Sabbath School: Recent Episodes
It Is Written
Sabbath School is an in-depth study of the Bible featuring the authors of the current adult Bible study guide. Expand your knowledge of God’s Word and your experience with Christ.
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Adenilton Aguiar, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "A Portrait of Love."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Adenilton Aguiar, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Spiritual Gifts."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Adenilton Aguiar, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "All to the Glory of God."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Adenilton Aguiar, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Sin in the Church."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Adenilton Aguiar, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Unity in Christ."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Adenilton Aguiar, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Message of the Cross."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Adenilton Aguiar, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Paul's Ministry in Corinth."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Into Eternity."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Share Him."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Setbacks."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Repentance and Forgiveness."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Sin, the Gospel, and the Law."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Having Faith."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Practical Prayer."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Prayer Warriors."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "How to Study the Bible."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Role of the Bible."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Pride Versus Humility."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "To Know God."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Nina Atcheson, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Reality Check."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Standing in All the Will of God."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Living With Each Other."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Living With Christ."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Complete in Christ."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Reconciliation and Hope."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Preeminence of Christ."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "A Heavenly Citizenship."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Confidence Only in Christ."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Shining as Lights in the Night."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Unity Through Humility."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Life and Death."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Reason for Thanksgiving and Prayer."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Clinton Wahlen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Persecuted But Not Forsaken."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Choose This Day!"
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God Is Faithful!"
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Living in the Land."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The True Joshua."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Heirs of Promises, Prisoners of Hope."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Giants of Faith: Joshua and Caleb."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Ultimate Loyalty: Worship in a War Zone."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Enemy Within."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God Fights for You."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Conflict Behind All Conflicts."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Memorials of Grace."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Surprised by Grace."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Barna Magyarosi, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Recipe for Success."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Tabernacle."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Please, Show Me Your Glory."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Apostasy and Intercession."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Covenant and the Blueprint."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Living the Law."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Covenant at Sinai."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Bread and Water of Life."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Through the Red Sea."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Passover."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Plagues."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Rough Start."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Burning Bush."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Jiří Moskala, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Oppression: The Background and the Birth of Moses."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Images of the End."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Precursors."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Ruth and Esther."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Upon Whom the Ends Have Come."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "In the Psalms: Part 2."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "In the Psalms: Part 1."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Foundations for Prophecy."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Understanding Sacrifice."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Nations: Part 2."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Nations: Part 1."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Images From Marriage."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Genesis Foundation."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Some Principles of Prophecy."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Love is the Fulfillment of the Law."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Love and Justice: The Two Greatest Commandments."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "What More Could I Have Done?"
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Rules of Engagement."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Cosmic Conflict."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Free Will, Love, and Divine Providence."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Problem of Evil."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God's Love of Justice."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Wrath of Divine Love."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God is Passionate and Compassionate."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "To Be Pleasing to God."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Covenantal Love."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, John C. Peckham, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God Loves Freely."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Epilogue: Knowing Jesus and His Word."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Hour of Glory: The Cross and Resurrection."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Father, the Son, and the Spirit."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Way, the Truth, and the Life."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Source of Life."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Fulfilling Old Testament Prophecies."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Blessed Are Those Who Believe."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "More Testimonies About Jesus."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Testimony of the Samaritans."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Witnesses of Christ as the Messiah."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Backstory: The Prologue."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Signs of Divinity."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's co-author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Signs That Point the Way."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Risen Lord."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Tried and Crucified."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Taken and Tried."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Last Days."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jerusalem Controversies."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Teaching Disciples: Part II"
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Teaching Disciples: Part I."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Inside Out."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Miracles Around the Lake"
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Parables."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Controversies."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "A Day in the Ministry of Jesus."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Thomas R. Shepherd, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Beginning of the Gospel."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Triumph of God’s Love."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Earth’s Closing Events."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Impending Conflict."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Spiritualism Exposed."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Foundation of God’s Government."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Light From the Sanctuary."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Motivated by Hope."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Two Witnesses."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Faith Against All Odds."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Standing for the Truth."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Light Shines in the Darkness."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Central Issue: Love or Selfishness?"
