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    Adult Christian Life: 1st Quarter 2017
    Adult Christian Life: 1st Quarter 2017
    Adult Christian Life: 1st Quarter 2017
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    Adult Christian Life: 1st 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 dateOct 23, 2016
    ISBN9781681671697
    Adult Christian Life: 1st Quarter 2017

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

      ADULT

      CHRISTIAN

      LIFE

      THE ADULT QUARTERLY

      LARGE PRINT

      FIRST QUARTER 2017

      Vol. 121, No. 1

      www.rhboydpublishing.com

      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.

      Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      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.

      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

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

      Director of Publications

      LaDonna Boyd, MBA

      Chief Operating Officer

      Jeffrey Wilson, B.S.

      Director of Marketing

      Samuel Hyde

      Director of Operations

      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.

      Vanessa Lewis, B.A.

      Lauren Oldham, B.A.

      Freida Crawley, B.S.

      Carla Davis, B.A.

      Shanaya Whitaker, B.A.

      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

      REV. RICHARD MONTGOMERY lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife, Racquel, and their children. Rick is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas, and has served as a pastor and director of a community service non-profit organization. He served in Vietnam with the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division, and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat. God led him, from his experience as a combat soldier, to write the book, Kingdom Soldiers: A Warrior’s Guide to Winning Life’s Battles, dealing with the spiritual warfare Christians face every day of our lives. Rick is now retired, but continues to volunteer as an administrator with the Pittsburgh Experiment, an evangelistic workplace ministry serving the men and women of Pittsburgh.

      A Message from the President/CEO . . .

      Greetings and welcome,

      The staff at R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation is humbled to present a new quarter of study in God’s Word. We aspire to create biblically sound material that is both inspirational and convicting in hopes to encourage readers to pursue a closer walk with God. For 121 years, we have offered the highest quality of Christian literature, and we are confident that our mission to share God’s Word in new and insightful ways is reflected in this quarter’s study.

      The next three months will focus on our relationship with God and other believers. The first unit, titled Praise from and for God’s Creation, encourages a spirit of worship in response to God’s majesty. The second unit is titled The Birthing of a New Community. This unit focuses on how to live out the Christian life together as believers. The final unit for this quarter is titled God’s Eternal, Preserving, Renewing Love. This unit will study God’s love for all humanity and touches on how a believer should respond to His love. The overall lesson is that we should love one another just as God has shown love to us.

      We look forward to sharing this quarter’s study with you. We strive to obediently serve the Kingdom of God by offering doctrinally sound curriculum for the African-American community. Having fulfilled this mission for more than a century, we press on in our service to the glory of Jesus Christ, our Savior.

      In His Service,

      Dr. T. B. Boyd III

      President/CEO

      QUARTERLY OVERVIEW

      With the advent of the Savior by the power of the Holy Spirit, God set in motion the fulfillment of the divine plan of salvation. Luke’s Gospel, several psalms, and the epistle to the Galatians are used to explore God’s ongoing actions in blessing and reconciling the whole creation.

      UNIT I — JANUARY

      In Unit I, Praise from and for God’s Creation, employs five psalms. Several psalms emphasize praise for God that emanates from creation itself. Others invite us to praise God for creation.

      UNIT II — FEBRUARY

      In Unit II, The Birthing of a New Community, has four lessons from Galatians in which God’s creative process can be seen through the birthing of a new faith community with Jesus Christ as its foundation. The lessons address the importance of spiritual freedom, cooperation, and righteous living in building and maintaining the community.

      UNIT III — MARCH

      Unit III, God’s Eternal, Preserving, Renewing Love, has four lessons from 1 John, Ephesians, John, and Joel depicting God’s love for humans as primary and as the source of all love. The lessons show that God’s love overflows, redeems, unites, and renews. The first lesson depicts God as love and the source of all love. The second lesson concentrates on God’s redemptive, overflowing, and uniting love in Christ. The third lesson comes from Christ’s high priestly prayer to God describing God’s love for Jesus and all who believe in Christ. The fourth lesson shows the ultimate restoring and renewing power of God’s love.

      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 FIRST 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 139:7–12 (KJV)

      Director: Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

      School: If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

      Director: If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

      School: Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

      All: If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about

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