Bible Road Trip Year One Sample Pack

Bible
ROAD
TRIP™
THE BOOKS OF LAW & HISTORY
Year One
Sample Pack:
3 Weeks of Curriculum,
Notebooking Journals,
& Memory Cards
DANIKA COOLEY
THINKING KIDS PRESS
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Bible Road Trip™

Year One: The Books of the Law and History: Family (Preschool through High School)
Copyright © 2012 by Danika Cooley
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Parent / Teacher
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GUIDE
BIBLE ROAD TRIP™: THE SHORT EXPLANATION
Bible Road Trip™ is a three year Bible survey. Your family will travel from Genesis to Revelation, studying each book
of the Bible and uncovering the major themes of Scripture like who God is, the fall, our sin nature, God’s great plan
for salvation, and our relationship with God.
You’ll find a weekly schedule of Bible study book-by-book with Scripture reading, and memorization, and additional
activities such as notebooking, crafts, research projects, global prayer focus, and great videos and books. Each
year consists of a customizable 32-week schedule. This schedule can be expanded to allow more time for study in
any given area. Bible Road Trip™ is an a la carte curriculum--you’ll want to pick and choose the pieces that fit with
your schedule and family.
Bible Road Trip™ offers five separate levels of study: Preschool and Kindergarten (ages 3-5), Lower Grammar
(grades 1-3), Upper Grammar (grades 4-6), Dialectic (grades 7-9), and Rhetoric (grades 10-12). Each level is
designed to coordinate with the other grade levels, while allowing growing students to delve deeper into Scripture
and to begin to share what they are learning in new and exciting ways, consistent with the theories underlying
Christian Classical Education.
While Bible Road Trip™ does not address specific theological or doctrinal arguments. For example, I believe in the
literal Creation account and I was careful to choose materials that did not discount that very valid view of the
Bible. However, you will not find anything in the curriculum that specifically addresses Creationism. Rather, weeks
3-5 of Year One of Bible Road Trip will acquaint students with the book of Genesis—its authorship, themes, book
genre, storyline, and timing in actual history. There are some discussions over the manner in which we, as
believers, approach Scripture and biblical criticism in the upper grades.
In addition to the Bible Road Trip™ curriculum, you can

take advantage of coordinating notebooking journals and
Bible memory verse card sets available to enhance your
family’s studies. Expanded family Bible studies on sections
of Scripture are also available.
You’ll find those resources at ThinkingKidsPress.com.
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WHY STUDY THE BIBLE USING THE BIBLE?
Teacher
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When I began searching for a Bible curriculum to teach my kids the Bible, I thought it would be simple to
find a curriculum that met my most important qualification: it had to use the Bible as its spine text. That
seemed to me to be very important in a Bible curriculum. When I began searching for a Bible curriculum
to teach my kids the Bible, I thought it would be simple to find a curriculum that met my most important
qualification. You too?
Teach Kids the Bible Using...

I knew the most important thing I could do as a mom was spend time helping my boys understand God’s Word.
I wanted to really study the Bible with them. I didn’t want that study to be haphazard or ill-prepared, though. The
Bible is a big book and teaching it to my kids while unprepared seemed like a big task.
I wanted research and thought to go into prepared discussion questions. That said, I wanted those questions to be
open-ended enough that I could really have a discussion with my kids. I wanted the Holy Spirit to be involved in our
study of Scripture. (I fully admit to loving the notes in my ESV Study Bible as well!)
...The Bible
I also wanted my kids to love the Bible. I wanted them to discover the joy that exists in really studying God’s Word.
I wanted there to be crafts and notetaking, Scripture memory, and prayer for the nations. I wanted my boys to do
some academic work, too. I wanted them to learn about each book of the Bible and about the cultures and times
the Bible was set in. In short, I wanted the Bible to come alive for them.
For that, we need to use the actual Bible as a part of our curriculum. Bible curriculum exists solely to make it easier
to teach kids the Bible. It shouldn’t take the place of the Bible.
Teach the Bible to Your Kids
The most precious time of our day is the morning when we’ve finished breakfast and we sit down with our Bibles,
our Bible Road Trip™ notebooking journals, our supporting resources, and our Bible Road Trip™ curriculum. We
read together and talk about who God is and about what He’s revealed in His written Word. We talk about
mankind’s fallen nature and God’s spectacular grace shown through His plan for salvation. We discuss Jesus and
his teachings, and the Holy Spirit’s role in our lives. It’s a special time. It can be that for your family, too.
Hebrews 5:11-14 (ESV) says: About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull
of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic
principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the
word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of
discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
The Bible is our solid food. Our kids need more than milk. They need a Bible curriculum that uses the Bible.
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RESOURCES
WHAT YOU’LL NEED FOR BIBLE ROAD TRIP™
At its core, Bible Road Trip™ will allow your kids to read through the Bible, then discuss what they’ve read with you
as a family. The mechanics of that are discussed in detail further into this Parent / Teacher Guide. Because
reading through the Bible is the heart of this program, each student should have their own Bible. The Preschool
and Kindergarten level uses 365 Great Bible Stories by Carine MacKenzie. For Lower Grammar students, I suggest The
ESV Children’s Bible which has illustrations and is a full-text Bible. For older students, I recommend using a study Bible
in the version of your choice. Our family uses ESV Study Bible.
Each grade level also has necessary texts and suggested resources. To get the most out of this program, your
family will study the text of the Bible, while learning about the Bible from the spine texts. There is an option to pray
for the nations as well. You will find a detailed list of resources on the following page.
There are shopping lists with purchase links available at BibleRoadTrip.org.
Be sure to schedule an adequate amount of time each week to spend on Bible Road Trip™ with your family. To
provide a good idea of how long each activity will take your students, I’ve provided a suggested schedule chart in
this guide. Remember that Bible Road Trip™ is customizable--you decide which activities to include in your weekly
studies.
If you choose to utilize the craft suggestions, you’ll want to have basic art supplies on-hand, like scissors,
cardstock and construction paper, colored pens, permanent markers, paints, etc.
You’ll find the Bible Road Trip™ Notebooking Journals and Bible Memory Verse Cards at ThinkingKidsPress.com.
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RECOMMENDED & SUGGESTED RESOURCES:
YEAR ONE PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN
Recommended Resources
365 Great Bible Stories (Third Edition, 2018)

1 Carine MacKenzie
Multi-Year
RECOMMENDED DVDS
Visual learning can be a fun way to reinforce concepts. Check out these DVDs that will enhance your students‘ studies.
What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver?

• DVD #1: In the Beginning
• DVD #2: Let My People Go
• DVD #3: Wanderin’ in the Desert
• DVD #4: Battle for the Promised Land
• DVD #5: Israel Gets the King
• DVD #6: A Nation Divided
• DVD #7: Exile and Return!
Coordinating Bible Road Trip™ Resources
The Preschool and Kindergarten Level Bible Road Trip™ Bible Verse Memory Cards for
Year One will enable you to have each week’s Bible memory verses at your fingertips,
ready to be committed to memory by your students. The Preschool and Kindergarten
Level card set consists of 32 cards, available in ESV or KJV.
Get yours at ThinkingKidsPress.com.
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YEAR ONE LOWER GRAMMAR
Recommended Resources
RECOMMENDED
66 Books One Story: A Guide to Every Book of the Bible DVDS
1 Paul Reynolds
Multi-Year
Multi-Level Visual learning can be a fun way to
reinforce concepts. Check out
these DVDs that will enhance your
students‘ studies.
Window on the World: An Operation World Prayer Resource
2 (Revised Edition, 2018) Multi-Year
What’s in the Bible with Buck
Ed. Jason Mandryk and Molly Wall Multi-Level
Denver?
• DVD #3: Wanderin’ in the Desert
Suggested Resources
• DVD #4: Battle for the Promised
Guarding the Treasure: How God’s People Preserve God’s Word Multi-Year
Land
3 Linda Finlayson Multi-Level • DVD #5: Israel Gets the King
God’s Special Tent • DVD #7: Exile and Return!
4 Jean Stapleton Multi-Level
The Lower Grammar Level Bible Road Trip™ Bible Verse Memory Cards for Year One
will enable you to have each week’s Bible memory verses at your fingertips, ready to be
committed to memory by your students. The Lower Grammar Level card set consists of
34 cards, available in ESV or KJV.
The 233-page structured Lower Grammar Notebooking Journal has room for copying
the weekly memory verse, taking notes about each book of the Bible studied, pages of
notes about the weekly lessons, and a page to list prayer concerns for the country or
people group studied that week.
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YEAR ONE UPPER GRAMMAR
RECOMMENDED
Recommended Resources DVDS
Visual learning can be a fun way to
66 Books One Story: A Guide to Every Book of the Bible reinforce concepts. Check out
1 Paul Reynolds
Multi-Year
Multi-Level
students‘ studies.
Window on the World: An Operation World Prayer Resource What’s in the Bible with Buck
2 (Revised Edition, 2018) Multi-Year
Denver?
Ed. Jason Mandryk and Molly Wall Multi-Level
Suggested Resources • DVD #3: Wanderin’ in the Desert
• DVD #4: Battle for the Promised
Guarding the Treasure: How God’s People Preserve God’s Word Multi-Year Land
3 Linda Finlayson Multi-Level
• DVD #5: Israel Gets the King
God’s Special Tent
4 Jean Stapleton Multi-Level • DVD #7: Exile and Return!
The Student Bible Atlas (Revised Edition, 2015)

5 Tim Dowley Multi-Level
Optional Resources
Biblical and historical fiction can be a fun way for kids to learn!
• Tirzah, Lucille Travis • God King, Joanne Williamson

• Hittite Warrior, Joanne Williamson • Within the Palace Gates: The King’s Cupbearer, Anna Pierpont Siviter
The Upper Grammar Level Bible Road Trip™ Bible Verse Memory Cards for Year One
will enable you to have each week’s Bible memory verses at your fingertips, ready to be
committed to memory by your students. The Upper Grammar Level card set consists of
63 cards, available in ESV or KJV.
The 288-page structured Upper Grammar Notebooking Journal has room for copying
the weekly memory verse, taking notes about each book of the Bible studied, pages of
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YEAR ONE DIALECTIC
RECOMMENDED
DVDS
Recommended Resources students‘ studies.
The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook • Drive Thru History with

1 Ed. J. Daniel Hays and J. Scott Duvall Multi-Year
Dave Stotts: Holy Land
DVD #1: Covenants, Kings, and
Promised Land
Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation
2 (7th Edition, 2010)
• Drive Thru History with
Jason Mandryk Multi-Year Dave Stotts: Holy Land
Multi-Level
DVD #2: Jericho to
Meggido: Conquest, Canaanites,
and the Holy City
Suggested Resources • Tower of Babel with
Bodie Hodges (Answers
How We Got the Bible Multi-Year in Genesis)
3 Dr. Timothy Paul Jones Multi-Level
• The Exodus Revealed:
Search for the Red Sea
My Timeline Notebooking Journal Crossing (Questar)
4 From ThinkingKidsPress.com
Multi-Year
• The Fall of Jericho
(Vision Video)

The Dialectic Level Bible Road Trip™ Bible Verse Memory Cards for Year One will enable
you to have each week’s Bible memory verses at your fingertips, ready to be
committed to memory by your students. The Dialectic Level card set consists of 127
cards, available in ESV or KJV.
The 403-page structured Dialectic Notebooking Journal has room for copying the
weekly memory verse, taking notes about each book of the Bible studied, pages of
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YEAR ONE RHETORIC
RECOMMENDED
DVDS
Recommended Resources students‘ studies.
Encountering the Old Testament: A Christian Survey (Third Edition, 2015) • Drive Thru History with
1 Dave Stotts: Holy Land
Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer
Multi-Year
DVD #1: Covenants, Kings, and
Promised Land
Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation • Drive Thru History with
2
(7th Edition, 2010) Dave Stotts: Holy Land
Multi-Year
Jason Mandryk
Multi-Level DVD #2: Jericho to
Meggido: Conquest, Canaanites,
and the Holy City
• Tower of Babel with
Suggested Resources
Bodie Hodges (Answers
How We Got the Bible Multi-Year
in Genesis)
3 Dr. Timothy Paul Jones Multi-Level • The Exodus Revealed:
Search for the Red Sea
Crossing (Questar)
• The Fall of Jericho
(Vision Video)
The Rhetoric Level Bible Road Trip™ Bible Verse Memory Cards for Year One will enable
you to have each week’s Bible memory verses at your fingertips, ready to be committed
to memory by your students. The Rhetoric Level card set consists of 147 cards, available
in ESV or KJV.
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OF LEARNING
One of my favorite ways to educate and disciple our children has always been to gather at the couch, read aloud,
discuss what we’ve learned, then apply those lessons in some concrete way. As children age, this approach
changes a bit. After all, we want to help our children own their faith in Christ. Part of discipleship is passing the
torch onto another believer. What a blessing to be able to do that for our children!
Christian Classical Education divides learning into three distinct levels. I’ve further divided it into five levels. These
levels of learning affect how you’ll teach the Bible for kids. Since at least the time of Rome, Classical Education
has been founded on the idea that students must first learn grammar, the study of language, followed by logic, the
ability to reason, and rhetoric, the art of persuasion in either writing or in speech.
Young children in the grammar stage are gifted at memorization

and at soaking up information.
Middle school aged children are in the logic stage. They have brains
wired to connect information and to make arguments for those
connections.
High school students in the rhetoric stage have memorized

information and created connections, and they’re ready to go into
the world and persuade others of the truth they’ve discovered.
Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn of Trivium Pursuit have written a terrific article “Definition for Classical Education” on
the different developmental or learning stages employed in Christian Classical Education. Their work may help
clarify some of the thinking behind the classical education stages if you wish to do further research.
Find it at http://www.triviumpursuit.com/articles/definition_for_classical_education.php
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LEVELS OF LEARNING IN BIBLE ROAD TRIP™
There are five stages of learning used in Bible Road Trip™. Teaching your children the Bible at their current
developmental stage helps them learn better, and it enables you to teach more than one child at the same time.
With Bible Road Trip™, every family member can survey the Bible at their own developmental level, and your
children and teens can still discuss the week’s lessons at the dinner table. You’ll notice that each developmental
level is studying the same area of Scripture at the same time, yet with a different emphasis. Bible Road Trip™ is
designed so that a child beginning the program in preschool can cycle through the Bible survey five times before
they leave home. Each trip through the Bible will provide a deeper, richer experience. This design follows the
Christian Classical model of education.
The levels employed in Bible Road Trip™ are outlined below. While there are grades assigned to each curriculum
level, these exist only to help you choose a level that is appropriate for your child. The program levels are based
on the developmental stages of learning: preschool and kindergarten, grammar, dialectic (or logic), and rhetoric.
You’ll want to have an idea about how each level of learning develops, as it will help you understand the goal for
each of your children.
PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN Ages 3-5