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The War Behind All Wars."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Wait on the Lord."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Worship That Never Ends."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Longing for God in Zion."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Lessons of the Past."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Blessed Is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Wisdom for Righteous Living."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Your Mercy Reaches Unto the Heavens."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "I Will Arise."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Lord Hears and Delivers."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Lord Reigns."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Teach Us to Pray."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dragoslava Santrac, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "How to Read the Psalms."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Gregory Whitsett, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The End of God's Mission."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Jeff Scogging, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Esther and Mordecai."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, E. Douglas Venn, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Mission to the Unreached, Part 2."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Jeff Scogging, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Mission to the Unreached, Part 1."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Clifmond Shameerudeen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Mission to the Powerful."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Clifmond Shameerudeen, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Mission to the Needy."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, E. Douglas Venn, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Mission to My Neighbor."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Gregory Whitsett, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Motivation and Preparation for Mission."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Amy Whitsett, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Excuses to Avoid Mission."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Amy Whitsett, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Sharing God's Mission."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Gregory Whitsett, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God's Call to Mission."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Kleber Gonçalves, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God's Mission to Us, Part 2."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Kleber Gonçalves, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God's Mission to Us, Part 1."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Ephesians in the Heart."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Waging Peace."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Call to Stand."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Practicing Supreme Loyalty to Christ."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Husbands and Wives: Together at the Cross."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Living Wisely."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Christ-Shaped Lives and Spirit-Inspired Speech."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Unified Body of Christ."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Mystery of the Gospel."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Horizontal Atonement: The Cross and the Church."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "How God Rescues Us."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Power of the Exalted Jesus."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God’s Grand, Christ-Centered Plan."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. John McVay, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Paul and the Ephesians."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Ablaze With God's Glory."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Seal of God and Mark of the Beast: Part 2."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Seal of God and Mark of the Beast: Part 1."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Satan's Final Deceptions."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "A City Called Confusion."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Sabbath and the End."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Worshiping the Creator."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Hour of His Judgment."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Good News of the Judgment."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Fear God and Give Glory to Him."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Everlasting Gospel."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "A Moment of Destiny."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Mark Finley, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus Wins—Satan Loses."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Rewards of Faithfulness."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Managing in Tough Times."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Giving Back."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Beware of Covetousness."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Planning for Success."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Unto the Least of These."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Laying Up Treasure in Heaven."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Dealing With Debt."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Offerings for Jesus"
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Tithing Contract."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "God's Covenants With Us."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, G. Edward Reid, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Part of God's Family."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "All Things New."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Judging Process."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Biblical Worldview."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "End-Time Deceptions."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Fires of Hell."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Contrary Passages?"
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The New Testament Hope."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Christ's Victory Over Death."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "He Died for Us."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Resurrection Before the Cross."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Old Testament Hope."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Understanding Human Nature."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Death in a Sinful World."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Rebellion in a Perfect Universe."
Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Dr. Alberto Timm, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Rebellion in a Perfect Universe."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Christ in the Crucible."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Christ in the Crucible."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Dying Like a Seed."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Dying Like a Seed."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Waiting in the Crucible."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Meekness in the Crucible."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "A Life of Praise."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Seeing the Invisible."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Indestructible Hope."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Pastor Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Struggling With All Energy."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Extreme Heat."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Seeing the Goldsmith's Face."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Birdcage."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Crucibles That Come."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Gavin Anthony, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Shepherd's Crucible."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Philip Samaan, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Israel in Egypt."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Stephen Bauer, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Joseph, Prince of Egypt."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Greg King, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Joseph, Master of Dreams."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Philip Samaan, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jacob-Israel."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Philip Samaan, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jacob the Supplanter."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Greg King, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Promise."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Stephen Bauer, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Covenant With Abraham."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Philip Samaan, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Roots of Abraham."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Stephen Bauer, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "All Nations and Babel."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Alan Parker, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Flood."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Philip Samaan, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Cain and His Legacy."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Greg King, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Fall."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this week's featured guest, Dr. Philip Samaan, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Creation."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "'Let Brotherly Love Continue.'"
