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Central Study Hour
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From Sacramento Central Church, you'll get fresh and in-depth biblical insight from our popular Bible school program in time for your weekly quarterly lessons! (60 minutes)
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Creation Care (2/25/2012)
"No question, this world is coming to an end it will not last forever. And yes, Jesus is coming soon. All that's true, but noting in these truths gives us the right, or the mandate, to defile the earth. If anything, as Christians, we should seek to take care of the world that our God has created for us.
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Lord of the Sabbath (2/18/2012)
"The seventh-day Sabbbath, in every way, points to Jesus, our Creator and our Redeemer." Sabbath School Lesson
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God the Lawgiver (2/11/2012)
"God's law is an inseparable part of the Old and New Testaments. It is also an expression of His Love"
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The Holiness of God (1/29/2012)
"It might be much nicer to focus only on God's love instead of His holiness, but that would e to distort the truth...Understanding God's holiness, and our sinfulness in contrast, is crucial to helping us to understand what the atonement is all about, why it is so desperately needed, and why it had to cost so much." (Sabbath School lesson)
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The God of Grace and Judgment (1/22/2012)
The Bible is full of stories that show God's grace and love for fallen sinners, but it also shows that there comes a point where he must exercise His judgment. "God is a God of justice, and justice demands judgment. God is also a God of grace." It is crucial then that we as Christians "understand both these divine truths and what they reveal to us about our God." (Sabbath School lesson)
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God as Redeemer (1/15/2012)
God is not only our Creator, He is our Redeemer. "From the earliest pages of Genesis, the Bible points us to the death of Christ on the cross, where He would die a sinner's death in order to redeem us, as sinners, from the eternal destruction that sin brings." (Sabbath Schooo Lesson)
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In the Beginning (1/14/2012)
The literal 6-day Creation is a doctrine that is the foundation of Christianity, and we as Christians must stand firm in this belief. We must not in any way mix our creation views with the world's teaching of evolution. (Sabbath School Lesson)
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The Triune God (1/7/2012)
We can understand a great deal about God by first understanding His triune nature.
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Boasting in the Cross (12/31/2011)
Nowhere do our 'glorious' human wisdom, our riches, and our might appear more clearly in all their futility and vanity than before the Cross of Christ.
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The Gospel and the Church (12/24/2011)
The actions we sow result in a harvest, either for good or evil. This happens both in our individual lives as well as in the church.
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Living by the Spirit (12/17/2011)
Though everyone struggles with moral conflict, the converted Christian faces an internal war between the sinful and divine natures every single day.
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Freedom in Christ (12/10/2011)
Paul explores the boundless limits of the freedom we have in Jesus Christ; freedom to serve God and each other unhindered by the snares of sin.
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The Two Covenants (12/3/2011)
A careful look at Paul's argument about the covenant promise of Isaac and its fulfillment in Christ reveals that the so-called "Old Covenant" was just as much about God's grace as the New one.
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Paul's Pastoral Appeal (11/26/2011)
Paul makes a personal appeal to the Galatians based on their previous relationship and his pastoral love for them.
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From Slaves to Heirs (11/19/2011)
Jesus Christ offers us freedom in the gospel, so Paul says turning back to a system of obedience to empty religious customs is returning to slavery.
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The Road to Faith (11/12/2011)
A discussion about the law of God and its relationship to grace, the gospel and the New Testament believer.
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The Priority of the Promise (11/5/2011)
The law was "added" at Sinai to demonstrate the exceeding sinfulness of Israel and all mankind, but it neither changed nor replaced the existing covenant given to Abraham.
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Old Testament Faith (10/29/2011)
Paul clearly outlines the consistency of the gospel message and uses Abraham's example to illustrate that justification by faith has always been God's method of salvation.
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Justification by Faith Alone (10/22/2011)
Exploring the concept of justification by faith helps us understand who God is and why the issue was so important to Paul.
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The Unity of the Gospel (10/15/2011)
Paul's conflict with Peter over reverting to ceremonial Jewish customs shows how important the apostle believed in the importance of unity in both the gospel presentation and the church.
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Paul's Authority and Gospel (10/8/2011)
A look at the origin, content and authority of the gospel message preached by Paul, which was challenged by some believers in Galatia.
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Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles (10/1/2011)
Paul's conversion experience and the impact it had on his ministry, and the church, throughout his life.
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Worship in the Book of Revelation (9/24/2011)
From start to finish, the prophecies and controversies in Revelation focus on true and false worship.
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Worship in the Early Church (9/17/2011)
The early Christian church, having learned spiritual truth from Jesus, placed an emphasis on proper worship of the Creator God.
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In Spirit and in Truth (9/10/2011)
Part of Christ's mission was to demonstrate that the religious rituals were only a means to an end, and that true worship of God comes from the heart.
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