At this stage, children are gaining familiarity with the Bible. You’ll be addressing basic topics like sin and salvation
and introducing kids to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
The program at this level consists of reading aloud, crafts, simple Bible verse memorization, and great videos.
Because young children are still working on learning their A, B, C’s and reading simple words, there are no Bible
Road Trip™ notebooking pages for the Preschool and Kindergarten level.
You will find Bible memory verse card sets available for the Preschool and Kindergarten level. With a little help,
repetition, and enthusiasm, young children can absolutely learn and understand simple Bible verses.
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LOWER GRAMMAR Grades 1-3

The grammar developmental stage is all about gathering facts, information, and knowledge. Children in
the lower grammar stage delight in learning new things. The world is a fascinating adventure, and you are the tour
guide! This is a wonderful age to introduce children to the Bible. As they learn about God’s Great Book, they’re
laying a foundation for the rest of their lives. Bible Road Trip™ will help your children understand the Scriptures are
more than just random stories. The Bible is the story of God’s plan for
redemption for the human race.
LEVELING
UP OR DOWN
Children this age love highly visual resources, fun songs, hands-on crafts, Children are constantly
and time spent with Mom and Dad, or Grandma and Grandpa. The program developing, and we must
at this stage is all about building a framework to understand the Bible. This watch them for clues as to
is the foundation on which their knowledge of the Bible can be built. their needs. Is your first to third
grader ready for a little greater
Lower grammar students are learning to write anywhere from a sentence to challenge? Move them up to
a paragraph or two at a time. The Lower Grammar Notebooking Journals will Upper Grammar! Is your fourth
help your younger elementary children think through the stories and grader struggling with one too
teaching they’ve read with you. As they draw and write their notes, they will many Bible memory verses?
create a lasting journal of their time in Scripture. They’ll also begin to learn Adjust their Bible memory to the
good study skills and work on writing and copywork. Lower Grammar level, or
something in between. Don’t
Early elementary school students are capable of memorizing Bible verses worry about grades or ages.
that will stick with them for a lifetime. The Bible memory verse card sets for We’re concerned about
the Lower Grammar level include verses that are more complex than those developmental stages. As your
chosen for the Preschool and Kindergarten level. On the other hand, there children develop a deepening
are few verses than the set for the Upper Grammar level, and the verses are understanding of the Bible, they
often simpler, with just a sentence or two chosen rather than a passage. will be able to take on greater
challenges, and to layer in more
information.
UPPER GRAMMAR Grades 4-6
Upper grammar students also delight in gathering knowledge. Their brains are ready to soak up whatever they
encounter. What better information to encounter, but the Word of God? As upper grammar students progress, they
can take on more of their learning on their own. At this developmental stage, it is wise to support your child’s
educational journey, yet still allow them greater freedom to learn on their own. Perhaps Scripture reading will
remain a family activity as it has in our home through high school, and notebooking will be an individual project.
Bible Road Trip™ for the upper grammar student is still highly visual, relational, and creative. Traveling through the
Word of God is an exciting adventure, and the middle grade years are an important time to make the journey.
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The Upper Grammar Notebooking Journals have line spacing appropriate to upper elementary school
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children, giving them more room to write. The journals are a fantastic way for children to develop higher
thinking skills, handwriting, research skills, pre-writing skills, as well as to strengthen comprehension
and retention. The Bible memory verse card sets for the Upper Grammar stage introduce your kids to
longer memory passages. Some weeks, upper grammar students will memorize different Scripture verses than
lower grammar and preschool and kindergarten students. Upper grammar stage children are adding depth to their
knowledge.
DIALECTIC Grades 7-9

The Dialectic stage can be among the most challenging for parents. This is the age at which young teens are
developing a greater understanding of connections. They’re making developmental leaps, and looking for ways to
relate the knowledge they’ve gathered.
Keep in mind that this is the logic stage–where everything is a debate, and everything is negotiable. Our tendency
as parents can be to throw up our hands and walk away. Instead, let us delight in the fantastic mental pathways
our teens are forming! The dialectic stage is vital. Our kids are learning to debate, to stand on their own beliefs,
and develop a deep understanding of Scripture on their own. I can think of no more important time in childhood
we parents should depend upon the Lord for strength, to persevere, and to marvel in the opportunity we have to
disciple growing human beings. Bible Road Trip™ for the dialectic student will encourage children to develop
research skills, and to make connections not found in the immediate biblical text by studying Scripture in the light
of the whole Bible.
Many of the notebooking and crafting projects for this age will incorporate information that will help your children
put a solid structure of understanding on the foundation they are already building. Mini-research projects, a
timeline, and a challenge to pray for believers around the world are all a part of the Dialectic level of Bible Road
Trip™. I intentionally left a lot of room for creativity in Bible Road Trip™. I want your young teens to be able to own
this journey. You’ll want to use the My Timeline Notebook for the timeline project. Find it at
ThinkingKidsPress.com.
The Dialectic Notebooking Journals have lines appropriate for middle school students. Your kids will have plenty
of space to develop their ideas, comment on what they’ve learned, and jot down questions. The weekly research
project will help students better understand Scripture in the time and space it was written in. They’ll learn about
ancient cultures, the construction of the temple, different historical figures, and more.
The Bible memory verse card sets for the Dialectic stage have additional Bible passages to memorize. Additionally,
students will begin a project to memorize a few verses of the book of Romans each week. By the end of Year Three,
your Dialectic and Rhetoric students will memorize a full 12 chapters of Romans, an important and
theologically rich book of the Bible.
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RHETORIC Grades 10-12

The rhetoric developmental stage is truly a time for teens to take the wheel. On the Bible Road Trip™, your high
school aged students should be driving, and you should become a trusted navigator and companion. In the
rhetoric stage young adults begin to apply all the knowledge and the logic they’ve gathered and connected. This
is the stage at which your teens will begin to venture into the world, to develop wisdom and to communicate what
they’ve learned. The Rhetoric level of Bible Road Trip™ allows young men and women to explore in a supported
environment, to dig deeper, to own their faith, and to develop their walk with Christ.
The challenge increases for the Rhetoric level of Bible Road Trip™. Encountering the Old Testament and Encountering the New
Testament are beginning college level texts. A student who has been trained to think, and who has been educated
and discipled consistently, should be challenged by the resources--yet not stymied. If your student has not trained
him or herself to think deeply yet, you may consider using the Dialectic text instead; this will still provide your child
with an excellent overview of the Bible. However, if you are spiraling upward through the levels in Bible Road Trip™,
the previous stages should have prepared your Rhetoric student sufficiently to tackle these excellent texts.
Because Rhetoric students are moving into an adult role in which they are able to appropriately communicate their
faith and their wisdom, the Crafting Through the Word section includes a three-year project in which your student
will begin a blog or a vlog (a video version of a blog) to communicate what he or she is learning on a weekly basis.
I understand that there may be concerns about internet safety. Should you be uncomfortable with a public format,
students can make a series of videos, edit them and store them on a DVD. They can publish to a private blog,
or just keep a notebook of essays written in a blog format. Alternately, they could begin their own small group, in
which they lead a Bible Road Trip™ of their own, a week or two behind their personal studies. Rhetoric students
are preparing to share their faith. The Lord has placed you as their shepherd, and I trust your discernment. The
Rhetoric level will also feature a deepening emphasis on service and community involvement. Again, all
suggestions are intended to allow your young adult to develop a faith and a walk of their own.
Because students in the Rhetoric stage are headed to college and/or adult life, they have two options for
notebooking. Either they can keep their own notes in a notebook they purchase, highlighting what is important to
them, or they can use the Dialectic Notebooking Journals.
The Bible memory verse card sets for the Rhetoric stage have a rigorous schedule of Bible passages to memorize.
If you’ve used Bible Road Trip™ with your children at the younger levels, they already have memorized a number
of the passages and will be adding to their knowledge. Additionally, students will begin a project to memorize a
few verses of the book of Romans each week. By the end of Year Three, your Dialectic and Rhetoric students will
memorize 12 chapters of Romans, an important and theologically rich book of the Bible.
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THE JOURNEY
Bible Road Trip™ was designed to facilitate your family’s journey through Scripture. Think of it as a road map that
will help you teach the Word to your students. You’ll want to become familiar with the different aspects of the
program so that you can determine how you’ll travel this path.
Remember, you are in the driver’s seat. If you don’t like something, change it. You can alter the curriculum without
guilt. If you don’t want to do the crafts with your younger kids, there is no need. If notebooking isn’t right for your
family at this time, then forgo it for reading and discussion. Also, don’t forget that there are in-depth hands-on Bible
studies available at ThinkingKidsPress.com. If you want to do an in-depth family Bible study on the fruit of the Spirit
after studying Galatians, you can!
WEEKLY UNIT STRUCTURE IN BIBLE ROAD TRIP™

Bible Road Trip™ is organized into weekly unit studies. Each week you’ll be studying a book of the Bible, or a portion
of a book of the Bible. In each weekly unit, you’ll encounter three main sections, and each section has
sub-sections. Let’s take a look at the structure of the Bible Road Trip™ weekly units.
Dig Deep
Researching the Word
Reading the Word
Meditate on It
Memorizing the Word
Notebooking the Word
Praying About the Word
Explore Further
Learning More About the Word
Crafting Through the Word
Now that you can see the weekly unit structure, let’s go through each section and sub-section by grade. We’ll talk
about how to navigate each section for each level.
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DEEP
The Dig Deep section of Bible Road Trip™ is the crucial part of the curriculum. If you do nothing else, be certain to
introduce your children to the section of Scripture being studied through Researching the Word, and to read the
Scripture selections listed in Reading the Word.
The discussion questions in Reading the Word are designed to allow your family to explore the daily Scripture
passages together. As children age, you may want to have them become responsible for more independent
reading. Or, you may want to make the daily readings a part of your morning, lunchtime, or evening schedule.
Certainly, you will want to meet together to talk about the discussion questions.
DIG DEEP: RESEARCH THE WORD

Researching the Word is a vital part of the Bible Road Trip curriculum. The work your family does here will help
map your trip through the Bible that week. Children will have an opportunity to become familiar with the book
they’ll be studying. They’ll learn about the storyline, the theme and message, the characters, and the writer. In
the older grades, your students will explore debates or issues surrounding the book itself, and biblical
archaeology supporting information found in the book.
Let’s take a look at the spine resources for each level from Lower Grammar to Rhetoric. In the Preschool and
Kindergarten level, you will focus on exploring the Bible stories.
LOWER & UPPER GRAMMAR Researching the Word Resource

66 Books One Story: A Family Guide to Every Book of the Bible by Paul Reynolds
This short, easy-to-understand resource is used for grades 1-6, Years One - Three. It will help your children
understand the books of the Bible in the context of the greater library of God’s Word.
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DIALECTIC Researching the Word Resource
The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook Edited by J. Daniel Hays and J. Scott Duvall
Used for grades 7-9, Years One - Three, this fantastic book-by-book Bible guide has four pages of contributing
scholars listed. With over 500 full-color illustrations, maps and photos, the book is highly visual and engaging.
Each section is written for the lay person, and does a fantastic job of explaining the book, the issues, and the
themes. There are sidebars that cover archaeology, ancient literature, customs of the day, and important biblical
themes and concepts. The book is perfect for middle school.
RHETORIC Researching the Word Resources