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Receiving an Unshakable Kingdom."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus, Author and Perfecter of Our Faith."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus Opens the Way Through the Veil."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus, the Perfect Sacrifice."
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant."
“The warfare against self is the greatest battle that was ever fought. The yielding of self, surrendering all to the will of God, requires a struggle; but the soul must submit to God before it can be renewed in holiness.” — Ellen G. White
Paul culminates his warning against apostasy and encouragement toward love and faith with a beautiful, soaring exposition of assurance in Christ.
Believers show their love toward God’s “name,” that is, toward God Himself, by their service to the saints. These were not isolated actions in the past, but sustained actions that have extended into the present.
Paul explains that the rejection of Jesus’ sacrifice will leave the readers without any means for the forgiveness of sin because there is no other means for that forgiveness besides Jesus.
The gospel challenges the sovereignty and self-determination of the individual at the most fundamental level. The essence of Christian life is to take up the cross and deny oneself.
To taste “the goodness of the word of God” (Heb. 6:5, ESV) is to experience personally the truth of the gospel.
The apostle Paul is concerned that his readers and hearers may have had their spiritual senses dulled because of the difficult situations they were facing, and thus they had stopped growing in their understanding and experience of the gospel.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus, the Anchor of the Soul."
“Christ glorified is our brother. Heaven is enshrined in humanity, and humanity is enfolded in the bosom of Infinite Love.” — Ellen G. White
Jesus was “undefiled.” He remained pure and untouched by evil, despite being tempted in “all points.”
The salvation that Jesus provides is total and final. It reaches the innermost aspects of human nature.
Priests are mediators between God and human beings. Hebrews says, however, that Levitical priests could not provide complete, confident access to God because they could not provide perfection.
Melchizedek was both a king and a priest. He also was superior to Abraham, since Abraham paid him tithe. Likewise, Jesus is King and Priest; unlike Melchizedek, however, Jesus was sinless.
The basic purpose of the Levitical priesthood was to mediate between sinful people and God. Priests were appointed by God in order to minister in behalf of human beings; therefore, they needed to be merciful and understanding of human weaknesses.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus, the Faithful Priest."
Our own corrupted nature separated us from God, just as two magnets in the wrong orientation repel each other. In addition, our corrupted nature made it impossible for human beings to obey God’s law.
From the second century A.D. forward, we find evidences of a decisive change in the church. Sabbath observance ceased to be considered a symbol of salvation and was, instead, considered a symbol of allegiance to Judaism and the old covenant.
God commanded us to celebrate His acts of redemption through Sabbath observance because Sabbath pointed forward to the culmination of Redemption in a new creation. Sabbath observance is an anticipation of heaven in this imperfect world.
In Deuteronomy Israel is commanded to keep the Sabbath in view of God’s finished work of deliverance from Egyptian bondage. The Exodus from Egypt pointed forward to the ultimate work of deliverance from sin that Christ would accomplish on the cross when He said, “It is finished!” (John 19:30).
God invites us “today” to enter into His rest. “Today” is a crucial concept throughout Scripture. When Moses renewed Israel’s covenant with God at the border of the Promised Land, he emphasized the importance of “today.”
The sad story is that those who were delivered from Egypt were unable to enter into the rest that God had promised them. When the Israelites arrived at Kadesh Barnea, at the border of the Promised Land, they lacked the faith that they needed.
When God delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt, His purpose was to bring Israel to the land of Canaan, where they would be able to serve and obey Him freely, including enjoying the Sabbath rest that Pharoah had prohibited.
Hebrews 3 and 4 introduce Jesus as the One who will provide rest for us. This progression makes sense once we remember that the Davidic covenant promised that God would give the promised king and his people “rest” from their enemies (2 Sam. 7:10, 11). This rest is available to us now that Jesus is seated at the right hand of God.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus, the Giver of Rest."
