Sabbath School Study Hour

"How can we always be ready to face opposition for our faith, in whatever form that opposition comes? What is the key to being prepared?"

"Are there some areas in which we need to be in complete unity of thought in order to function as a church? If so, what are they, and how can we find this needed uniformity? In contrast, what are areas in which a diversity of opinion is not harmful but, in fact, could be helpful?"

"Why is it important for Christians to be as good citizens as possible, even in less-than-ideal political situations? What can you do to make your society better, even in a small way?"

"A holy nation? A royal priesthood? Applied to ourselves, what should terms like this mean in regard to the kind of lives we live, both as individuals and as a community?"

"How can we learn to be more loving? What choices must we make in order to be able to manifest the kind of love that comes from a “pure heart”?"

"Whatever his faults, and they were many, Peter was a spiritual man who was ready to follow the Lord, regardless of the cost."

"It is a great tragedy that Christians, however well-intentioned, often approach sinners with an accusing spirit rather than a helping one. If we go around pointing out sin in the lives of other people, then we do something that Jesus has not called us to do. After all who are we to point out sin in others when we are hardly sinless ourselves?"

"This week we will study biblical aspects that deal with the grieving, quenching, and resisting the Holy Spirit, and with the sin that will not be forgiven."

"God is deeply interested in us. He longs to be part of all aspects of our life: our worries, our fears, our wishes, our hopes, our desires, our success, our joys, our failures—everything. Prayer does not change God; it changes us, because we are brought into the life-changing presence of God."

"It is the Holy Spirit who creates a spiritual community and fellowship that has the Written Word of God, inspired by the same Spirit, as its authority for faith and practice."