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Sabbath School From Home
Sabbath School is perhaps the most communal and participatory element of a regular Seventh-day Adventist church event (after foot-washing), but social distancing has us all isolated at home. This is a weekly Sabbath School styled conversation on Biblical themes and passages. Join in the conversation by writing comments/questions to sabbathschoolfromhome@gmail.com .
Episodes
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Isaiah 14 - A possession of the hedgehog
Time for a Taunt! We're keeping up with the Sabbath School lesson, which this week is on "Playing God". The passage in Isaiah 14 is explicitly a taunt of…
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Isaiah 9 - His government and its peace
We ponder the theme of God's "government", and explore the tension between our individualistic culture and the collective punishments proclaimed in Isaiah. The…
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Isaiah 8 - The Lord will whistle for flies
This week's lesson "The Hard Way" looks at Isaiah 7 and 8, and Clansi joins the conversation.
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Isaiah 7 - Smoldering stumps of firebrands
We are slow to reach Isaiah 7 because further reflections force us to revisit the difficult verses of Isaiah 6. The lesson this week explores the message of…
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Isaiah 6 - Plug their ears and shut their eyes
The Sabbath School lesson "Crisis of Leadership" focuses mostly on Isaiah 6, and we ponder God saying "harden the hearts of these people". Our focus is…
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Isaiah 1 - Eat the good of the land
We're starting a new season exploring the book of Isaiah, and we look for some key themes in the first chapter. This season we'll be staying in sync with the…
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1 Corinthians 2 - Eye has not seen, nor ear heard
The final lesson of this quarter is Eternal Learning, and we contemplate this topic through a couple of book reviews. Our conversation focuses on "Leaf by…
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Romans 12 - Renewing of your mind
This week's lesson is on Sabbath and personal development, and so we explore the non-employability value of education. This episode is a direct sequel to last…
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Ecclesiastes 5 - God keeps him occupied
As Christians who work, the topic "The Christian and Work" has us reflect on our own experiences. Contribute by emailing us at sabbathschoolfromhome@gmail.com
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Daniel 1 - Skill in all literature and wisdom
The book of Daniel launches an interesting exploration of "Education in the Arts and Sciences" throughout the Bible. We found more Bible references to this…
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Proverbs 22 - Train up a child
We explore the difference between Education and Indoctrination for this week's lesson topic "The Church and Education". The conversation turns to Proverbs 22…
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Psalm 85 - Righteousness and peace have kissed
The topic "Redemption and Education" provides a great opportunity to talk about Restorative (or "Redemptive") Justice, which increasingly forms the basis for…
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Galatians 2 - Christ who lives in me
The lesson this week is on "Worship in Education", and so we asked Ken to educate us about a worshipful poem. Worship often involves music, but in our church…
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Matthew 12 - Doing what is not lawful
One remarkable feature of Masters is that they break the "rules" due to their deeper insight - and Jesus the Master Teacher seems to be no exception! Just like…
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Philippians 2 - did not cling to equality with God
The lesson on "Jesus as the Master Teacher" opens up a wider conversation about masters and mastery. This week we didn't anchor as closely to a bible passage…
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Acts 17 - Does not live in temples
This week's lesson is on "The Biblical Worldview", which turns out to be a bit more complicated than it often sounds. The bible was written over enough history…
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Romans 7 - I agree with the law
To discuss "The Law as Teacher" we turn to our resident legal expert, Ken, for a fascinating exploration of law and its ability (or inability) to teach. This…
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Deuteronomy 6 - Teach them diligently to your children
We turn to aviation and pilot training for an interesting perspective on this week's topic of "Education in The Family". Ken shares a gripping story of having…
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Genesis 1 - Chaos and waste
This new quarter has the theme "Education", and so we're going back-to-school with our podcast. For a fresh perspective on "Education in the Garden of Eden"…
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James 1 - Let perseverance finish its work
At the end of a quarter on Witnessing, the lesson "A step in faith" has us turning to James 1 for some wise perspectives. Feel free to join the conversation by…
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Jonah 3 - God may yet relent
This week's lesson on "A message worth sharing" is quite focussed on the book of Revelation, and we ponder this topic from the perspective of Jonah 3. The…
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Acts 18 - Even more accurately
Apollos, who taught about Jesus with accuracy but still needed somethings explained more accurately, is an interesting starting point for a conversation about…
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Daniel 2 - And told his friends
This week's lesson "An Exciting Way to Get Involved" explores small groups, and so we turn to the story of Daniel and his three friends. Small groups have been…
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John 2 - A whip of cords
In "Developing a Winning Attitude", the lesson this week explores more deeply Jesus’ attitude toward people. It tackles the challenge of speaking the truth in…
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Luke 8 - Go in peace
Jesus healing the bleeding woman and Jairus' daughter is a perfect double story to look at in the context of this week's lesson "Ministering Like Jesus". Luke…
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Acts 8 - Do you understand what you are reading?