Encountering the Old Testament: A Christian Survey (Third Edition) by Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer
Used for grades 10-12, Years One - Two, this fantastic entry-level college course text is well worth owning. The
resource is highly visual and engaging. It does, however, require a student to think. Much of the teaching involves
explaining specific debates regarding an area of Scripture. The authors are thorough and careful in explaining the
issues, without assuming prior knowledge on the part of the student. They present both the argument and the
flaws in each theory. You will want to review the text as well, so that you can discuss the reading with your young
adult. This book is best suited to teens who have some experience with challenging their minds. If you are
beginning Bible Road Trip™ with a high school-aged student, and you’re concerned about the level of academics
involved, you may wish to use the spine text for the Dialectic level: The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook.
Encountering the New Testament: A Historical and Theological Survey (Third Edition) by Walter E. Elwell
and Robert W. Yarbrough
This text follows the same structure as Encountering the Old Testament, and is just as fabulous as the Old
Testament text.
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DISCUSSING
Reading the Word is the central part of the Bible Road Trip™ curriculum. TOGETHER
The Scripture readings allow your children to gain a knowledge and
Every learning stage includes
understanding of the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation. As your
discussion questions for each
kids cycle through the developmental stages, they will have the
chapter. These questions are
opportunity to learn the Bible with a deepening comprehension and
meant to help you connect with
awareness. By the Rhetoric stage, your child will read the entire Bible
your student and find
cover-to-cover in three years.
important facts or major
themes in each chapter. You
For the lower stages, I’ve tried to keep the weekly reading to a
can use the questions in a
manageable level. Because the curriculum addresses the Bible
family worship setting or in a
somewhat thematically in the weekly units, you will not find an even
discussion time in your
amount of reading each week. Rather, you will find reading related to
homeschool. I’ve included
one particular section of the Bible.
the same questions for each
level from Lower Grammar to
For instance, in Year One Week Three, your family will read Genesis 1-11.
Rhetoric to help you facilitate
In Year One Week Four, you will read Genesis 12-36. In Year One Week
an effective discussion time in
Eight, the program covers all of Leviticus. The entire book of Leviticus
families with children in multiple
takes about two hours to read. For a high school student, two hours of
developmental stages.
core reading in a week for one subject is reasonable.
However, if you find your student needs more time on the weeks with a heavier reading schedule, you can always
take two weeks. A standard curriculum length is 36 weeks. Each year of Bible Road Trip™ is scheduled for 32
weeks to allow you to spend extra time on a weekly unit if you need it.
PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN Reading the Word

Preschool and Kindergarten students will be learning to understand the grand story of the Bible. The amount of
weekly reading for this level will be highly variable. Narrative sections of the Bible are naturally a better fit for a
Bible story book than genealogies or sections of law. Some chapters of prophecy would be quite scary for a four-
year-old. On weeks where you don’t feel there is enough reading for your child, feel free to use chapters from the
weekly Lower Grammar assignments. Read aloud to your student and make it a bonding time.
This level uses a Bible story book for the readings: 365 Great Bible Stories (Third Edition, 2018) by Carine MacKenzie.
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LOWER GRAMMAR Reading the Word
For Lower Grammar students, the reading is usually around 5 chapters a week. That’s one chapter a day for five
days. However, there are weeks when your student may be reading an extra chapter a day, as some of the
narrative is vital to understanding the biblical story. Read aloud to your student. It will be a precious bonding time.
Is your Lower Grammar child clamoring for more time reading the Bible? Move them up to the Upper Grammar
reading schedule.
UPPER GRAMMAR Reading the Word

For Upper Grammar students, the reading is usually around 10 chapters a week. That’s two chapters a day for five
days. However, there are weeks when your student may be reading an extra chapter a day, as some of the narrative
is vital to understanding the biblical story. Try the round robin reading structure detailed on page xix with this age.
Is your Upper Grammar child a terrific reader who wants more challenge? Move them up to the Dialectic reading
schedule. Are they struggling with two chapters a day? They may be more comfortable at the Lower Grammar level.
DIALECTIC Reading the Word

Dialectic students will be reading about 15 chapters a week, or three chapters a day. This isn’t a hard and fast rule,
but it should hold true most weeks. There may be weeks when the narrative is very important, and more reading is
called for, or the chapters are very short. There will also be weeks when there isn’t as much reading to do.
If your Dialectic student needs more of a challenge, they can always follow the Rhetoric reading schedule.
RHETORIC Reading the Word

As I mentioned above, the Rhetoric students will be reading the entire Bible cover-to-cover in three years. Even on
the heaviest weeks, the reading shouldn’t take more than two or three hours total for the week.
May I suggest that you, as the parent, also read according to the Rhetoric schedule?
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DIG DEEP: ROUND ROBIN READING

The round robin reading method of reading the Bible together is pretty simple, and very effective.
Each member of your family will take a turn reading a section of the Bible in a circle. So, when you are reading a
chapter, each person will read a paragraph. Go around in a circle until you are done with the chapter. If you are
just reading a passage of the Bible, try each reading a sentence or two. Again, take turns by going around in a
circle until you’re done reading.
Round robin reading really keeps kids engaged in what they’re reading. After all, they’re waiting for their turn, so
they’re careful to follow along with what their sibling is reading. It’s fun for them to read, and they tend to pay
better attention when they are the reader.
Round robin reading is a great way to keep your kids engaged as your read the Bible together. Try it out!
WHAT ABOUT THE TOUGH PASSAGES?

Let’s be honest—some passages in the Bible are difficult to understand as an adult. Children are going to
need your help processing some of the reading.
For your Lower and Upper Grammar readers, some of the dicier sections are removed from the scheduled
readings, but if you hand your child a Bible, be aware that they may read it! By the Rhetoric stage, your child
will read the entire Bible.
So—how should you address issues like sex, rape, and violence?
It’s best to be really honest and straightforward. My husband and I explained to our children what sex is, how
the basic mechanics work, and then we explained God’s plan for sex. After our kids had a good idea of what
God’s plan for sex is, we were able to address how fallen our world is. We could talk about sin, evil, and the
broken choices people make.
For quality books that will help you explain biblical relationships in a God-honoring and age-appropriate way,
take a look at the following book lists.
For kids: https://www.thinkingkidsblog.org/christian-childrens-books-about-the-birds-and-the-bees/
For teens: https://www.thinkingkidsblog.org/books-christian-dating-teen/
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The Meditate On It section of Bible Road Trip™ will give your children the time and space to memorize Scripture, to
process what they’ve learned through notebooking, and to pray for other nations and people groups.
MEDITATE ON IT: MEMORIZE THE WORD

If you only do one thing in the Meditate on It section, I encourage you to memorize Scripture with your child. As
your child progresses through the developmental levels of Bible Road Trip™, there are more verses to memorize.
However, children can have vastly different aptitudes for memorization. It’s important that you adjust the number
of verses per week depending upon your child’s abilities.
BIBLE MEMORY ON THE GO

You can help your children memorize Bible Verses with the Bible Road Trip™ Bible Memory Verse Card Sets,
available at ThinkingKidsPress.com.
There are five different levels of Bible Road Trip™ Bible Memory Verse Cards, available in either ESV or KJV.
Each level progressively adds additional verses. At the Dialectic and Rhetoric levels, your students will also
be memorizing the first 12 chapters of Romans.
Each level has either more information, or additional verses. While this is not the case for every week, you
will find the Bible Memory Verse Card Sets progress with the levels.The levels are designed to allow you to
circle around and add more depth to your Bible studies as your children develop and grow.
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Long ago, before Jesus was born into the humble home of sheep and cattle, and long after Joseph
brought his brothers and their father into the green land of Goshen, the people of Israel messed up.
They didn’t mess up just a little. No, the people of Israel committed spiritual adultery for generations. They turned
their backs on the Lord, and they bowed to carved sticks and golden statues. God’s people forgot Him. It’s not that
God didn’t remind His people to turn from evil and follow Him. God sent prophets to remind His children Who they
belonged to. Even so, the people of Israel persisted in their idolatry.
God is really patient. But every action has a consequence, and Israel was taken into captivity and led from the land
God had given them. It was in the post exilic era that we think Psalm 119 was written. If Psalms could run
marathons, at 22 strophes, this Psalm would be the winner. Take a look at the Beth Strophe (Psalm 119:9-16 ESV):
How can a young man keep his way pure?

By guarding it according to your word.
With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Blessed are you, O Lord;
teach me your statutes!
With my lips I declare
all the rules of your mouth.
In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
Could there be any better reason for memorizing Scripture? How can our kids follow God’s Word if they do not know
it? The Memorizing the Word section of Bible Road Trip™ gives children the opportunity to store God’s Word in their
heart. That way, they can keep their way pure!
As you decide whether to have your students memorize Scripture, consider the words of an ancient king exiled from
his country, in love with God’s Word, and committed to living for the Lord.
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MEDITATE ON IT: NOTEBOOK THE WORD
You can use Bible notebooking pages as an important part of your plan to teach the Bible. Bible notebooking
pages are a great way for kids to record observations and thoughts about what they’ve learned from their Bible
reading that day.
Bible notebooking pages are a great way for kids to record observations and thoughts about what they’ve learned
from their Bible reading that day.
Notebooking is a time-tested tool that develops and strengthens:
Higher thinking skills

Handwriting
Research skills
Pre-writing skills
Comprehension
Retention
BIBLE ROAD TRIP™ NOTEBOOKING JOURNALS

Each week of the Bible Road Trip™ Curriculum includes notebooking assignments for Lower Grammar
(grades 1-3) and up. The Notebooking Journals available at ThinkingKidsPress.com provide a structured,
beautiful way for children to create lasting notebooks about what they’ve learned each week on their journey
through the Bible.
Each Structured Notebooking Journal has Room for:
Copying the weekly memory verse.

Taking notes about each book of the Bible studied.
Several pages of notes about the weekly lessons.
A page to list prayer concerns for the country or
The structured Bible Road Trip™ Notebooking Journals are available at three levels: Lower Grammar, Upper
Grammar, and Dialectic. High School Students can keep their own journals, or they can use the Dialectic
level.
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LOWER & UPPER GRAMMAR Notebooking the Word

Be patient with your young notebooker. Remember that they are just learning about the Bible, and they are also
just learning to write. Forming letters is probably still a chore for them as they work to remember how each letter
looks and they work with developing fine motor skills. Not only will your young students be working hard to
physically write sentences, they may struggle to compose a proper sentence. This is completely normal!
It’s important that your notebooking expectations be reasonable. As your children learn to use Bible notebooking
pages, they may struggle a bit. Try reading a small section of the Bible to your children, then discuss what you
read aloud to them. Allow them to use their Bible notebooking journal, a favorite pen or pencil, and some colored
pencils. They can draw a picture to represent something they learned that day, and write a sentence or three
about their reading. You may actually need to compose the sentence for them as they learn to notebook.
For instance, if you read the story of David fighting Goliath, your children may notebook: “David killed Goliath.
David trusted God.” That’s perfect! Praise their efforts with specific things they did well, and end your
notebooking efforts for the day. They’ve worked hard!
As your children continue notebooking through the Bible, you’ll want to encourage them to think more about what
they’ve read, to write more, and to compose their own sentences. Bible notebooking in the elementary grades
makes learning fun, memorable, and your kids will progress quickly in their cognitive and developmental writing
abilities.
DIALECTIC & RHETORIC Notebooking the Word
As your teens work on Bible notebooking, encourage them to do more than just retell a Bible story. Ask them to
think deeply about what the story means in the overarching themes of the Bible. They’ll want to record important
ideas and arguments they’ve read in their additional research. Push them to write about how they were affected
by what they read, or how they’ll change now that they know what God says about an issue.
While Bible notebooking pages for the elementary grades can be filled out with just a sentence or two, a list, or
some killer illustrations, middle and high school students should be able to record complete thoughts with full
sentences that make paragraphs. Encourage your teens to do everything as unto the Lord… even notetaking.
Now, that doesn’t mean every page will be full. It does mean that your teens should do their best and be
reasonably complete in their notebooking efforts.
Your teens can use their Bible notebooks for larger projects like term papers, short essays, and group projects.
Their notes will help them compile information for more complete and polished work.
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MEDITATE ON IT: PRAY ABOUT THE WORD
The Meditate On It prayer section will give students an opportunity to learn more about the Church in the world
today. Students will learn about other cultures, religions, and the challenges to modern missions, which will affect
your child’s perspective and worldview. Three years spent praying for the world will help children develop a habit of
daily prayer, and of mission-minded concern for people groups around the globe.
Did you know that, according to the Joshua Project, in 2019 there are 7,078 unreached people groups in the world?
The Joshua Project defines “unreached” as: “An unreached or least-reached people is a people group among which
there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize this
people group. The original Joshua Project editorial committee selected the criteria less than 2% Evangelical Chris-
tian and less than 5% Christian Adherents.” That’s a lot of people who have no access to the Word of God.
Children who go through the Praying about the Word section of Bible Road Trip™ will learn about countries and
people groups across the globe. They’ll hear about the problems facing missionaries and Christians, the hopeful
signs of Church growth, and the areas which really need prayer.
LOWER & UPPER GRAMMAR Praying about the Word

Lower and Upper Grammar students will cover major countries, a number of smaller countries, and select
individual people groups over the three year survey. Window on the World is a fantastic book that allows kids to see a
slice of life in a given country, and explains the state of Christianity there.
DIALECTIC & RHETORIC Praying about the Word
Dialectic and Rhetoric students will cover every country in three years. They’ll read important statistics, and
detailed explanations about each country. They’ll hear about the challenges the Church faces, and how they can
pray for disciples in each nation. Operation World, which Rhetoric students will use, and Pray for the World, the abbreviated
version of Operation World used by Dialectic students, are incredible resources. Older students will come away from
Bible Road Trip™ with a mature understanding of global Christianity today. Because Pray for the World is abbreviated,
Dialectic students may want to supplement their reading for smaller nations (such as the Caribbean Islands) with
information for JoshuaProject.net.
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FURTHER
The Explore Further section of Bible Road Trip™ gives students an opportunity to explore fun resources, put their
new knowledge into practice, and create some fun crafts or projects. If you can find the time for these activities,
your child is more likely to enjoy and remember what they’ve learned.
EXPLORE FURTHER: LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORD

In the Learning More About the Word section of Bible Road Trip™, students will have the opportunity to examine
what they’ve learned in a new and different way, through reading and videos.
LOWER & UPPER GRAMMAR Learning More about the Word

