Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

The Law as Teacher or The Reluctant Students   Larry R Evans Vancouver Adventist Church Bible Class   October 17, 2020   Introduction   “Some have called the Ten Commandments the ‘glue’ on which all laws are based.    Rabbi Robert Kahn once, when he was a child while flying a kite, asked his father,  ‘Dad, what holds the kite up? His father replied, ‘The string.’ ‘No, Dad, the string holds it down, not up.’ ‘If you think so, let go of the string, he said, ‘and see what happens.’              He let go and the kite began to fall!   It may seem strange that the very thing which seems to keep the kite down, is actually what keeps it up.    This is true not only of kites but of life. Those strings that are tied to us, those rules and regulations that seem to hold us back and tie us down are actually holding us up. The Ten Commandments, given by God, addressed conditions which already existed. There was murder, theft, idolatry, adultery, etc. . . .all the time the Hebrews were slaves. They

“Two Questions Education Must Answer” Or  “Education in the Garden of Eden”   October 3, 2020   Sabbath School  Larry R Evans   Pre-Class Questions 1.     Would the Bible be complete without recounting what happened in the Garden of Eden? 2.     What motivated the “serpent” to attempt to deceive Eve?  3.     Where did Eve go wrong? Is that likely to happen today? 4.     What was lost in the Garden? 5.     What does it take to regain what was lost?  6.     What does “true education” attempt to  accomplish ?  7.     What education takes place if “true education” doesn’t?   Introduction   This quarter our focus will be on education and we begin our study in the Garden of Eden.    It may seem a bit strange at first, but let’s begin our study with Isaiah 14:12-14. “How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world. For you  said to yourself , ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne  above