Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

 [European Union visitors:  In some instances Google uses cookies in some of its applications such as Blogger, Google Analytics, and AdSense. If you do not wish to receive emails, etc please contact: LarryREvans2010@gmail.com] Final Restoration of Unity Bible Study Guide for December 29, 2018 Coordinator for Class Discussion Larry R Evans Introduction "As a sailor locates his position on the sea by 'shooting' the sun, so we may get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position." -- A.W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God, p.95 If I were to ask what has been the theme of this quarter’s study, I suspect most would say,“Unity.” Is that really the intention of this quarter’s focus?   Should it be? If we look at the title on the study guide's cover, we would see that the p...

Introduction To my amazement, as I was reading a book written by a respected Christian author of another faith, I heard him say that many Christians today are telling only half of God’s story.   They assert that we have all sinned and that Jesus died on the cross for us. Then he said it again, “Many Christians today are only telling half the story.   They are leaving off the “bookends” of God’s story!” What could he possibly mean? By bookends he meant that many do not include as part of the salvation story, the Creation account nor do they tell of the restoration of Creation at the end.   Is that possible?   Is there more to the story than sin and the cross?   Ever since its inception, Seventh-day Adventists have said there is more to the story. We don’t deny sin and the forgiveness of sin nor do we discount the wonder of the cross. But we do say there is more to the story! The question before us today is this, “What part of the ...

  Sabbath School Bible Study April 7, 2018 Larry R. Evans, SS Teacher Introduction You may have missed the news report, but we are in war. In fact, we have been in war for some time.   Regardless, of your political persuasion, neither Trump nor Obama started it!   In case you missed it, I found the transcript of the report: “Then there was war in heaven . Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels. Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth— the one who accuses them before our God day and night. An...