The incredible “What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver?” video series is fantastic! Consider watching the assigned
episode at the end of your weekly unit. Add popcorn and make it a fun tradition!
The Upper Grammar level includes several fantastic biblical historical fiction novels each year. Each novel is
scheduled over several weeks. This gives kids lots of time to get their reading done. Why read biblical fiction? It
gives children an opportunity to envision themselves in the time period, living out some portion of what they’ve
read.
DIALECTIC & RHETORIC Learning More about the Word
Teens have the opportunity to see interesting videos throughout the course. The majority of these videos deal with
biblical archaeology. The “Drive Thru History:Holy Land (with Dave Stotts)” series is funny, engaging, and provides a
tour through actual Holy Land archaeological sites. The episodes are scheduled geographically. When young adults
learn about biblical archaeology, it enables them to see the Bible as a historically sound document.
Dialectic students will have the opportunity to do a mini-research project each week. They can record their findings
in their Notebooking Journals.
Rhetoric students will share what they’ve learned for the week through a video or essay project.
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EXPLORE FURTHER: CRAFT THROUGH THE WORD
In the Crafting Through the Word section of Bible Road Trip™, students will really internalize what they’ve been
learning. When children create works of art, it employs their brains in a whole new way. As your students age, the
assigned crafts will change to writing and speaking projects.
PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN, LOWER & UPPER GRAMMAR Crafting Through the Word
For the younger levels, the crafting section of Bible Road Trip™ is designed to be simple, fun, and artistic.
Children can experiment with different mediums and art forms, expressing what they’ve learned for the week.
Some projects, like the books of the Bible bookshelf, are ongoing. The process of creating the bookshelf will help
children remember the order and category of each book of the Bible. Other projects, like the painting above, deal
with a portion of the reading for the week. You may want to check the Family Discipleship category at
ThinkingKidsPress.com for a growing library of printable Bible crafts.
Grammar students are still filing information into their brains for later use. They excel at facts and figures and
at memorization. Many grammar level children enjoy creating, and often would much rather paint than write. Art
projects are a wonderful way to help these students connect to the stories they’ve heard, and to make the Bible
come alive for them.
At the elementary level, minimal instruction is best. Give your kids a direction to work in, hand them the materi-
als they need to complete their work of art, and encourage them liberally. Don’t worry if your child’s cloud and fire
pillar drawing looks unrecognizable. Just encourage them for making the effort, tape it to the refrigerator, and
thank them for such great work. Over time, their ability to put ideas onto paper will improve. Children are often
discouraged by the fact that the picture in their head doesn’t always translate onto the page. Our job as parents
is to let our kids know that art is creative. Sometimes children may be surprised by what they produce. That’s
OK--it takes practice to perfect artistic skills.
Consider keeping on hand a stock of colored and white cardstock, paper, construction paper, colored pens,
permanent markers, colored pencils, crayons, paintbrushes, watercolors, acrylics, finger paints, scissors and
glue. You may also want to keep a few fun 3-dimensional supplies on hand for moments of inspiration, like glitter,
pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, google eyes and pompoms.
The Bible Road Trip ™ crafting suggestions exist to help you support your children’s creative expression of what
they’ve learned. Using their hands to form their lessons is a fantastic way to aid the educational process.
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DIALECTIC Crafting Through the Word
For the Dialectic level of Bible Road Trip™, the crafting section is designed to help your middle school students
associate what they are learning about the Bible to history and to archaeology. It will also help them understand
the chronology of the biblical narrative.
Dialectic students will create and manage a biblical timeline for the three years of their Bible Road Trip™. As they
read, they will add dates to their timeline. The My Timeline Notebooking Journal is available at
ThinkingKidsPress.com for purchase if you would like to give your students a beautiful journal for their timeline.
By the third year of in Bible Road Trip™, Dialectic students will have a good idea of how the Bible is situated in
history. They’ll understand how the various kings relate to each other, and where the prophets were located in the
narrative. Additionally, they will have some knowledge of what was occurring in the rest of the world.
Crafting Through the Word for Dialectic level students will help build a foundation of understanding for a life time
of Bible study. Students will gain a solid understanding of the biblical narrative in history. It will become more
3-dimensional for them as they add layers of knowledge to their studies.
RHETORIC Crafting Through the Word
The Rhetoric level crafting section of Bible Road Trip™ is designed to help high school students communicate what
they’ve been learning about the Bible with others. By the time your student is in high school, they should be
developmentally moving into the rhetoric stage of learning when they are ready to effectively present information,
respond to questions, and really share their faith and knowledge.
Rhetoric students choose a topic each week to write or speak about. It is completely at the discretion of each
family whether this presentation is made public through a blog, video, or class. Whether your student shares their
thoughts over the internet, or just with your family or youth group, consider having your child write about their
studies each week. The practice of sharing their new knowledge of the Bible will not only help cement the
information in their mind, but will help them gain the confidence to speak about God’s Word with some authority.
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SCHEDULES
The following Bible Road Trip™ suggested schedules are provided to help you realistically schedule your studies.
Please note that these schedules include every activity for each level. Remember, your family may not choose to
do every activity. Bible Road Trip™ is highly customizable. These suggested schedules are available to give you a
visual representation of how much time each item requires and to help you schedule your week.
Also, the time spent on each activity may vary a little by family and by week. For example, the reading for the
Preschool & Kindergarten level of Leviticus is not heavy, but there are a lot of stories to read in Genesis: Part One.
The schedule assigns ten minutes per chapter of Bible reading, however, each chapter usually requires only five
and eight minutes. There is extra time built in for discussions that may last longer.
Should you choose to include every activity, you will want to take into account that children will not just be studying
Bible. You can use Bible Road Trip™ to contribute to: copywork, writing, art, and geography. Also, your movie time
can be outside school hours as a fun family event–just pop a little popcorn and make some hot chocolate.
The schedule for multiple grades will help you understand how you can work all levels of your homeschool into
Bible Road Trip™ on a daily basis. Your preschoolers and kindergarteners will have some free time in this
multi-level schedule, and your Dialectic and Rhetoric students will have some independent work. Consider reading
Scripture aloud together, as the Bible can be challenging. Your students will benefit from your help in reading and
processing the Word.
Rhetoric students may wish to do their independent work the evening before your group reading so that they can
help lead and participate in the discussion. Grades 10-12 are a great time to begin to practice leadership. In fact,
teaching a class is a part of the Rhetoric level Crafting Through the Word section. You may want to give allow them
to help teach your younger children. You will find high school credit suggestions on the Dialectic and Rhetoric
pages.
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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
10 Minutes Read Read Read Read Read

the Word the Word the Word the Word the Word
Memorize Memorize Memorize Memorize Memorize

5 Minutes the Word the Word the Word the Word the Word
Review Learn Learn Learn Recite
30 Minutes Craft Learn More

the Word About the Word
Video
Total Time 15 Minutes 35-45 15 Minutes 15 Minutes 35-45

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Research Pray about Pray about

10 Minutes the Word the Word the Word
66 Books One Story Window on the World Pray
Craft through Learn More

30 Minutes the Word About the Word
Video
Read Read Read Read Read

Read & Discuss Read & Discuss Read & Discuss Read & Discuss Read & Discuss

10 Minutes
Notebook Notebook Notebook Notebook Notebook

Notes on Book Prayer Notes Verse & One Page One Page One Page
& One Page If Any Remaining
Total Time 40 Minutes 40 Minutes 40 Minutes 60 Minutes 50-60

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Research Pray about Pray about

10 Minutes the Word the Word the Word
66 Books One Story Window on the World Pray
Learn More Learn More Learn More Craft through Learn More
20-30 About the Word About the Word About the Word the Word About the Word
Minutes
Literature Literature Literature Video



Notes on Book Prayer Notes Verse & One Page One Page Remaining Pages
& One Page
Total Time 70-80 70-80 70-80 70 Minutes 70 Minutes

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Research Research Pray about Learn More Learn More

25 Minutes the Word the Word the Word About the Word About the Word
Baker Bible Handbook Baker Bible Handbook Pray for the World & Pray Research Project Video



20 Minutes
Notes on Book Verses & One Page Prayer Notes Research Notes Remaining Pages
Two Pages & One Page Two Pages
Total Time 90 Minutes 90 Minutes 90 Minutes 90 Minutes 90 Minutes
DIALECTIC Assigning High School Credit
If your student does all of the work above, they can earn up to 1.25 high school credits per year.
The daily notebooking can count as 1/4 credit of work over the course of a year. While you can award this as an English
credit, you may want to award an elective credit instead. Class titles could be ‘Prewriting’, ‘Research Skills’, or ‘Note
Taking’.
The remaining work totals a full 1 credit over a year. You can award the credit in a variety of ways: ‘Bible Survey: Books
of the Law and History’, ‘Ancient Literature: The Old Testament’, or ‘Biblical Criticism’ are a few titles you might consider.
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Research Research Pray about Pray about Learn More

25 Minutes the Word the Word the Word the Word About the Word
Encountering the Encountering the Operation World Pray Video
Old/New Testament Old/New Testament

30-40 the Word the Word the Word the Word the Word
Minutes

Notebook Notebook Notebook Notebook Crafting Through

15-30 the Word
the Word the Word the Word the Word
Minutes
Notes on Encountering Notes on Bible Reading Notes on Answer Study Questions Video or Essay
Old/New Testament Operation World
Total Time 85-110 85-110 85-110 85-110 85-110

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RHETORIC Assigning High School Credit
If your student does all of the work above, they can earn up to 1.5 high school credits per year.
The daily notebooking and the weekly project, which can be a video, blog, or essay about what your student learned
that week, is 1/2 credit of work over the course of a year. While you can award this as an English credit, you may want
to award an elective credit instead. Class titles could be ‘Research Skills’, ‘Speech’, or ‘Public Communication’.
The remaining work totals a full 1 credit over a year. You can award the credit in a variety of ways: ‘Bible Survey: Books
of the Law and History’, ‘Ancient Literature: The Old Testament’, or ‘Biblical Criticism’ are a few titles you might consider.
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Research Research Pray about Craft through Learn More

30 Minutes the Word the Word the Word the Word About the Word
First, read Preschool & Kindergarten Bible stories aloud.
Dismiss younger students.
Next, read researching the the Word material with Dialectic and Rhetoric students follow the
Grammar students. schedule for independent study.
Simultaneously, Dialectic and Rhetoric students read their
Researching the Word materials.

10-30 the Word the Word the Word the Word the Word
Option 1: Read one chapter aloud with grades 1-12, then assign remainder as silent reading.
Minutes Option 2: Read three chapters aloud. Dismiss younger students after their reading.
Rhetoric students finish reading later.
10-20 Memorize Memorize Memorize Memorize Memorize

Minutes the Word the Word the Word the Word the Word
Work with younger students while older students memorize quietly.
10-15 Notebook Notebook Notebook Notebook Notebook

Minutes the Word the Word the Word the Word the Word
See above schedules.
Parent / Teacher Guide xxxiv

Teacher
Parent
Guide
Contents
YEAR ONE
INTRODUCTION MORE BOOKS OF HISTORY

1 ) W HAT I S THE BIBLE? 1 17) 1 SA M UE L : PA R T O N E 219
2 ) E XPLOR I NG THE 13 1 8) 1 SA M UE L: PA R T T WO 231

OLD TE STA MENT
19) 1 SA M UE L: PA R T T H R EE 243
20) 2 SA M UE L: PA R T ON E 259
BOOKS OF LAW 21) 2 SA M UE L : PA R T T WO 271
3 ) G E NE SI S: PA RT ONE 25 22) 1 KIN GS : PA R T ON E 2 83
4 ) G E NE SI S: PA RT T WO 43 23) 1 KIN GS : PA R T T WO 295
5 ) G E NE SI S: PA RT T H REE 59 24) 1 KIN GS: PA R T T H R E E 307
6 ) EXODUS: PA RT ONE 71
7 ) E XODUS: PA RT T WO 85
8 ) LE VI TI CUS 99
9 ) N U MB E R S: PART ONE 113
10 ) NUM BE RS: PART T WO 127
1 1 ) DE UTE RONO MY 139
25) 2 KIN GS : PA R T ON E 327
26) 2 KIN GS : PA R T T WO 3 45
BOOKS OF HISTORY 27) 2 KIN GS : PA RT T H R E E 363
1 2 ) J OSHUA : PA RT ONE 153

28) 1 CH RON IC LE S 375
1 3 ) JOSHUA : PA RT T WO 165
29) 2 C H RON ICLE S 3 89
14 ) J UDG E S: PA RT ONE 177 30) E Z R A 405
189
1 5 ) J UDG E S: PA RT T WO 31) N E H E M IA H 423
16 ) RUTH 207
32) E ST H E R 439
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Bible
ROAD
TRIP™
YEAR ONE: THE BOOKS OF LAW & HISTORY
1
YEAR one
WEEK ONE
What is the Bible?
1 Week One: What is the Bible?