Touching on this week's lesson "Sharing the Word", we start with the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch and end up dwelling on Jesus as The Word. The…
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Numbers 22 - The ability to speak
The lesson this week is called "Unlimited Possibilities", but seems to be about spiritual gifts - and so we turn to the story of Balaam! The story is in…
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Acts 10 - They have received the Holy Spirit just as we did
To explore this week's lesson on "Spirit-empowered witnessing", we turn to the story of Peter baptising the gentile Cornelius and his household. This story is…
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Luke 11 - Because of your shameless persistence
This week's lesson is "Prayer Power: Interceding for Others", and we explore Jesus' teachings on prayer in Luke 11. The passage contains The Lord's Prayer, and…
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John 4 - Why are you asking me for a drink?
Jesus talking with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 is an excellent story to explore for this week's lesson "Seeing People Through Jesus’ Eyes"…
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Luke 16 - They won’t be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead
We find a slightly different angle on this week's lesson "The Power of Personal Testimony" by discussing Jesus' parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Since it's…
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Isaiah 49 - A light for the nations
It's the start of a new quarter and we explore this week's Sabbath School lesson "Making Friends for God". Isaiah 49:6 speaks of being a "light for the…
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Psalm 24 - The King of Glory
Psalm 24 is full of joyful praise, and we find it to have a wonderful kind of timelessness. It seems nearly as applicable to our Christian experience as it was…
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Psalms 22 and 23 - Valley of the shadow of death
In this second half of our conversation comparing Psalms 22 and 23 we explore more of the messianic aspects and ponder how these famous passages can apply to…
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Psalms 22 and 23 - Despised by the people
We're trying something different, and tackling two Psalms at once! Psalm 22 and 23 appear initially to be quite different in tone, but both have been seen as…
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Psalm 114 - A people of strange language
Psalm 114 uniquely describes the Exodus as leaving "a people of strange language", and we explore some implications for understanding the bible as history…
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Psalm 108 - My heart is steadfast
We enjoy the beginning of this Psalm, but are all slightly troubled by the Old Testament taunts in the middle. After some fruitful discussion we agree that…
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Psalm 104 - How manifold are your works
Psalm 104 is full of echoes of the creation story, and so our meander through the Psalms aligns this week with the Sabbath School lesson. We tend to agree with…
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Psalm 131 - Wait with hope
Psalm 131 is just one verse each for Cameron, Lachlan, and Ken - but there's plenty to discuss. Imagery of God as a mother is explored (a week late for…
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Psalm 127 - The bread of anxious toil
We take a look at Psalm 127, attributed to Solomon. It turns out to have fascinating relevance for our modern world, and our attempts to summarise end up being…
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Psalm 91 - For He will deliver you
Cam, Lachlan, and Ken learn from some listener comments, and explore the almost unbearable positivity of Psalm 91. A listener (Ben) shared a fantastic example…
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Psalm 138 - Give thanks with my whole heart
We discuss Psalm 138, next in sequence from last week but substantially more positive; Cam shares a particularly amusing (and relevant) anecdote about the…
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Psalm 137 - We sat and wept
We chat about Psalm 137 and its challenging ending invites us to engage a little deeper, helped by some new ideas emailed by listeners. As always, send in your…
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Psalm 20 - The desires of your heart
Cameron, Lachlan, and Ken are joined by a good friend Luke for this discussion of Psalm 20, and Ken gets to unpack one of his favourite verses (v4). Yet again…
Sabbath School From HomePsalm 46 - Be still and know that I am God
In this opening episode (audio quality gets better from next episode) Cameron and Lachlan and Ken chat about Psalm 46 and notice a lot of themes relevant to…