Hebrews 2:13 contains the words of Jesus to His Father talking about His brethren: “‘Here am I and the children whom God has given Me’” (Heb. 2:13, NKJV). Patrick Gray suggests that Jesus is described here as the Guardian of His brothers.
Another reason Jesus adopted our human nature and lived among us was so that He could be our Example, the only One who could model for us what is the right way to live before God.
Jesus did not have to overcome any kind of moral or ethical imperfection. He was perfect both morally and ethically. Hebrews does say, however, that Jesus underwent a process of “perfecting” that provided Him with the means to save us. Jesus was perfected in the sense that He was equipped to be our Savior.
Hebrews says that Jesus was made like His brothers “in all things” (Heb. 2:17). This expression means that Jesus became fully human. Jesus did not simply “look like” or “seem to be” human; He truly was human, truly one of us.
Hebrews says that Jesus was not ashamed to call us His brethren (Heb. 2:11). Despite being one with God, Jesus embraced us as part of His family.
Jesus adopted our human nature and became flesh and blood like us. He became our nearest Relative and redeemed us. He was not ashamed to call us “brothers.”
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Jesus, Our Faithful Brother."
The presentation of Jesus as a faithful and merciful Brother is depicted in the description of the Son as the ultimate manifestation of the eternal Creator God.
The coming of Jesus to this earth as the Son of God fulfilled several functions at the same time.
Jesus was begotten in the sense that He was installed, or “adopted,” by God as the promised Ruler, the Son of David. The concept of the divine adoption of the ruler was common in the Greco-Roman world and the East. It gave the ruler legitimacy and power over the land.
Hebrews affirms that God created the world “through” or “by” Jesus and that Jesus sustains the world with His powerful Word.
Just as the sun cannot be perceived except by the radiance of its light, God is known through Jesus. From our perspective, the two are one. Because God’s glory is light itself, there is no difference, in actual being and character, between God and Jesus, just as there is no difference between light and its radiance.
For the Jews in the first century A.D., the Word of God had not been heard for a long time. The last revelation to be expressed in the written Word of God had come through the prophet Malachi and the ministries of Ezra and Nehemiah four centuries before. But now, through Jesus, God was speaking to them again.
Scripture employs two expressions about the future that have different meanings. The prophets used the expression “last days” or “latter days” to talk about the future in general. The prophet Daniel used a second expression, “the time of the end,” to talk more specifically about the last days of earth’s history.
Right after Adam and Eve sinned, God promised them a “seed,” a Son who would deliver them from the enemy, recover the inheritance that had been lost, and fulfill the purpose for which they had been created.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Promised Son."
Paul says that we, like the desert generation, also are at the border of the Promised Land. Our privileges and responsibilities are greater, however.
The sacrifices of animals prefigured the death of Jesus as a sacrifice in our behalf, but their blood could not cleanse the conscience. Jesus’ blood, however, purifies our conscience, and through Him, having faith in Him and accepting His mediatory work in our behalf, we can approach God with boldness.
The priests were appointed on behalf of human beings to represent them and mediate their relationship with God and the things pertaining to Him. The priest was a mediator.
The Israelites wanted a king to be their judge and their leader in battle because they forgot that God was their King. The complete restoration of God’s rule over His people came with Jesus. As our King, Jesus leads us in the battle against the enemy.
An interesting concept of the Old Testament theology is that the promised Davidic King would represent the nation before God.
One of the most important beliefs of the New Testament is that in Jesus, God fulfilled His promises to David.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Message of Hebrews."
Paul wrote Hebrews to strengthen the faith of the believers amid their trials. He reminded them (and us) that the promises of God will be fulfilled through Jesus, who is seated at the right hand of the Father, and who will soon take us home.
Is it possible to be “different” because of our Christian commitment and yet not be accused of “separation” from and disregard for others?
Paul compares his audience with the desert generation that stood right before the border of Canaan, ready to enter into the Promised Land.