WHAT
theB IB L E? IS 1
What is the Bible? It’s an age-old question that every Christian needs to know how to
answer. Your family is going to spend three years surveying the Bible, and it’s
important to understand why that endeavor is worthwhile.
Throughout Bible Road Trip™, you will come to a deeper understanding of Scripture
and of who God is. A practice of prayer, Bible reading, and Scriptural study will outfit
your family for a lifetime in the Bible, and for an active, dynamic relationship with the
King of the Universe.
2 Timothy 3:14-17 (ESV) says: But as for you, continue in what you have learned and
have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you
have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for
salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and
profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Bible Road Trip™ exists to help you study the Holy Scriptures from infancy (or
preschool), which will make your family wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus
and equip you for every good work through the faithful study of God’s Word.
This week will pull from several different sections of Scripture that will help your
family better understand why studying the Bible is an invaluable pursuit.
Let’s get started on your Bible Road Trip™!
Week One: What is the Bible? 2

1
CRAFTING THROUGH
Dptions for THE WORD
Learning
Make your own Sword of
the Spirit from cardboard
LEARNING and paint or decorate it. MEMORIZING THE WORD
MORE ABOUT
THE WORD Have an adult write Psalm Memorize
119:11 on it.
Watch Psalm 119:11
What’s in the Bible?:

DVD #1: In The Beginning:
Part One
3 Preschool and Kindergarten | Week One: What is the Bible?

Reading the Word
1
DAY 1: READ ALOUD:

• 230. Parable of the Sower – Luke 8 (Page 243)
• 231. Parable of the Sower Explained – Luke 8 (Page 244)
• What kind of soil do we want our hearts to be? How do we want to treat the Word of God?
DAY 2: READ ALOUD: DAY 3: READ ALOUD:

• 356. Letter to the Ephesians – Ephesians 6 • 208. Tested by the Devil – Matthew 4
(Page 373) (Page 221)
• What are the pieces of God’s armor for • How did Jesus fight the devil with Scripture?
Christians?
• Why is it important to memorize Bible verses?
Preschool and Kindergarten | Week One: What is the Bible? 4

RESEARCHING THE WORD
1
66 Books One Story
Dptions for Read:
Pages 10-12
Learning Introduction
CRAFTING THROUGH
THE WORD
NOTEBOOKING ABOUT Make your own Sword of the MEMORIZING THE WORD
THE WORD Spirit from cardboard and paint
or decorate it. Write Psalm
In your notebooking journal 119:11 on it. Memorize
record:
Paint a picture of two houses
• Share some observations about before and after a storm. Put Psalm 119:10-12
the Parable of the Sower. one on a foundation of rock,
• Write a few notes about the and the other on a foundation
wise builder and the foolish of sand.
builder.
• Label your spiritual armor. Make a storybook about the
Parable of the Sower. Fold
pieces of paper to create your
book, and use cardstock for
the cover. Label the cover of
your book with the Scripture
passage. Illustrate the seed on
the path, rocky soil, amongst
thorns, and on good soil.
LEARNING LEARNING
MORE ABOUT PRAYING ABOUT MORE ABOUT
THE WORD THE WORD THE WORD
Watch What’s in the Bible?: Window on the World
DVD #1: In the Beginning: Read Guarding the Treasure
Part One Read: Pages 9-14:
Why is the Bible a library? Boxes from the Sky
Pages 4-5 Introduction
How many books does it have?
How many writers
were there? Pages 198-199 Christianity
Pray: Choose three things
about each country or people
group and pray for each.
5 Lower Grammar | Week One: What is the Bible?

Reading the Word
1
DAY 1: READ MATTHEW 13:1-23
• What are the four types of soil?
• As we prepare to spend time in the Word, what kind of soil do we want our hearts to be?
• How can we help prepare our own hearts to produce a crop yielding a hundred times what is sown?
DAY 2: READ DAY 3: READ

LUKE 6:46-49 EPHESIANS 6:10-18
• What does Jesus tell us about those who hear • How effective would a knight without a sword
his words and put them into practice? be? Is he going to win any battles?
• Which sounds better—building your life on • What does Paul tell us about the ‘sword of the
sand, or building your life on rock? Spirit’? How can we arm ourselves properly?
• What kind of battles do you think a Christian

will need to fight?
Lower Grammar | Week One: What is the Bible? 6

1
66 Books One Story
Dptions for Read:
Learning Pages 10-12

Introduction
NOTEBOOKING ABOUT CRAFTING THROUGH MEMORIZING THE WORD

THE WORD THE WORD
In your notebooking journal record: Creatively re-tell one of the Memorize
parables you read this week.
• What did you learn about Scripture
Print (or hand copy) your final Psalm 119:10-12
in the story of Jesus’ temptation?
text, and glue it to a piece of
• Share some observations about
construction paper or colored
2 Timothy 3:16-17
the Parable of the Sower.
cardstock. Cut out and glue on
• Write a few notes about the wise any illustrations you want to
builder and the foolish builder. include.
• Label your spiritual armor.
Save your finished papers. At
the end of this year, you can
bind them together into a
magazine!
PRAYING ABOUT
LEARNING THE WORD LEARNING
MORE ABOUT MORE ABOUT
THE WORD Window on the World THE WORD
Read:
Watch What’s in the Bible?: Read Guarding the Treasure
DVD #1: In The Beginning: Pages 9-14:
Part One Pages 4-5 Introduction
Boxes from the Sky
Pages 198-199 Christianity

7 Upper Grammar | Week One: What is the Bible?

Reading the Word
1

• How did Jesus answer Satan?
• Do you think memorizing Scripture is a good way to combat temptation?
DAY 2: READ DAY 3: READ DAY 4: READ

MATTHEW 13:1-23 LUKE 6:46-49 EPHESIANS 6:10-18
• What are the four types of • What does Jesus tell us • How effective would a knight
soil? about those who hear His without a sword be? Is he
words and put them into going to win any battles?
• As we prepare to spend time
practice?
in the Word, what kind of soil • What does Paul tell us about
do we want our hearts to be? • Which sounds better—building the ‘sword of the Spirit’? How
your life on sand, or building can we arm ourselves
• How can we help prepare our
your life on rock? properly?
own hearts to produce a crop
yielding a hundred times what • What kind of battles do you
is sown? think a Christian will need to
fight?
Upper Grammar | Week One: What is the Bible? 8

1 The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook

Read:
Pages 19-22 The Grand Story of
Dptions for
the Bible
Pages 23-27 How is the Bible
Learning
Organized?
Pages 29-32 The Beginning and
the End
Pages 1048-1054 Bible
Translations and the English Bible

THE WORD THE WORD
In your notebooking journal record: Start a timeline for your Bible Memorize
Road Trip™ journey.
• What did you learn about Scripture
in the story of Jesus’ temptation? Psalm 119:10-12
You’ll find a printable timeline
• Share some observations about notebooking journal at 2 Timothy 3:16-17
the Parable of the Sower. ThinkingKidsPress.com. Hebrews 4:12
• Write a few notes about the wise Romans 15:4
builder and the foolish builder.
Alternately, you can make a
timeline poster, or use sheets of Romans 1:1-4
• Label your spiritual armor. paper in a notebook, or something
more elaborate.
Each week, you’ll be charting

the events you read about in the
Bible.
PRAYING ABOUT
LEARNING THE WORD
MORE ABOUT Pray for the World
THE WORD
Read:
Read How We Got the Bible Pages xiii Introduction
Pages 6-20
Chapter 1: What’s So Special Pages 300-303 Explanation of
About the Bible? Statistics and Abbreviations
Pages 1-7 The World
Pray: Choose three things about

each country and pray for each.
9 Dialectic | Week One: What is the Bible?

Reading the Word
1
• When Jesus answered Satan, was he timid and nervous, or was he confident?

practice?
yielding a hundred times what • What specific practices can • What kind of battles do you
is sown? you put into place in your life think a Christian will need to
in order to build your life on fight?
rock?
• What must we always be
doing in the Spirit?
Dialectic | Week One: What is the Bible? 10

1 Encountering the Old Testament:

A Christian Survey, Third Edition
Read:
Dptions for Pages 1-12
Learning
Chapter 1: What is the Old
Testament and Why Study It?

THE WORD THE WORD
Answer the Study Questions on Share what you’ve learned this week! Memorize
page 12 of Encountering the Old Testa- Make a video presentation or write a
ment. short essay sharing something about
what the Old Testament or Bible is all Psalm 119:10-12
about, or about something specific that
Take notes on any terms you want you learned.
2 Timothy 3:14-17
to be sure you remember later. Hebrews 4:12
If your parents approve, consider
Matthew 4:4
Record your personal thoughts on posting your work to a site like
YouTube, or to a blog. Who knows Romans 15:4
what you’ve learned this week. whose life you could touch?
Romans 1:1-4
Over the course of 3 years, you could
also learn some great ommunication
and technical skills. There are websites
and library books on how to write a
blog or create videos.
PRAYING ABOUT
LEARNING THE WORD
MORE ABOUT Operation World, Seventh Edition
THE WORD
Read:
Read How We Got the Bible
Pages xxiii-xxiv Prayer and the
Pages 6-20 Nations
Chapter 1: What’s So Special
About the Bible? Pages xxviii-xxxii Explanation of
Statistics and Abbreviations
Pages 1-29 The World

11 Rhetoric | Week One: What is the Bible?

Reading the Word
1
• When Jesus answered Satan, was he timid and nervous, or was he confident?

practice?
yielding a hundred times what • What specific practices can • What kind of battles do you
is sown? you put into place in your life think a Christian will need to
in order to build your life on fight?
rock?
• What must we always be
doing in the Spirit?
Rhetoric | Week One: What is the Bible? 12

2
YEAR one
WEEK T WO
Exploring the Old Testament
13 Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament

EXPLORING
the
2
O L D T E STAMEN T
It can be tempting to see the Old Testament as less important than the New Testament. After
all, we tend to be interested in reading about Jesus. The wonderful truth is that Jesus is
present throughout the Old Testament. In addition, we must remember that every time the
Bible refers to ‘Scripture’, it is referencing the Old Testament. Recall one of your verses from
Year One Week One.
2 Timothy 3:14-17 (ESV) says: But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly
believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted
with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ
Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped
for every good work.
Knowing and understanding the Old Testament is critical to our understanding of God’s plan for
salvation, of the story of our Messiah, and of the New Testament itself.
The Old Testament shows up in the New Testament in both direct quotes, and in allusions to
the Old Testament Scriptures. There are 343 Old Testament quotes in the New Testament. In
addition to the direct quotes, allusions abound. There are at least 620 allusions to the Old
Testament just found in the book of Revelation!
Theopedia: An Encyclopedia of Christianity has an interesting article entitled “New Testament

Use of the Old Testament” where I located the above statistics. You can read the article at:
http://www.theopedia.com/New_Testament_use_of_the_Old_Testament.
We truly cannot understand the New Testament without knowing the Old Testament. This week,
your family will make the connection between the Old and New Testament, as well as help
them identify Jesus’ presence in both. In preparation for Genesis, which begins next week, you
will take a look at the Pentateuch.
Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament 14

2
CRAFTING THROUGH
Learning On cardstock, begin a

bookshelf project. Glue
3 brown strips of paper
across the poster board as
LEARNING shelves. Have an adult MEMORIZING THE WORD
MORE ABOUT label your shelves with:
THE WORD The Law, History, Poetry, Memorize
Major Prophets, and Minor
Watch Prophets. When you begin Luke 24:6a
a book of the Bible, cut
What’s in the Bible?: a rectangular book spine
DVD #1: In The Beginning: out of cardstock, write the
Part One name of the book along
Why is the Bible the “Most the spine, and glue it onto
Important Book in the World”? the right part of the
bookshelf.
Download printable
instructions with labeled
shelves and books of the Display your bookshelf:
Bible in the Family
Discipleship section at Find a good spot to hang your
ThinkingKidsPress.com! poster, or file your cardstock
in your notebook. You’ll fill
this bookshelf over the next
two years as you study the
Old Testament!
15 Preschool and Kindergarten | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament

Reading the Word
2
DAY 1: READ ALOUD:
285. Jesus on Trial Before Pilate – Luke 23 (Page 298)
• 286. Jesus Goes to Cavalry – Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19 (Page 299)
o Was Jesus guilty of a crime?
• Why did Jesus die on the cross? What can that mean for you?
DAY 2: READ ALOUD:

o 288. Jesus and the Two Thieves – Luke 23 (Page 301)
• 289. On the Cross – John 19, Matthew 27 Luke 23 (Page 302)
• How did Jesus love others even in his death?

