Lessons

Fred has taught Sunday School classes for over 35 years.  Almost always, people say: “I’ve never thought about it that way before.”  Every week we will add lessons to this archive.

Deuteronomy: Forgetting and Remembering

January 13, 2020 No Comments

1.  Some of us are getting to the age where we have trouble remembering and an easy time forgetting. I like the stories of Einstein forgetting where he lived. He would get lost in thought and have to call the campus guard to find out where he lived or he would lose his ticket on the train and not know where to get off. That reminded me of an old story. A couple had dinner at another couple’s house ...[Read More]

Numbers 27: Leadership Transition

January 6, 2020 No Comments

Leadership Transition   Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain in the Abarim Range and see the land I have given the Israelites. After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was, for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin, both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy before their eyes.” Moses said to the LORD ...[Read More]

Numbers 11: The Rabble

December 9, 2019 No Comments

The Rabble Numbers 11 Carol and I were at a reception this week for a ministry working in the Middle East.  One of the questions was about the Bibles the new believers were given. Did they give them the whole Bible or just the New Testament?  Just the New Testament until they had become stronger in their faith because there is too much in the Old Testament that might confuse them about God or enco ...[Read More]

Numbers 9:15-23

December 2, 2019 No Comments

Our assignment for the next several weeks is the book of Numbers.  It is called Numbers because the Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint called it “Arithmoi” after the lists recorded in the first few chapters.  The Latin Vulgate translation picked up on the Greek title and named the book Numeri from which the English translations derived the title of Numbers for the book. ...[Read More]

Ephesians 6:10-17

November 25, 2019 No Comments

The Armor of God One of the downsides of Bible study is we get in the habit of making personal applications for what Paul intended for the Church as a whole.  That’s certainly the case here. Paul is not writing for personal devotions but for the entire Church. If we are not clear on that then we reduce what he is saying to purely individual applications.  We will be a mob of armored up individuals ...[Read More]

Ephesians 6:1-4

November 18, 2019 No Comments

We’ve come to the fifth commandment this morning. First, God gives the four commandments that focus on the nature of God and our relationship with him. Now we see the fifth commandment that comes directly after that. What is the nature of our relationship with our family? It’s almost as important as our relationship with God.  After the fifth commandment will be the description of our behavior wit ...[Read More]