Throughout Hebrews we can find several instructions that the apostle gave the readers to help them recover their original strength and faith.
The readers of Hebrews were successful in keeping their faith and commitment to Christ, despite rejection and persecution. The conflict, however, took a toll in the long run. They fought a good fight and came out victorious but also weary.
When believers confessed their faith in Christ and joined the church, they set a boundary marker that distinguished them from the rest of society. Unfortunately, this became a source of conflict because it implicitly passed a negative judgment on their community and its values.
In order to understand the sermon and apply its message to ourselves, we need to understand the history of the congregation and their situation when they received the letter from the apostle.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Félix Cortez-Valles, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Letter to the Hebrews and to Us."
It has been argued that Hebrews is the earliest “complete Christian sermon” that we have. Hebrews was addressed to believers who accepted Jesus but then experienced difficulties.
How is the story of Moses’ life, including smiting the rock in a fit of anger, an example of what it means to live by faith and to be saved by faith, apart from the deeds of the law?
Without the hope of the resurrection, we have no hope at all. Christ’s resurrection is the guarantee of ours; having “purged our sins” (Heb. 1:3) on the cross as our sacrificial Lamb, Christ died and rose from the dead, and because of His resurrection we have the surety of ours, with Moses being the first example of a fallen human being raised from the dead.
There was more to Moses’ sin than just his own attempt to take the place of God, which was bad enough. He also showed a lack of faith, which, for someone like Moses, would be inexcusable.
It’s not hard to see and understand Moses’ frustration. After all that the Lord had done for them, the signs and wonders and miraculous deliverance, here they are, finally, on the borders of the Promised Land. And then—what? Suddenly, they are short on water, and so they begin to conspire against Moses and Aaron.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and Sabbath School Bible Study Guide editor Clifford Goldstein, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "The Resurrection of Moses."
As Moses’ life and ministry revealed much about the character of God, so, too, does his death and resurrection.
One can learn a great deal about how to interpret the Bible by how the inspired writers of the New Testament used the Old. And one of the first lessons we could learn is that, unlike so much Bible scholarship today, the New Testament writers never raised any question about the authenticity or authority of the Old Testament books.
The book of Hebrews, in all its depth and sublimity, is, in many ways, just one long exhortation to Jewish believers in Jesus. And what it exhorts them to do is: Stay faithful to the Lord! This faithfulness, of course, should stem from our love of God, of who He is and of His character and goodness, most powerfully expressed at the cross of Christ. Sometimes, though, human beings need to be reminded of what the terrible consequences of falling away will be.
In reference to the covenant at Sinai, Moses talks about how the children of Israel, at the revelation of God’s law (Exod. 20:18–21), wanted Moses to act as a mediator, an intercessor between them and God. It is then that Moses promises them, twice (Deut. 18:15, 18), that the Lord will raise up a prophet like Moses.
Christ became a “curse for us” in that He faced the curse of the law; that is, death, which all humans would face because all have violated the law.
The phrase “shows no partiality” is translated from a Hebrew figure of speech; it means literally that He does not “lift up faces.”
Jesus didn’t argue with Satan or debate with him. He simply quoted Scripture because, as the Word of God, it is “living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword” (Heb. 4:12, NKJV). And in each case, the Word He quoted was from Deuteronomy. How interesting that Jesus, in the wilderness, chose to quote texts that were given to Israel in the wilderness, as well.
Whether direct Old Testament quotations, or allusions, or references to stories or prophecies, the New Testament writers constantly used the Old Testament to buttress, even justify, their claims. And among the books often quoted or referred to was Deuteronomy.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and Sabbath School Bible Study Guide editor Clifford Goldstein, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Deuteronomy in the New Testament."
Imagine being Daniel, having seen your nation invaded and defeated, and knowing that the temple, the center of your whole religious faith, was destroyed by idolatrous pagans. How, though, could knowledge of the book of Deuteronomy have been very faith-sustaining for him (or any other Jew) at this time? How does our understanding of Scripture as a whole help us deal with trying times and events that otherwise, without our knowledge of Scripture, could be very discouraging to us?