• 291. The Empty Tomb – Mark 16, Luke 24 • 295. Road to Emmaus – Luke 24 (Page 308)
(Page 304)
• 296. At Emmaus – Luke 24 (Page 309)
• Why does the resurrection of Jesus give us such
great joy?
• On the road to Emmaus, Jesus explained that his
death and Resurrection fulfilled all of Scripture
(the Old Testament was all of Scripture at the
time). Is the Old Testament important?
DAY 5: READ ALOUD:

o 300. Jesus Returns to Heaven – Luke 24, Acts 1
• Jesus spoke to his disciples after his resurrection. What did he tell them? What did the angels say?
Preschool and Kindergarten | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament 16

2 Display your bookshelf:
66 Books One Story
Find a good spot to hang your
Dptions for There is nothing to read. poster, or file your cardstock
Learning this bookshelf over the next
Old Testament!
CRAFTING THROUGH
THE WORD
On cardstock, begin a
NOTEBOOKING ABOUT bookshelf project. Glue 3 brown MEMORIZING THE WORD
THE WORD strips of paper across the
poster board as shelves. Label
In your notebooking journal record: your shelves with: The Law, Memorize
History, Poetry, Major Prophets,
• Label the five “libraries” of Old
and Minor Prophets. When you
Testament. How are the books Luke 24:45-47
divided? begin a book of the Bible, cut
• Write about the Pentateuch. a rectangular book spine out
Note names for the Pentateuch. of cardstock, write the name of
Record major themes for Genesis the book along the spine, and
1-11, and Genesis 12 to 2 Kings
25.
glue it onto the right part of the
• Take notes on how the Old bookshelf.
Testament is referenced in Luke
24. Download printable
shelves and books of the
Bible in the Family
Discipleship section at
ThinkingKidsPress.com!
LEARNING LEARNING
PRAYING ABOUT
THE WORD THE WORD
THE WORD
Watch What’s in the Bible?:
DVD #1: In The Beginning: Window on the World Read Guarding the Treasure
Part One Pages 15-26:
Read:
Why is the Bible the “Most
Meet the Writers
Important Book in Pages 6-7 World Map
the World”?
Pages 204-205 Judaism
17 Lower Grammar | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament

Reading the Word
2
DAY 1: READ LUKE 23-24
• Identify those who knew that Jesus was claiming to be the Messiah, as Jesus was being tried and
crucified. (Luke 23:2-3, 27, 35-40, 47-49, 50-51)
• On the road to Emmaus, Jesus explained that his death and Resurrection fulfilled all of Scripture (the Old
Testament was all of Scripture at the time). Is the Old Testament important? Why or why not?
(Luke 24:25-27)
• In Luke 24:44-47, Jesus spoke to his disciples after his resurrection. What did he tell us about the Old
Testament? What is the point of the Old Testament?
Lower Grammar | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament 18

2 Display your bookshelf:
66 Books One Story
Find a good spot to hang your
Dptions for There is nothing to read. poster, or file your cardstock
Learning this bookshelf over the next
Old Testament!
CRAFTING THROUGH
THE WORD
On cardstock, begin a
NOTEBOOKING ABOUT bookshelf project. Glue 3 brown MEMORIZING THE WORD
THE WORD strips of paper across the
poster board as shelves. Label
In your notebooking journal record: your shelves with: The Law, Memorize
History, Poetry, Major Prophets,
and Minor Prophets. When you
Testament. How are the books Luke 24:44-48
divided? begin a book of the Bible, cut
• Write about the Pentateuch. a rectangular book spine out John 1:17
Note names for the Pentateuch. of cardstock, write the name of John 5:46-47
Record major themes for Genesis the book along the spine, and
25.
glue it onto the right part of the
• Take notes on how the Old bookshelf.
Testament is referenced in Luke
24, and Acts 25-26. Download printable
shelves and books of the
Bible in the Family
LEARNING
MORE ABOUT LEARNING
THE WORD PRAYING ABOUT MORE ABOUT
THE WORD THE WORD
DVD #1: In The Beginning: Window on the World
Part One Read Guarding the Treasure
Read: Pages 15-26:
Why is the Bible the “Most Meet the Writers
Important Book in Pages 6-7 World Map
the World”?
Pages 204-205 Judaism
19 Upper Grammar | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament

Reading the Word
2
DAY 1: READ ACTS 25-26
How did Paul treat Christians before his vision?
• In Acts 26:22-23, what does Paul say? Does this agree with the idea that the Old Testament bears
testimony to Jesus as the Messiah?
• In Acts 26:15-18, Jesus commissioned Paul as a missionary to the Gentiles, to open their eyes to the
truth. What did Jesus tell Paul that those with opened eyes—who turn from darkness to light—will receive?
(Acts 26:18)
• Paul asked King Agrippa (the great-grandson of Herod the Great from Matthew 2:1!) if he believed the
prophets. Which prophets was Paul referring to? Why would King Agrippa’s belief in the words of the
prophets have made a difference? (Acts 26:27)
• Paul gave King Agrippa his personal testimony, but he also appealed to the testimony of the Old
Testament Scriptures. Why is what the Old Testament says important? If a testament is a sign, who does
the Old Testament point to?
DAY 2: READ LUKE 23-24
• Identify those who knew that Jesus was claiming to be the Messiah, as Jesus was being tried and
crucified. (Luke 23:2-3, 27, 35-40, 47-49, 50-51)
• On the road to Emmaus, Jesus explained that his death and Resurrection fulfilled all of Scripture (the Old
Testament was all of Scripture at the time). Is the Old Testament important? Why or why not?
(Luke 24:25-27)
• In Luke 24:44-47, Jesus spoke to his disciples after his resurrection. What did he tell us about the Old
Testament? What is the point of the Old Testament?
Upper Grammar | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament 20

2 The Baker Illustrated Bible

Handbook
Read:

The Pentateuch
Learning
Pages 1074-1078
The Use of the Old Testament in
the New Testament

THE WORD THE WORD
In your notebooking journal record: Record the following dates on Memorize
your timeline:
Testament. How are the books • Human civilization begins Luke 24:44-48
divided?
sometime between 8000- John 1:17
• Write about the Pentateuch.
Note names for the Pentateuch.
4200 BC. John 5:46-47
Record major themes for Genesis • Consider starting your timeline
at 4200 BC, as there won’t Acts 26:22-23
25. be any earlier information to Romans 1:5-7
• Take notes on how the Old fill in.
Testament is referenced in Luke • Consult your parents for the
24, Acts 25-26, and John 5. date at which they’d like you
to place Creation. One
educated estimate dates to
3975 BC.
PRAYING ABOUT
THE WORD LEARNING
LEARNING
MORE ABOUT Pray for the World MORE ABOUT
THE WORD THE WORD
Read:
If time allows, explore the Read How We Got the Bible
Joshua Project website. Pages 116-117 Asia Pages 21-44
https://joshuaproject.net Chapter 2: How Did the Old
Testament Get from God
to You?

21 Dialectic | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament

Reading the Word
2
DAY 1: READ JOHN 5
When Jesus claimed to be Lord of the Sabbath, able to work on the Sabbath just like his Father God, who did
Jesus claim to be? (John 5:17)
• Why did this upset the Jewish leaders? (John 5:18)
• The word ‘testament’ simply means ‘promise’. A testament is a sign or a testimony to a truth. What did Jesus
say that Scripture bears witness, or testifies, to? (John 5:39)
• Who is the Old Testament about? (John 5:46)

ACTS 25-26 LUKE 23-24
How did Paul treat Christians before his vision? • Identify those who knew that Jesus was
claiming to be the Messiah, as Jesus was being
• In Acts 26:22-23, what does Paul say? Does this tried and crucified. (Luke 23:2-3, 27, 35-40, 47-
agree with the idea that the Old Testament bears 49, 50-51)
• On the road to Emmaus, Jesus explained that
• In Acts 26:15-18, Jesus commissioned Paul as his death and Resurrection fulfilled all of
a missionary to the Gentiles, to open their eyes Scripture (the Old Testament was all of Scripture
to the truth. What did Jesus tell Paul that those at the time). Is the Old Testament important?
with opened eyes—who turn from darkness to Why or why not? (Luke 24:25-27)
light—will receive? (Acts 26:18)
• In Luke 24:44-47, Jesus spoke to his disciples
• Paul asked King Agrippa (the great-grandson of after his resurrection. What did he tell us about
Herod the Great from Matthew 2:1!) if he be- the Old Testament? What is the point of the Old
lieved the prophets. Which prophets was Paul Testament?
referring to? Why would King Agrippa’s belief in
the words of the prophets have made a
difference? (Acts 26:27)
• Paul gave King Agrippa his personal testimony,

but he also appealed to the testimony of the Old
Testament Scriptures. Why is what the Old
Testament says important? If a testament is a
sign, who does the Old Testament point to?
Dialectic | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament 22

Read:

Chapter 2: Where and When Did
the Events of the Old Testament
Learning Take Place?
Pages 37-50
Chapter 3: Introduction to the
Pentateuch: The Birth of God’s
People

THE WORD THE WORD
pages 33 and 50 of Encountering the
Old Testament. Make a video presentation or write a
short essay sharing something Luke 24:44-48
specific that you learned. John 1:17
Take notes on any terms you want
to be sure you remember later, and Topics could include: John 5:46-47
write down the themes of the Acts 26:22-23
Pentateuch. • The themes of the Pentateuch.
Romans 1:5-7
• How Jesus and the New
Record your personal thoughts on Testament writers saw the Old
what you’ve learned this week. Testament.
• The geographical regions of the
Old Testament.
• The Church in Asia today.
PRAYING ABOUT
MORE ABOUT Operation World, Seventh Edition MORE ABOUT
THE WORD THE WORD
Read:
If time allows, explore the Read How We Got the Bible
Joshua Project website. Pages 21-44
Pages 56-71 Asia
https://joshuaproject.net Chapter 2: How Did the Old
Testament Get from God
to You?
23 Rhetoric | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament

Reading the Word
2
DAY 1: READ JOHN 5
When Jesus claimed to be Lord of the Sabbath, able to work on the Sabbath just like his Father God, who did
Jesus claim to be? (John 5:17)
• Why did this upset the Jewish leaders? (John 5:18)
• The word ‘testament’ simply means ‘promise’. A testament is a sign or a testimony to a truth. What did Jesus
say that Scripture bears witness, or testifies, to? (John 5:39)
• Who is the Old Testament about? (John 5:46)

ACTS 25-26 LUKE 23-24
How did Paul treat Christians before his vision? • Identify those who knew that Jesus was
claiming to be the Messiah, as Jesus was being
• In Acts 26:22-23, what does Paul say? Does this tried and crucified. (Luke 23:2-3, 27, 35-40, 47-
agree with the idea that the Old Testament bears 49, 50-51)
• On the road to Emmaus, Jesus explained that
• In Acts 26:15-18, Jesus commissioned Paul as his death and Resurrection fulfilled all of
a missionary to the Gentiles, to open their eyes Scripture (the Old Testament was all of Scripture
to the truth. What did Jesus tell Paul that those at the time). Is the Old Testament important?
with opened eyes—who turn from darkness to Why or why not? (Luke 24:25-27)
light—will receive? (Acts 26:18)
• In Luke 24:44-47, Jesus spoke to his disciples
• Paul asked King Agrippa (the great-grandson of after his resurrection. What did he tell us about
Herod the Great from Matthew 2:1!) if he be- the Old Testament? What is the point of the Old
lieved the prophets. Which prophets was Paul Testament?
referring to? Why would King Agrippa’s belief in
the words of the prophets have made a
difference? (Acts 26:27)
• Paul gave King Agrippa his personal testimony,

but he also appealed to the testimony of the Old
Testament Scriptures. Why is what the Old
Testament says important? If a testament is a
sign, who does the Old Testament point to?
Rhetoric | Week Two: Exploring the Old Testament 24

3
YEAR one
WEEK T HREE
Genesis, Part One
25 Week Three: Genesis, Part One

GENESIS
Part
3
ONE
When you visit the local public library, the books are all organized by genre. You’ll find sections
that cover history, popular fiction, science, poetry, and so on. We read a history book differently
than we read a book of fiction, or of poetry. The purpose of the book is different, as is the style
of writing.
The Bible, a library of sixty-six books, is also written in a number of genres. Just like it is
important to be aware of the genre when you are reading a book from the local public library,
it’s also important to know what genre you’re reading in the Bible as well.
Genesis is the first book of the Pentateuch, or the Law. The genre is historical narrative. That
means we’re reading real history, told in the form of a story. In Genesis, the story is largely
biographical, focusing on the stories of heroes. These heroes are sometimes far from heroic!
Through their lives, we have the opportunity to see sin, repentance, and redemption through
Christ. We can also see God’s response to the hearts of men.
Reading the stories of the biblical “heroes” gives us an opportunity to ponder our own lives.
How are we living for Christ? How is God interacting with us?
The first eleven chapters of Genesis cover primeval history. The word primeval comes from the
Latin word prïmaevus. Prïmus means first, and ævum means age. So, primeval means “first
age”. Our reading this week covers the very first history of mankind. We’ll be reading about
God’s creation of Earth and mankind, the fall of mankind (and the introduction of sin), the first
homicide, the flood, and the tower of Babel. By the end of this week, your family should see
clearly the destruction caused by sin, and our need for redemption.
It may be helpful to explain to know that God allowed the nation of Israel to be exiled in
582/581 BC due to their idolatry and sin, and that the nation of Israel was restored to their
homeland in 1948. This restoration displaced people groups that had lived in the land for a
very long time.
Week Three: Genesis, Part One 26

3
CRAFTING THROUGH
Learning Divide a piece of poster

board into seven equal
sections using a straight
LEARNING edge and a permanent MEMORIZING THE WORD
MORE ABOUT marker. Paint each section
THE WORD to represent one of the days
Memorize
of Creation.
Watch Begin with Day 0 (paint it all
Genesis 1:1
black!), and end with Day 6.
What’s in the Bible?:
DVD #1: In The Beginning: Using sidewalk chalk and a
Part Two measuring tape, measure
out the length and width of
What does it mean when we say Noah’s Ark on your street.
the Bible was inspired by God?
In modern measurements,
the ark would be about
450 ft. long, 75 ft. wide, Download printable instructions
and 45 ft. high. with day of creation labels for
your poster in the
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Week Two.
27 Preschool and Kindergarten | Week Three: Genesis, Part One

Reading the Word
3
DAY 1: READ ALOUD:
1. God Made the World – Genesis 1 (Page 8)
• 2. God’s Powerful Word – Genesis 1 (Page 9)
• 3. God Three in One – Genesis 1, John 1 (Page 10)
• What did you learn about God today?
DAY 2: READ ALOUD:

o 4. God Made Adam and Eve – Genesis 1-2 (Page 11)
• 5. Garden of Eden – Genesis 2 (Page 12)
• 6. Sin Spoils the World – Genesis 3 (Page 13)
• Retell the story of Adam and Eve.

