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JAN. 17: COMPASSIONATE

January 11, 2021

By Russ Wilkins
Dir. of Missions, Shiloh Baptist Assoc., Adamsville

Sunday School Lessons explore the bibleFocal Passage: Luke 6:27-38 

This Scripture is too hard to live out so come back next week for a new set of Scriptures to talk about.

Are you still here? Okay, let’s talk about it then. Today’s Scriptures are so challenging and to make matters worse, Jesus is the one who spoke them. They are “red letter” Scriptures. When I think of my faith, I sometimes like the easy faith.

You know, the believe and receive type of faith but Jesus is clear about the “take up your cross daily,” “follow Me” and “no one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom” type of faith too. [Read more…]

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JAN. 10: PREPARED

January 4, 2021

By Russ Wilkins
Dir. of Missions, Shiloh Baptist Assoc., Adamsville

Sunday School Lessons explore the bibleFocal Passage: Luke 3:7-18 

Occasionally I’ll try to build or repair something around the house. Inevitably, it will always be harder and take longer than I imagined. Why? Because I am not skilled in this area so I am not as prepared as I should be. I believe this is often true spiritually. We rush into God’s presence to “ask a favor”, we call on Him only when we are desperate, or we pray to mark it off of our to do list for the day. [Read more…]

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JAN. 3: MATURED

December 30, 2020

By Russ Wilkins
Dir. of Missions, Shiloh Baptist Assoc., Adamsville

Sunday School Lessons explore the bibleFocal Passage: Luke 2:41-52 

On Passover, the Jewish people would recite Psalm 113-118. In one of those we read “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” Jesus, Joseph and Mary would have recited this during the Passover time in today’s reading.

Jesus knew He would be rejected by the very men that were teaching Him and yet He was still mature enough to listen to them as we read in today’s Scripture. [Read more…]

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DEC. 27: ANTICIPATED

December 21, 2020

By Russ Wilkins
Dir. of Missions, Shiloh Baptist Assoc., Adamsville

Sunday School Lessons explore the bibleFocal Passage: Luke 2:25-38 

In 2020 there have been some things that we thought were necessities and we thought were so important but then we realized that they were just things we wanted or enjoyed or looked forward to.

Maybe for you it was March Madness. Every year you get excited, fill out your brackets and compete with your friends to see whose bracket did best. It is something you look forward to every year. In 2020, March Madness was canceled. How disappointed were you? [Read more…]

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DEC. 20: PROCLAIMED

December 14, 2020

By Russ Wilkins
Dir. of Missions, Shiloh Baptist Assoc., Adamsville

Sunday School Lessons explore the bibleFocal Passage: Luke 2:4-19 

Today’s title is “PROCLAIMED” and the first thing I thought about when I saw that word was the old Fanny Crosby hymn, “Redeemed how I love to PROCLAIM it, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; redeemed through His infinite mercy-His child, and forever, I am.”

We think of Luke 2 as “The Christmas Story” as we read about the birth of our Savior; the promised Messiah, but is this where it begins? Why did the angels PROCLAIM Jesus? Why did the shepherds PROCLAIM, “about this Child?” Because that child was and is the redemption of all mankind. [Read more…]

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DEC. 20: EMBRACING JOY

December 14, 2020

By Eric Taylor
Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill

Sunday School Lesson Bible Studies For LifeFocal Passage: Psalm 95:1-3; Luke 2:4-14 

As we excitedly look forward to celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus, our lesson for this week begins with an invitation to thanksgiving, worship, and praise of our “great God, a great King above all gods” (Psalm 95:3). And in the verses in Psalm 95 and Luke 2 we have at least three reasons why we should “come” before God and “shout joyfully to the Lord.”

First, we come to the Lord in praise and worship, and embrace the joy of this season because God is our salvation (Psalm 95:1). [Read more…]

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DEC. 13: CONCEIVED

December 7, 2020

By Russ Wilkins
Dir. of Missions, Shiloh Baptist Assoc., Adamsville

Sunday School Lessons explore the bibleFocal Passage: Luke 1:26-38 

A synonym for conceive is imagine or visualize. When I was a small child, I had a pretty good imagination and could envision myself playing professional baseball or driving a race car but not in my wildest dreams would I imagine doing the things God has called me to do. It definitely was not any type of professional sport! [Read more…]

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DEC. 6: PLANNED

December 1, 2020

By Russ Wilkins
Dir. of Missions, Shiloh Baptist Assoc., Adamsville

Sunday School Lessons explore the bibleFocal Passage: Luke 1:13-25 

In the Old Testament God often spoke through prophets to share His plan with the Israelites and ultimately the world. Throughout Scriptures we see that there are no accidents but rather, God has a plan.

Isaiah 14:27 tells us, “For the Lord of armies has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?” This year, my wife and I made plans to go to the beach, but they had to be canceled because of the hurricanes. Our plans often change. God’s plans are not like our plans, they are promises that God will keep. [Read more…]

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APRIL 12: RAISED!

April 6, 2020

By Travis Biller
Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethton

Focal Passage: Luke 24:1-12 

Sunday School Lessons explore the bible“It’s just too good to be true. And besides, I was always told that if something is too good to be true, then it must not be true.” I understand. We live in a world filled with uncertainty and hopelessness. Indeed, as I write this, the COVID-19 virus is wreaking havoc around the world. Many are filled with fear. Just yesterday (March 17) I made the painful decision to cancel all church activities and services in light of the virus. In fact, in the minds of many, the only thing certain in this life is death and taxes. Our current circumstances do not offer encouragement.

BUT (I am thankful for that word) that is not end of the story. While the world is filled with uncertainty, we would do well to remember that since our first parents left the Garden of Eden, doubt, pain, suffering, sin, and death have been a normal part of our existence. Yet, despite that reality God has been working. His greatest work was seen in the most unlikely place.

Our text is Luke 24:1-12. Two women who have been following Jesus are coming to His tomb. They are bringing the necessary spices with which to bury His body. No doubt as they make their journey, they are filled with sorrow for their loss, and a sense of hopelessness that the One they believed was their Messiah has been killed. His ministry is ended. Everything they hoped was true has come crashing down. With heavy spirits they approached the tomb only to find it rolled away. [Read more…]

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MAR. 8: LOST

March 2, 2020

By Tim Frank
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage

Sunday School Lesson Bible Studies For LifeFocal Passage: Luke 15:11-14, 17-24

Have you ever been lost in the woods or perhaps on a trip? Have you ever lost something, and, no matter how hard you looked, you could not find it again? Just the word “lost” gives a sense of uneasiness and foreboding.

The biblical use of the word lost is much deeper than a misplaced item or a momentary confusion in location. Being spiritually lost is a condition of every human being as he chooses his own way instead of God’s way.  [Read more…]

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