One of the most famous prayers in all the Old Testament is in Daniel 9. Having learned from reading the prophet Jeremiah that the time of Israel’s “desolations” (Dan. 9:2), 70 years, was soon to be up, Daniel earnestly began praying.
So much of the writings of the prophets consisted of appeals to faithfulness. And not just faithfulness in general, but, in particular, faithfulness to the Israelites’ end of the covenant, which was reaffirmed just before they entered the land.
The book of Deuteronomy had been rediscovered during the reign of King Josiah, and it was under Josiah’s rule that Jeremiah began his ministry.
Especially clear in Nehemiah 9 is the theme of God as the Creator and the One who alone should be worshiped. He made everything, even “the heaven of heavens, with all their host” (Neh. 9:6, NKJV).
In the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign, something happened that, at least for a while, changed the history of God’s people.
Many times the later writers of the Old Testament, such as the prophets, referred back to the book of Deuteronomy, which played such a central role in the covenantal life of early Israel. This week we will focus on how the book was used by later writers. What parts of Deuteronomy did they use, and what points were they making that have relevance for us today?
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and Sabbath School Bible Study Guide editor Clifford Goldstein, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Deuteronomy in the Later Writings."
Since when have wealth and material abundance fostered the Christian virtues of self-denial and self-sacrifice? In most cases, the opposite occurs: the more people have, the more self-sufficient they become, and the less they tend to depend upon God.
All through the Old Testament the Lord constantly brought the minds of the people back to the Exodus, their miraculous deliverance by God from Egypt. To this day, thousands of years later, practicing Jews keep the Passover celebration, a memorial to what the Lord has done for them. For the church today, the Passover is a symbol of the deliverance we have been offered in Christ.
Amid this prosperity, Moses tells them to remember that it was the Lord alone who had done this for them and not to be deceived by the material blessings that He had given them.
The Lord tells the people, each one individually, to guard themselves, lest they forget. This is not “forget” so much in the sense of memory loss (though over time and in new generations that could come), but more in the sense of being lax about their covenant obligations.
Moses points the people back through all history, even to the Creation itself, and asks them, rhetorically, if anything in all history had ever been done as was done for them. In fact, he tells them to ask; that is, to study for themselves and see if anything such as what they experienced had ever happened before.
The first time the word “remember” appears in the Bible is in Genesis 9, when—after the worldwide flood—the Lord told Noah that He would put the rainbow in the sky as a sign of His covenant with all earth, that He would never again destroy all the earth with a flood.
How easy it is to forget what God has done for us. This week, as expressed in Deuteronomy, we’ll look at this important principle, that of remembering and not forgetting God’s interaction in our lives.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and Sabbath School Bible Study Guide editor Clifford Goldstein, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Remember, Do Not Forget."
How should the reality of human sinfulness, even our own sinfulness, keep us humble before others (in that we don’t judge them) and before God?
We are sinners, and though Christ came to save sinners, we must repent of our sins. And that repentance—whether as a backslider or as a faithful Christian who falls into sin or as a new convert—includes a turning from our old sinful ways.
Ultimately, they had to make the choice to return to Him, and to obey Him, with all their hearts. In one sense, the real issue was their hearts, because if their hearts were right with God, their actions would follow; that is, they would be obedient.
They fell into the sins that God had warned them about. And yet, even then, God was willing to take them back if, using their free will, free choice, they repented and returned to Him.
God’s grace is amazing. Even after they fall into the horrific evil of idolatry, even after they have received the due consequences of their sins, if they turn to the Lord, He will forgive them and restore them. In short, if they freely choose to repent, He will accept their repentance.
Biblical Hebrew, like most languages, is sprinkled with idioms, when specific words are used to mean something different from what they actually say.
Join Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and Sabbath School Bible Study Guide editor Clifford Goldstein, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Turn Their Hearts."
Because we are sinful, repentance should be a central part of our Christian existence. And this week, we will see the idea of repentance as expressed in Deuteronomy.