• 7. Where are You Adam? – Genesis 3 (Page 14) • 10. Noah Builds the Ark – Genesis 6-7 (Page 17)
• 8. God Punishes Sin – Genesis 3 (Page 15) • 11. Dry Land Again – Genesis 8-9 (Page 18)
• 9. Cain and Abel – Genesis 4 (Page 16) • 12. Rainbow Promise – Genesis 9 (Page 19)
• How does God feel about sin? What are the • Where do we find safety? What does it mean to
consequences of sin? have faith in God?
DAY 5: READ ALOUD:

13. The Tower of Babel – Genesis 11 (Page 20)
How did the people sin while building the Tower of Babel?
Preschool and Kindergarten | Week Three: Genesis, Part One 28

3 Download printable
66 Books One Story instructions with day of
creation labels for your
Dptions for Read: poster in the Family
Pages 13-15
Learning Genesis 1-11
CRAFTING THROUGH
THE WORD
NOTEBOOKING ABOUT Divide a piece of poster board MEMORIZING THE WORD
THE WORD into seven equal sections using
In your notebooking journal record:
a straight edge and a Memorize
permanent marker. Paint each
• What the world was like before section to represent one of the
sin? What was the world like after
days of Creation. Begin with Genesis 1:1
Eve and Adam sinned?
• Record the events of Creation. Day 0 (paint it all black!), and or
• What happened at the fall? end with Day 6. Genesis 1:27
• What went wrong with Cain and
Abel?
• Take notes on Noah’s ark. Why Using sidewalk chalk and a
did God flood the earth? Why did measuring tape, measure out
humanity survive?
• What occurred at the Tower of
the length and width of Noah’s
Babel? Why? Ark on your street. In modern
measurements, the ark would
be about 450 ft. long, 75 ft.
wide, and 45 ft. high.
Add the book of Genesis to

your bookshelf from Week Two.
LEARNING LEARNING
THE WORD PRAYING ABOUT THE WORD
THE WORD
Part Two Pages 27-32:
What does it mean to say the
Read: What is a Canon?
Bible was inspired by
God? Pages 76-77 Israel

29 Lower Grammar | Week Three: Genesis, Part One

Reading the Word
3
DAY 1: READ GENESIS 1-3
What did God intend for man to do on earth? (Genesis 2:15) What command did he
give Adam? (Genesis 2:16-17)
• Do you think creating a woman was an afterthought, or did God wait for Adam to recognize his need for a
helper? (Genesis 2:18-23)
o Where was Adam when Eve ate the fruit? (Genesis 3:6) How did Adam and Eve excuse their behavior?
(Genesis 3:12-13)
• How did God curse the serpent in Genesis 3:15? What do Revelation 12:9 and 20:1-2 say?
DAY 2: READ GENESIS 4

o How did Cain act toward God? How did he speak to the Lord? Do you think Cain’s heart attitude impacted
how God felt about his sacrifice? (Genesis 4:1-16)
• In Genesis 4:16, Cain was forced to leave the presence of the Lord to live as a fugitive and a wanderer. Does
our sin ever drive us from the presence of the Lord?
• How did Lamech sin? (Hint: Pay attention to whom he addressed in Genesis 4:23, as well as what he was
boasting about).
DAY 3: READ GENESIS 6-7 DAY 4: READ GENESIS 8

• Because of mankind’s wickedness, how did God • How did Noah decide it was OK to leave the ark?
feel about making man? (Genesis 6:6) (Genesis 8:16-17)
• What did God decide to do? Why did He make an • What did God say about the intention of man’s
exception for Noah? (Genesis 6:7-9) heart from youth? Does that include our hearts
as well? Who is our hope in light of what God
• Who shut the door of the ark? (Genesis 7:16)
says about us? (Genesis 8:21-22)
• What do you think Noah’s neighbors thought of
Noah’s boat-building project? Did Noah’s
neighbors repent?
DAY 5: READ GENESIS 11:1-9

• What did the people in the land of Shinar want to accomplish by building a city and a tower with its top in the
Heavens? (Genesis 11:4)
o Did God see the tower because it actually reached Heaven? (Genesis 11:5)
• How did the Lord deal with the people of Shinar? (Genesis 11:7-9)
Lower Grammar | Week Three: Genesis, Part One 30

3 Download printable
66 Books One Story instructions with day of
creation labels for your
Dptions for Read: poster in the Family
Pages 13-15
Learning Genesis 1-11
CRAFTING THROUGH
THE WORD
NOTEBOOKING ABOUT Divide a piece of poster board MEMORIZING THE WORD
THE WORD into seven equal sections using
In your notebooking journal record:
a straight edge and a Memorize
permanent marker. Paint each
• Record the events of Creation. section to represent one of the
• Write about the four major sins
days of Creation. Begin with Genesis 1:1
described in Genesis 1-11. How
did God respond? Day 0 (paint it all black!), and or
• What happened at the fall? end with Day 6. Genesis 1:27
• What went wrong with Cain and
Abel?
• Take notes on Noah’s ark. Why Using sidewalk chalk and a Genesis 4:7
did God flood the earth? Why did measuring tape, measure out
humanity survive?
• What occurred at the Tower of
the length and width of Noah’s
Babel? Why? Ark on your street. In modern
measurements, the ark would
be about 450 ft. long, 75 ft.
wide, and 45 ft. high.
Add the book of Genesis to

your bookshelf from Week Two.
LEARNING LEARNING
THE WORD PRAYING ABOUT THE WORD
Watch What’s in the Bible?: THE WORD
Part Two Pages 27-32:
What does it mean to say the Read: What is a Canon?
Bible was inspired by
God? Pages 76-77 Israel

31 Upper Grammar | Week Three: Genesis, Part One

Reading the Word
3
What did God intend for man to do on earth? (Genesis 2:15)
• What command did he give Adam? (Genesis 2:16-17)
o Where was Adam when Eve ate the fruit? (Genesis 3:6)
• How did Adam and Eve excuse their behavior? (Genesis 3:12-13)

boasting about).
o How were life spans different before the flood? Did you know that other (extra-Biblical) records from the Near
East also record extremely long life spans before the flood? (Genesis 5)
• What happened to Enoch? Why? (Genesis 5:21-24)
Upper Grammar | Week Three: Genesis, Part One 32

Reading the Word
3
DAY 3: READ GENESIS 6-7 DAY 4: READ GENESIS 8-9

• What did God decide to do? Why did he make an • What did God say about the intention of man’s
• Who shut the door of the ark? (Genesis 7:16) says about us? (Genesis 8:21-22)
• What did God tell Noah and his sons to do in his

blessing? (Genesis 9:1)
neighbors repent?
• What new thing did God give humans permission
to do? (Genesis 9:2-3)
• What was the sign God gave for his covenant

with Noah and his family? (Genesis 9:12-17)
• How did Noah sin? How did Ham sin? (Genesis

9:18-22)
33 Upper Grammar | Week Three: Genesis, Part One

Reading the Word
3
o In Eden, God appointed Adam as his representative (like a governor) on earth. Does the description of
Nimrod in Genesis 10:8-12 fit your expectations of a good governor?
• One of Nimrod’s legacies was to found the city of Nineveh. What do you know about Nineveh? (See Jonah
1:2, Nahum 1:1-3, Zephaniah 2:13-14, and Luke 11:32.)
• Whom do we meet at the end of Chapter 11? Note: This is the end of the record of primeval history, and the
beginning of the patriarchal history.
Upper Grammar | Week Three: Genesis, Part One 34

Timeline Note:
3
The Bible doesn’t give dates for
The Baker Illustrated Bible
Creation, the Flood, and the Tower
Handbook
of Babel; we really can’t do more
than make educated guesses. In
Read:
Dptions for
the 1600’s,
Archbishop James Ussher spent a
Pages 39-48 good deal of time estimating the
Learning
to “God’s Response to Human dates of primeval history using
Sin” extensive research into ancient
Genesis: Creation, Sin, and historical texts outside of the Bible.
Covenant You can read more about Ussher on
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/James_Ussher

THE WORD THE WORD
In your notebooking journal record: Record the following dates on Memorize
• Record the events of Creation. your timeline:
• Write about the four major sins Genesis 1:1 or Genesis 1:27
described in Genesis 1-11. How Below are the dates Ussher decided
Genesis 4:7
did God respond? upon. Ask your parents how they’d
• What happened at the fall? like you to handle these dates. You Genesis 3:15
• What went wrong with Cain and may to put them on your timeline, Romans 1:8-12
Abel? knowing they are educated guesses,
• Take notes on Noah’s ark. Why or you can leave them off.
did God flood the earth? Why did Alternately, write them in a different Read Revelation 12:1-17
humanity survive? color ink, so you’ll know these aren’t and discuss the fulfillment of
• What occurred at the Tower of biblically-confirmed dates.
Babel? Why? Genesis 3:15.
• 4004 BC - Creation
• 2348BC - The Flood
• 2242BC - The Tower of Babel
PRAYING ABOUT
LEARNING
THE WORD LEARNING
MORE ABOUT
Pray for the World MORE ABOUT
THE WORD
THE WORD
Mini Research Project: Learn Read:
about Ziggurats. Read How We Got the Bible
Pages 167-168 Israel Pages 46-60
Watch the Tower of Babel DVD
by Bodie Hodges Chapter 3: Which Books
Pages 178-179 Lebanon
(Answers in Genesis, Belong in the Old
2012). Page 191 Palestine Testament?

35 Dialectic | Week Three: Genesis, Part One

Reading the Word
3

boasting about).
Dialectic | Week Three: Genesis, Part One 36

Reading the Word
3


neighbors repent?


9:18-22)
37 Dialectic | Week Three: Genesis, Part One

Reading the Word
3
Dialectic | Week Three: Genesis, Part One 38


Read:
Chapter 4: Genesis 1-11: The
Learning Prelude to Israel

THE WORD THE WORD
page 61 of Encountering the Old Testa-
ment. Make a video presentation or write a Genesis 1:1 or Genesis 1:27
short essay sharing something Genesis 4:7
specific that you learned.
Take notes on any terms you want Genesis 3:15
to remember later. Topics could include: Romans 1:8-12
Record your personal thoughts on • The life of Jacob.
what you’ve learned this week. • Extra-biblical accounts of the Read Revelation 12:1-17
flood. and discuss the fulfillment of
• Creation.
Genesis 3:15.
• The fall of mankind.
• A brief synopsis of primeval
history.
PRAYING ABOUT
MORE ABOUT Operation World, Seventh Edition MORE ABOUT
THE WORD THE WORD
Read:
Watch the Tower of Babel DVD Read How We Got the Bible
by Bodie Hodges Pages 477-481 Israel Pages 46-60
(Answers in Genesis, 2012). Chapter 3: Which Books
Pages 527-530 Lebanon Belong in the Old
Testament?
Pages 665-667 Palestine

39 Rhetoric | Week Three: Genesis, Part One

Reading the Word
3

boasting about).
Rhetoric | Week Three: Genesis, Part One 40

Reading the Word
3


neighbors repent?


9:18-22)
41 Rhetoric | Week Three: Genesis, Part One

Reading the Word
3
Rhetoric | Week Three: Genesis, Part One 42

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The Books of Law and History
By Danika Cooley
Bible Road Trip ~ Year One
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Copy of John Wycliffe’s
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Late 14th Century
Public Domain
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Credit:
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Matthew 13:1-23
The Foolish Builder
The Wise Builder
The Armor of God
Credit: Illustrerad Verldshistoria by Ernst Wallis et al,

Ephesians 6:10-17 Published 1875-1879, Public Domain
Credit: Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

of the English Language, 1908
Rev. Thomas Davidson (1856-1923), Public Domain Credit: Pearson Scott Foresman, Public Domain
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Who is it about?
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testament
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Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law, c. 840

Carolingian Book Painters, Public Domain
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Days of Creation
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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Noah's Ark, 1846, Edward Hicks (1780-1849), Public Domain
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let me not wander from and said to them,
your commandments! “Thus it is written,
that the Christ should suffer
I have stored up your word and on the third day
in my heart, rise from the dead,
that I might not sin against you. and that repentance
and forgiveness of sins
Blessed are you, O Lord; should be proclaimed
teach me your statutes! in his name
to all nations,
Psalm 119:10-12 beginning from Jerusalem.”
Luke 24:45-47
In the beginning, Now faith is the assurance

God created the conviction of things
the heavens not seen.
and the earth. For by it the people of old
Genesis 1:1 received their
commendation.
By faith we understand
So God created that the universe
man in his own image, was created
in the image of God by the word of God,
he created him; so that what is seen
male and female was not made
out of things that are visible.
he created them.
Genesis 1:27 Hebrews 11:1-3
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Then opened he
With my whole heart I seek you; their understanding,
let me not wander that they might
from your commandments! understand the scriptures,
And said unto them,
I have stored up your word Thus it is written,
in my heart, and thus it behooved Christ
that I might not sin against you. to suffer, and to rise from the dead
the third day:
And that repentance
Blessed are you, O Lord;
and remission of sins
should be preached in his name
among all nations,
Psalm 119:10-12 beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:45-47
In the beginning Now faith is the substance of

God created the heaven things hoped for,
and the earth. the evidence
Genesis 1:1 of things not seen.
For by it the elders
obtained a good report.
So God created man Through faith we understand
in his own image, that the worlds were framed
in the image of God by the word of God,
created he him; so that things
which are seen
male and female were not made
created he them. of things which do appear.
Genesis 1:27
Hebrews 11:1-3
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let me not wander from All Scripture is breathed out by God
your commandments!
and profitable for teaching,
I have stored up your word for reproof, for correction,
in my heart, and for training in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete,
Blessed are you, O Lord; equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Psalm 119:10-12
Then he said to them,

