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    Adult Christian Life: 3rd Quarter 2017
    Adult Christian Life: 3rd Quarter 2017
    Adult Christian Life: 3rd Quarter 2017
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    Adult Christian Life: 3rd Quarter 2017

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    Adult Christian Life contains Sunday school material for people ages 25 and older. The exposition of the Scripture, with life-centered insights, is preceded by an introduction to the lesson designed to help learners gain a greater understanding of the text under discussion relative to context, content, and meaning for life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
    Release dateApr 23, 2017
    ISBN9781681672656
    Adult Christian Life: 3rd Quarter 2017

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      Adult Christian Life - R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp.

      ADULT

      CHRISTIAN

      LIFE

      THE ADULT QUARTERLY

      LARGE PRINT

      THIRD QUARTER 2017

      Vol. 121, No. 3

      www.rhboydpublishing.com

      R. H. BOYD, D.D., LL.D.

      Founder (1896–1922)

      H. A. BOYD, D.D.

      (1922–1959)

      T. B. BOYD, JR., D.D.

      (1959–1979)

      • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

      T. B. Boyd III, D.D.

      President/CEO

      LaDonna Boyd, MBA

      Chief Operating Officer

      David Groves, D.Min., Ph.D.

      Director of Publications

      EDITORIAL STAFF:

      Tia Ferrell, B.A.

      (Coordinator)

      Christopher R. Cotten, M.A., M.Div.

      Jane Ann Kenney, M.Div.

      Lee Perkins, M.Div.

      Kaitlyn Phillips, B.A.

      LaKeva Lewis, B.S.

      Vanessa Lewis, B.A.

      Lauren Oldham, B.A.

      Freida Crawley, B.S.

      Carla Davis, B.A.

      Lesson material is based on the International Uniform Sunday School Lesson Outlines, copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and is used with permission.

      Scriptures taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Adult Christian Life (USPS 006-480) (ISSN 1947-6604), copyright © 2017 by R.H. Boyd Company, 6717 Centennial Blvd., Nashville, Tennessee 37209-1017. Adult Christian Life is published quarterly by R.H. Boyd Company. Periodicals postage paid at Nashville, Tennessee. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Adult Christian Life, R.H. Boyd Company, 6717 Centennial Blvd., Nashville, Tennessee 37209-1017.

      For Customer Service, call (615) 350-8000, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Central, or fax (615) 350-9018.

      The publisher, R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, bears no responsibility or liability for any claim, demand, action, or proceeding related to its content, including but not limited to claims of plagiarism, copyright infringement, defamation, obscenity, or the violation of the rights of privacy, publicity, or any other right of any person or party, and makes no warranties regarding the content.

      Adult Christian Life contains Sunday school material for people ages 25 and older. The exposition of the Scripture, with life-centered insights, is preceded by an introduction to the lesson designed to help learners gain a greater understanding of the text under discussion relative to context, content, and meaning for life.

      Know Your Writer

      PASTOR EUGENE C. ENGLISH is pastor of Little Elk Missionary Baptist Church in Athens, Alabama. He left Lincoln Heights, Ohio and Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church at the age of seventeen and spent twenty years in the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer. His military travels enabled him to teach and preach God’s word throughout the U.S. and abroad. He has been married for more than thirty years to his life partner, Kathy. Pastor English holds a Master of Divinity degree from Memphis Theological Seminary and has recently completed all course requirements for a Doctor of Ministry degree from Luther Rice Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia.

      A Message from the President/CEO . . .

      Greetings, and welcome to another quarter of edifying and insightful study. We look forward to joining you for a series of studies in God’s powerful and transforming Word. For over 120 years, we have been motivated by the vision of our founder, Dr. R. H. Boyd, to provide you with the highest quality and most doctrinally sound literature for the African-American Church. This quarter is certainly no exception.

