change—Sabbath school...
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Heavenly Treasures, Little Earthly Good

A step away from loans and credit cards to look at five biblical character sketches on the theme of laying up treasure in heaven—Sabbath school...
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Reid: At Your Risk

This week’s lesson about debt is more practical than average, but there's also little concern for the structural and historical factors that...
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Offering for Community

The Adult Bible Study Guide moves on from the tithe discussion to address the offerings that come from the leftover 90 percent of one’s income—...
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Does the Bible Support a “Tithing...

What the Adventist Church teaches about tithing and what the Bible says about tithes are two different concepts—Sabbath school commentary for...
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Tithing Is Not Really Stewardship

The role of tithe has changed significantly since the beginning of the Adventist Church—Sabbath school commentary for discussion on January 14, 2023.
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G. Edward Reid Knows Numbers

The author of the new quarterly is a longtime promotor of the often-disputed “Great Week of Time” prophecy theory—Sabbath school commentary for...
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Happy New Earth

Have we dug in so deep defending our theology regarding October 22, 1844, that we now worry about where we will worship God in heaven? Sabbath school...
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The King Who Kills

Tucked into the middle of Adventist judgment theology lies a little democratic millenarian hope. The people check the king—Sabbath school commentary...
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