The Miraculous Bible and How to Study It: A curriculum
A 10-Week Curriculum for Youth or Adults
This curriculum is dedicated to those who are willing to apply themselves to knowing why the Bible is miraculously inspired and preserved, revealing God’s covenant, and power that is able to transform the lives of those who make it a practice to study and apply it’s proven history, inspired prophecy, poetry, truth, salvation, practical solutions, available forgiveness and revelation of victorious lifestyles. Those who truly study it invariably conclude that the Bible is far superior to any other book called “religious” and that God’s freely given salvation is far greater than a man made works and guilt-ridden religion.
A 10-Week Curriculum for Youth or Adults
This curriculum is dedicated to those who are willing to apply themselves to knowing why the Bible is miraculously inspired and preserved, revealing God’s covenant, and power that is able to transform the lives of those who make it a practice to study and apply it’s proven history, inspired prophecy, poetry, truth, salvation, practical solutions, available forgiveness and revelation of victorious lifestyles. Those who truly study it invariably conclude that the Bible is far superior to any other book called “religious” and that God’s freely given salvation is far greater than a man made works and guilt-ridden religion.
Included
It includes Teacher Lesson Plans, A Student Syllabus, and handouts, a power point and information on videos to be used with the lessons. It is designed to be used with a textbook like, "How to Study the Bible in 28 Days", by Kay Arthur. It is designed to be used as a self-study or with groups.
Teacher Lesson Plan are in the Appendix
Below are some further details about the study format, table of contents and weekly homework assignments.
Study Format:
Section 1 – Bible Overview, Evidence and Uniqueness
Section 2 – Bible Study Principles
Section 3 – Discussion of Bible Study Assignments
The weekly homework assignments will include:
- Doing, reviewing and applying the principles in the book and handouts and studying selected Bible portions from the book.
- Memorizing specific Bible verses.
- Writing out what God is doing in your life and what He is teaching you.
Tested and Successful
This curriculum and format has been used with youth, young adults and those beyond. We have found it to serve as a “faith-builder” and that it helps to answer some of the “why’s” to those who want to know why they should believe the Bible to be true.
The goal of this curriculum is to inspire participants to become lifelong students of God’s Word. To grow in faith it is crucial that a person become a “self-feeder” of the Bible. This is not to diminish the importance of finding a good church, taking notes on sermons, and participating in Bible studies, but to emphasize that they do not take the place of reading the Bible through on a regular basis, underlining key passages, doing personal deeper studies at times.
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. (Psalms 119:105)
To be ignorant of His Word is to be ignorant of Him.
Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Student Syllabus 8
About Inductive Bible Study 13
Discover…Go Deeper…Disciple 13
Miraculous Nature of the Bible 15
Amazingly Accurate Preservation 15
The Scrolls 17
Amazingly Preserved 18
Fulfilled Prophecies of Jesus 19
More About the Bible 23
A Library of Many Books 23
The Old Testament Books 25
A Startling Comparison 26
The New Testament Books 27
More About Bible Study 29
Sound Principles of Bible Study and Interpretation 29
Bible Study Tools 32
Sources for Research on Some Topics 33
How it All Fits Together in Chronological Order 35
A Bible Timeline 38
More About Jesus, Christian Beliefs and the Gospel 39
The New Testament: The Central Focus on Jesus 39
New Testament Figures 40
God's Love Letter is Amazing: Basic Christian Beliefs 41
The Gospel Simply Put: One-Verse Evangelism 43
Apply Your New Knowledge by Studying John 45
Appendix 49
Covenant 49
Comparative Religion 53
Archeological Finds 58
Bible Canon and Apocrypha Books 58
Teaching Plans 65
Endnotes 73