Category: Sabbath School Commentary

  Lesson 13: “Heaven, Education, and Eternal Learning” With that title, you would think that this week would be upbeat and hopeful, but after three days of talking about things […]

  Lesson 12: “Experiencing and Living the Character of God” The title of this week’s lesson is deceptive. In fact, it would more accurately be called “Living the Old Covenant […]

  Lesson 11: “The Christian and Work” The lesson uses over 2,500 words to say that Christian education should include instruction on the right way to work. It begins by […]

  Lesson 10: “Education in Arts and Sciences” There is not much in this week’s lesson that couldn’t be condensed down to a few sentences.  Yes, God created all that […]

  Lesson 9: “The Church and Education” In a quarterly full of statements that deny the gospel, downgrade the role and person of the Holy Spirit and openly contradict the […]

  Lesson 8: “Education and Redemption” This week’s lesson tries—and fails miserably—to define what it means to be made in God’s image. After saying: “The phrase ‘the image of God’ […]

  Lesson 7: “Worship in Education” As the lesson rightly points out, we humans will inevitably worship something or someone. Worship. According to Merriam-Webster, there are several possible definitions of […]

  Lesson 6: “More Lessons From the Master Teacher” Had I been the author of this lesson, I would have chosen John 3:16 as the memory verse: For God so […]

  Lesson 5: “Jesus as the Master Teacher” For the most part, this week’s lesson has some wonderful things to say about Jesus, who He is, what He did, and […]

  Lesson 4: “The Eyes of the Lord”: The Biblical Worldview We start out well with an explanation of how our worldview affects our understanding of the world around us: […]

  Lesson 3: The Law as Teacher This week’s lesson is painful to read as it blatantly contradicts the grace of Christ to force us back under the Law that […]

  Lesson 2: “The Family” Before moving into this week’s lesson, we need to review what the Bible says about adding to and removing from (or changing) God’s Word. First, […]

  Introduction and Lesson 1: “Eden” Education—a worthy endeavor and goal and hopefully something we never completely finish. We start learning the moment we are born (and probably start even […]

  Lesson 13: “A Step in Faith” All through this quarter we have been studying the idea of making friends for God which, presumably, means telling them about Jesus. But […]

  Lesson 12: “A Message Worth Sharing” The entire message for Sabbath afternoon is a wonderful statement about salvation. I won’t repeat it all here; just read it in the […]