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Teacher’s Overview of Numbers 22:22-35, Lifeway Explore the Bible lesson for 10/12/25, “God’s Plans”

Posted on 2025/10/04 by Shawn Thomas

Includes a sample introduction to get the lesson started, text highlights and outline, illustrations you can share, discussion questions for your group, and spiritual life applications. A video version of this overview is available on YouTube at: INTRODUCTION: ??? Can … Continue reading →

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Teacher’s Overview of II Peter 2:1-3, 17-19 & Jude 17-23, Lifeway “Explore the Bible” lesson “Be Alert” for 5/18/25

Posted on 2025/05/10 by Shawn Thomas

An overview for Sunday School teachers and Bible study leaders who are preparing to teach Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson on II Peter 2:1-3, 17-19 & Jude 17-23, with the title “Be Alert,” scheduled for Sunday, May 18, 2025. A … Continue reading →

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“Ungodly Appetites” (Habakkuk 2:5+ sermon)

Posted on 2023/10/30 by Shawn Thomas

In Leonia, New Jersey, a few years ago, a man was arrested for stealing a truck of Snapple beverages. After they investigated, it turned out that he had previously worked for Snapple, and had been fired from his job for … Continue reading →

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“Save Me By Your Grace” (Psalm 6:4 sermon/Lord’s Supper)

Posted on 2020/07/27 by Shawn Thomas

After the Second World War, General Douglas MacArthur and his wife and their little son Arthur went to live in Japan, where MacArthur was administering the Island after the war. As things settled down, slowly the American occupying troops were … Continue reading →

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Do You Take The Money?

Posted on 2016/11/01 by Shawn Thomas

“And they took the money, and did as they had been instructed …” (Matthew 28:15 NASB) What an interesting sentence: “and they took the money.” The guards in this story knew the truth; they had been at the tomb and … Continue reading →

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