      In this quarter, we will turn our attention to a variety of Scriptures that are remarkably relevant in our own day, dealing with the nature of faith and the calling that God places on each of our lives. In July, we will look at the Calling of Prophets. These lessons, drawn from several Old Testament texts, look at several examples of God’s call to His servants. In these lessons, we will notice similarities across these accounts. God called servants such as Moses, Isaiah, and Amos for specific purposes—to deliver His people, but also to warn them of coming judgment.

      In August, we will look at Calls in the New Testament. These lessons, drawn from the Acts of the Apostles, call us to consider how God called ordinary people like us to do His will. These stories are full of practical wisdom that helps us to live out the values of the Kingdom of God in our everyday lives.

      Finally, in September, we will turn to Signs of God’s Covenants. These lessons, drawn from the books of Genesis, Exodus, and Ezekiel, examine the covenants God made with humanity and with the people of Israel at key points in history. These stories remind us, above all, of God’s faithfulness and of His care for all people.

      Praise and thanks be to God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—for the blessings these lessons contain. May He bless you in your studies this quarter.

      In His Service,

      Dr. T. B. Boyd III

      President/CEO

      QUARTERLY OVERVIEW

      The theme for this quarter reminds us that God continues to speak to us through God’s written Word. God calls ordinary people from diverse backgrounds to make a difference. From the days of the judges to the prophets to the early church leaders, God called and the faithful answered.

      UNIT I — JULY

      Unit I, Calling of Prophets, looks at how God called various prophets at different times for specific purposes. Included in this unit are the calls and responses of Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Amos.

      UNIT II — AUGUST

      Unit II, Calls in the New Testament, demonstrates that God continued to work through ordinary people. Their witness reminded the early church that God assures the success of those who will answer God’s call. The unit highlights the calls of Stephen, Peter, Philip, Ananias, and Paul.

      UNIT III — SEPTEMBER

      Unit III, Signs of God’s Covenants, a four-lesson study drawn from Genesis and Ezekiel, celebrates four signs of God’s covenant. Promising to renew the cycle of seasons, God creates the rainbow as a permanent reminder of the covenant with every living thing. Circumcision is the sign of the covenant with Abraham and the sabbath is the sign of the covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai. The last sign is the spirit-filled heart.

      Features of Our

      Adult Christian Life

      The Adult Christian Life quarterly (large print) has many features that appeal to Sunday school students ages 25 and older. It includes a number of elements to enhance their total learning experience. This quarterly is designed to help students regard their lessons as more than simply a Sunday morning Bible study experience.

      Printed Scripture Passages: The King James Version and the New Revised Standard Version are listed side by side so students can easily compare a traditional and contemporary translation of God’s holy Word.

      Suggested Opening Exercises: This feature, standard to all Sunday school quarterlies published by R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, remains a popular feature in all of our Sunday school resources for students and teachers.

      Quarterly Overview: This gives a general description of the lessons to be studied during the quarter.

      Main Thought: The passage of Scripture most central to the text is featured prominently at the bottom of the lesson.

      Online Extras: This feature offers activities, quizzes, and additional resources for outside study via the R.H. Boyd webpage, www.rhboydpublishing.com.

      Living the Lesson: This feature contextualizes the lesson truths to stimulate additional questions, interest, or action on the part of the students.

      Questions on the Lesson: These questions are designed to help students consider the people involved in the Bible story as they reflect on their own lives.

      Home Daily Devotional Readings: This is a traditional favorite feature of our Sunday school books, formerly known as Home Daily Bible Readings.

      CONTENTS FOR THIRD QUARTER

      Seeking God’s Guidance

      Suggested Opening Exercises

      1. Usual Signal for Beginning

      2. Prayer (Closing with the Lord’s Prayer)

      3. Singing (Song to Be Selected)

      4. Scripture Reading: Psalm 1:1–6 (KJV)

      Director: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

      School: But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

      Director: And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

      School: The ungodly are not so: but

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