"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39)


Course Syllabus

UNIT ONE: The Setting of and Preparation for Christ's Ministry

Connection to 6th Grade O.T. Bible: Table of Kings

Memory: Books of the Bible

Standard Memory Sheet

Chapter 1 Notes: Introduction

Chapter 1 Outline

Chapter 1 Quiz - Open Notes

Chapter 2 Notes: The History of Christ's People

Chapter 2 Outline

Chapter 2 Quiz - Open Notes

Chapter 3 Notes: The Scene of Christ's Labors

PowerPoint: The Geography of Palestine

Chapter 3 Outline

Chapter 3 Quiz - Open Notes

Memory: Catechism Q/A #1

What is a Christian? (selected responses 2006-2007)

Chapter 4 Notes: The People of Christ's Land

Shorter Catechism Illustrated - The One True God

Chapter 4 Outline

Chapter 4 Quiz - Open Notes

Chapter 5 Notes: The Records of Christ's Ministry

Chapter 5 Outline

Chapter 5 Quiz - Open Notes

Book Report Description: Kanousky the Indian Boy

Chapter 6 Notes: The Word Became Flesh

Chapter 6 Outline

Chapter 6 Quiz - Open Notes

Memory: Catechism Q/A #2

Chapter 7 Discussion Guide: I Will Send You Elijah

Chapter 7 Discussion Sheet

Chapter 7 Quiz - Open Notes

Handout: Things to Ponder #13 "Jeffie and Grandpa"

Start Assignment: Chapter 8 Study Questions

Chapter 8 Notes: God Sent His Son, Born of a Woman

Chapter 8 Outline

Chapter 8 Quiz - In-class Assignment

Chapter 9 Worksheet: And the Child Grew

Chapter 9 Quiz - Done as a Worksheet

Shorter Catechism Illustrated Q/A 22 - The Incarnation

Study Guide to Test #1

TEST #1

 


 

UNIT TWO: The Inauguration and Authority of Christ's Ministry

Handout: Things to Ponder #12 "At Bethlehem"

Chapter 10 Worksheet: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Chapter 10 Quiz: Class Combined Effort

Whole-Group Reading: Chapter 11 - My Beloved Son

Chapter 11 Quiz: Class Combined Effort

Website Assignment

Memory: John 3:5-8

Handout: Things to Ponder #19 "The Little Dash"

Chapter 12 Discussion Guide: Tempted by the Devil

Chapter 12 Discussion Sheet

Handout: Camel's Nose Principle

Whole-Group Reading: Chapter 12 - Tempted by the Devil

Chapter 12 Quiz/Worksheet - Open Notes

Handout: Things to Ponder #16 "Famous Painting & Two Seas"

Guest Speaker: A Journey Through the Land of Palestine

Chapter 13 Quiz/Worksheet: The Lamb of God

Chapter 14: The Beginnings of His Signs (Read & discuss John 2)

Memory: John 3:17-19

Handout: Things to Ponder #15 "His Boat"

Chapter 15: A Man of the Pharisees (Read & discuss John 3)

Bible Doctrine Packet: Calling, Regeneration, and Conversion

Worksheet Based on Bible Doctrine Packet

Handout: Things to Ponder #11 "U Turns"

Chapter 16: A Woman of Samaria

Activity: "Whosoever"

Handout: Things to Ponder #14 "Eye Opener"

Chapter 15 and 16 Quiz/Worksheet (copied back to back)

Reformation Day Quiz (modified version)

Reformation Song: Jehovah Tsidkenu

Handout: Things to Ponder #18 "In Him Alone"

Reformation Video: John Hus

Memory: Catechism Q/A #8 with proof text (learn 2, write 1)

Chapter 20 Notes: To Proclaim Liberty to the Captives

Optional Handout: Internet Usage Advice

Study Guide to Test #2

TEST #2

 


 

UNIT THREE: The Sermon on the Mount

Memory: Matthew 5:3-10 (3-12)

Assignment: Chapter 19 Questions from Textbook

Handout: Things to Ponder #17 "The Perfect Mistake"

Research Project: Sermon on the Mount Presentations

Handouts: Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 5, 6, 7

Handout: The Beatitudes

Handout: Are You Wheat or Chaff?

Study Guide to Test #3

TEST #3 (50 points)

 


 

UNIT FOUR: Growing Opposition to Christ's Ministry

Chapter 21 Outline: Who Hath Believed Our Report?

Whole-Group Reading: Chapter 21 along with the Outline

Handout: Isaiah 58 - The Sabbath

Quick-write: Response to Handout on the Sabbath (25 words)

Memory: Isaiah 58:13-14

PROJECT: Unit 4 Study Questions

Project Answer Key

Chapter 22: His Brethren Did Not Believe - Read Matthew 11

Chapter 23 Notes: A Greater Than Jonah / The Sinful Woman (Luke 7:36-50)

Chapter 23 Outline

Memory: Matthew 11:28-30

Chapter 24: Laborers Into His Harvest (project includes this material)

Chapter 25 Discussion Guide: The Bread of Life

Chapter 25 Discussion Sheet

Whole-Group Reading: Chapter 26 - The Leaven of the Pharisees

TEST #4 - [Combine with Test 5]

 


 

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"But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name."
(John 20:31)

 

 

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