“These are my words that I spoke to you
while I was still with you,
that everything written about me
in the Law of Moses and the Prophets For the law
and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
Then he opened their minds was given through Moses;
to understand the Scriptures,
and said to them, grace and truth
“Thus it is written, came through Jesus Christ.
and on the third day rise from the dead,
and that repentance
and forgiveness of sins John 1:17
should be proclaimed in his name
to all nations,
beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.”
Luke 24:44-48
In the beginning,
God created
the heavens
“For if you believed Moses, and the earth.
you would believe me; Genesis 1:1
for he wrote of me.
But if you do not believe his writings, So God created
man in his own image,
how will you believe my words?” in the image of God
he created him;
John 5:46-47 male and female
he created them.
Genesis 1:27

“If you do well, the conviction of things
not seen.
will you not be accepted? For by it the people of old
And if you do not do well, received their
commendation.
sin is crouching at the door. By faith we understand
Its desire is for you, that the universe
was created
but you must rule over it.” by the word of God,
so that what is seen
was not made
Genesis 4:7 out of things that are visible.
Hebrews 11:1-3
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With my whole heart
have I sought thee:
O let me not wander All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
from thy commandments. and is profitable for doctrine,
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, for reproof, for correction,
that I might not sin against thee. for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect,
Blessed art thou, O Lord:
teach me thy statutes.
thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Psalm 119:10-12 2 Timothy 3:16-17
And he said unto them,

These are the words
which I spake unto you,
while I was yet with you,
that all things must be fulfilled,
which were written in the law of Moses, For the law was given by Moses,
and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
concerning me. but grace and truth
Then opened he their understanding,
that they might
understand the scriptures,
came by Jesus Christ.
And said unto them, Thus it is written,
and thus it behooved Christ to suffer,
and to rise from the dead the third day: John 1:17
And that repentance and remission of sins
among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
And ye are witnesses of these things.
Luke 24:44-48
In the beginning
God created the heaven
and the earth.
For had ye believed Moses, Genesis 1:1
ye would have believed me;
for he wrote of me. So God created man
But if ye believe not his writings, in his own image,
in the image of God
how shall ye believe my words? created he him;
male and female
John 5:46-47 created he them.
Genesis 1:27
Now faith is the substance of

things hoped for,
If thou doest well, the evidence
shalt thou not be accepted? of things not seen.
For by it the elders
and if thou doest not well, obtained a good report.
sin lieth at the door. Through faith we understand
that the worlds were framed
And unto thee shall be his desire, by the word of God,
and thou shalt rule over him. so that things
which are seen
were not made
Genesis 4:7 of things which do appear.
Hebrews 11:1-3
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let me not wander from All Scripture is breathed out by God
your commandments!
and profitable for teaching,
I have stored up your word for reproof, for correction,
in my heart, and for training in righteousness,
Blessed are you, O Lord; equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Psalm 119:10-12
For the word of God For whatever

is living and active, was written in former days
sharper than any two-edged sword,
was written for our instruction,
piercing to the division
of soul and of spirit, that through endurance
of joints and of marrow, and through the encouragement
and discerning the thoughts of the Scriptures
and intentions of the heart. we might have hope.
Hebrews 4:12 Romans 15:4

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, while I was still with you,
called to be an apostle, that everything written about me
set apart for the gospel of God, in the Law of Moses and the Prophets
which he promised beforehand and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, to understand the Scriptures,
concerning his Son, and said to them,
who was descended from David “Thus it is written,
according to the flesh and on the third day rise from the dead,
and was declared to be the Son of God in power and that repentance
according to the Spirit of holiness and forgiveness of sins
by his resurrection from the dead, should be proclaimed in his name
to all nations,
Jesus Christ our Lord, beginning from Jerusalem.
Romans 1:1-4
Luke 24:44-48
“For if you believed Moses,

For the law you would believe me;
was given through Moses; for he wrote of me.
grace and truth But if you do not believe his writings,
came through Jesus Christ. how will you believe my words?”
John 1:17 John 5:46-47

To this day I have had the help through whom we have received
grace and apostleship
that comes from God,
to bring about the obedience of faith
and so I stand here for the sake of his name among all the nations,
testifying both to small and great, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses
said would come to pass: To all those in Rome who are loved by God
that the Christ must suffer and that, and called to be saints:
by being the first to rise from the dead,
Grace to you
he would proclaim light
and peace from God our Father
both to our people and to the Gentiles. and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:22-23 Romans 1:5-7
In the beginning,
God created
“If you do well,
the heavens
and the earth. will you not be accepted?
Genesis 1:1 And if you do not do well,
sin is crouching at the door.
So God created
Its desire is for you,
in the image of God but you must rule over it.”
he created him;
male and female Genesis 4:7
he created them.
Genesis 1:27
First, I thank my God
through Jesus Christ for all of you,
because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
“I will put enmity between you For God is my witness,
and the woman, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son,
that without ceasing
and between your offspring I mention you always in my prayers,
and her offspring; asking that somehow by God’s will
I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
he shall bruise your head, For I long to see you,
and you shall bruise his heel.” that I may impart to you some spiritual gift
to strengthen you—
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged
Genesis 3:15 by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
Romans 1:8-12

the conviction of things
not seen.
For by it the people of old
received their And if you are Christ’s,
commendation. then you are Abraham’s offspring,
By faith we understand
that the universe heirs according to promise.
was created
by the word of God,
so that what is seen Galatians 3:29
was not made
Hebrews 11:1-3
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With my whole heart I seek you; Bible Road Trip

With my whole heart
have I sought thee:
O let me not wander All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
from thy commandments. and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction,
Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee. for instruction in righteousness:
Blessed art thou, O Lord: thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
teach me thy statutes.
Psalm 119:10-12 2 Timothy 3:16-17
For the word of God is quick, For whatsoever

and powerful, things were written aforetime
and sharper than any twoedged sword,
were written for our learning,
piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, that we through patience and comfort
and of the joints and marrow, of the scriptures
and is a discerner of the thoughts might have hope.
and intents of the heart.
Romans 15:4
Hebrews 4:12
These are the words
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, which I spake unto you,
called to be an apostle, while I was yet with you,
separated unto the gospel of God, which were written in the law of Moses,
(Which he had promised afore and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) concerning me.
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Then opened he their understanding,
that they might
which was made of the seed of David understand the scriptures,
according to the flesh; And said unto them, Thus it is written,
And declared to be the Son of God with power, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer,
and to rise from the dead the third day:
according to the spirit of holiness,
by the resurrection from the dead: should be preached in his name
among all nations,
Romans 1:1-4 beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:44-48
For had ye believed Moses,

For the law was given by Moses, ye would have believed me;
but grace and truth for he wrote of me.
came by Jesus Christ. But if ye believe not his writings,
how shall ye believe my words?
John 1:17
John 5:46-47
Having therefore obtained help of God, By whom we have received grace and apostleship,
I continue unto this day, for obedience to the faith among all nations,
witnessing both to small and great, for his name:
saying none other things than those
which the prophets and Moses did say should come: Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
That Christ should suffer,
To all that be in Rome,
and that he should be the first
beloved of God, called to be saints:
that should rise from the dead, Grace to you and peace from God our Father,
and should shew light unto the people, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
and to the Gentiles.
Romans 1:5-7
Acts 26:22-23
In the beginning
and the earth. If thou doest well,
Genesis 1:1 shalt thou not be accepted?
and if thou doest not well,
So God created man sin lieth at the door.
in his own image,
in the image of God And unto thee shall be his desire,
created he him; and thou shalt rule over him.
male and female
created he them. Genesis 4:7
Genesis 1:27
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all,
that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
For God is my witness,
And I will put enmity whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son,
between thee and the woman, that without ceasing I make mention of you always
in my prayers;
and between thy seed and her seed; Making request, if by any means now at length
it shall bruise thy head, I might have a prosperous journey
by the will of God to come unto you.
and thou shalt bruise his heel. For I long to see you,
that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift,
to the end ye may be established;
Genesis 3:15 That is, that I may be comforted together with you
by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Romans 1:8-12

things hoped for,
the evidence
of things not seen. And if ye be Christ’s,
For by it the elders then are ye Abraham’s seed,
obtained a good report.
Through faith we understand and heirs according to the promise.
that the worlds were framed
by the word of God,
so that things Galatians 3:29
which are seen
were not made
of things which do appear.
Hebrews 11:1-3
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But as for you,
With my whole heart I seek you; continue in what you have learned
let me not wander from and have firmly believed,
your commandments! knowing from whom you learned it
and how from childhood you have been
I have stored up your word acquainted with the sacred writings,
in my heart, which are able to make you wise for salvation
that I might not sin against you. through faith in Christ Jesus.
All Scripture is breathed out by God
Blessed are you, O Lord; and profitable for teaching, for reproof,
teach me your statutes! for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Psalm 119:10-12 equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:14-17
For the word of God

is living and active, But he answered, “It is written,
sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing to the division
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
of soul and of spirit,
but by every word
of joints and of marrow,
and discerning the thoughts that comes from the mouth of God.’”
and intentions of the heart.
Matthew 4:4
Hebrews 4:12
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus,
For whatever called to be an apostle,
was written in former days set apart for the gospel of God,
was written for our instruction, which he promised beforehand
through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
that through endurance concerning his Son,
and through the encouragement who was descended from David
according to the flesh
of the Scriptures and was declared to be the Son of God in power
we might have hope. according to the Spirit of holiness
by his resurrection from the dead,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
Romans 15:4
Romans 1:1-4

while I was still with you,
that everything written about me
in the Law of Moses and the Prophets
and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” For the law
to understand the Scriptures, was given through Moses;
and said to them,
“Thus it is written, grace and truth
and on the third day rise from the dead,
came through Jesus Christ.
and that repentance
and forgiveness of sins
should be proclaimed in his name John 1:17
to all nations,
beginning from Jerusalem.
Luke 24:44-48
To this day I have had the help
“For if you believed Moses, that comes from God,
and so I stand here
you would believe me; testifying both to small and great,
for he wrote of me. saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses
But if you do not believe his writings, said would come to pass:
how will you believe my words?” that the Christ must suffer and that,
by being the first to rise from the dead,
he would proclaim light
John 5:46-47 both to our people and to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:22-23
through whom we have received

In the beginning,
grace and apostleship God created
to bring about the obedience of faith the heavens
for the sake of his name among all the nations, and the earth.
including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, Genesis 1:1
To all those in Rome who are loved by God So God created
and called to be saints:
Grace to you in the image of God
and peace from God our Father he created him;
and the Lord Jesus Christ. male and female
he created them.
Romans 1:5-7 Genesis 1:27
“If you do well,
“I will put enmity between you
will you not be accepted?
and the woman,
And if you do not do well,
and between your offspring
sin is crouching at the door.
and her offspring;
Its desire is for you,
he shall bruise your head,
but you must rule over it.”
and you shall bruise his heel.”
Genesis 4:7
Genesis 3:15
First, I thank my God Now faith is the assurance

through Jesus Christ for all of you, of things hoped for,
because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. the conviction of things
For God is my witness, not seen.
whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, For by it the people of old
that without ceasing received their
I mention you always in my prayers, commendation.
asking that somehow by God’s will By faith we understand
I may now at last succeed in coming to you. that the universe
For I long to see you, was created
that I may impart to you some spiritual gift by the word of God,
to strengthen you— so that what is seen
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged was not made
by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
Romans 1:8-12 Hebrews 11:1-3
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With my whole heart But continue thou in the things
have I sought thee: which thou hast learned and hast been assured of,
O let me not wander knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
from thy commandments. And that from a child
thou hast known the holy scriptures,
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation
that I might not sin against thee. through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
Blessed art thou, O Lord: and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
teach me thy statutes. for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Psalm 119:10-12 thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Timothy 3:14-17
For the word of God is quick,

and powerful, But he answered and said,
and sharper than any twoedged sword, It is written,
piercing even to the dividing asunder
Man shall not live by bread alone,
of soul and spirit,
but by every word that proceedeth
and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts out of the mouth of God.
and intents of the heart.
Matthew 4:4
Hebrews 4:12
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,
For whatsoever called to be an apostle,
separated unto the gospel of God,
things were written aforetime (Which he had promised afore
were written for our learning, by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
that we through patience and comfort which was made of the seed of David
of the scriptures according to the flesh;
And declared to be the Son of God with power,
might have hope. according to the spirit of holiness,
by the resurrection from the dead:
Romans 15:4
Romans 1:1-4

These are the words
which I spake unto you,
while I was yet with you,
which were written in the law of Moses,
and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
For the law was given by Moses,
concerning me.
Then opened he their understanding, but grace and truth
that they might
understand the scriptures, came by Jesus Christ.
And said unto them, Thus it is written,
and thus it behooved Christ to suffer,
and to rise from the dead the third day:
John 1:17
among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:44-48
Having therefore obtained help of God,
I continue unto this day,
For had ye believed Moses, witnessing both to small and great,
ye would have believed me; saying none other things than those
for he wrote of me. which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
That Christ should suffer,
But if ye believe not his writings, and that he should be the first
how shall ye believe my words? that should rise from the dead,
and should shew light unto the people,
John 5:46-47 and to the Gentiles.
Acts 26:22-23
In the beginning
By whom we have received grace and apostleship,
for obedience to the faith among all nations, and the earth.
for his name: Genesis 1:1
Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: So God created man
in his own image,
To all that be in Rome, in the image of God
beloved of God, called to be saints:
created he him;
Grace to you and peace from God our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ. male and female
created he them.
Romans 1:5-7 Genesis 1:27
If thou doest well,
And I will put enmity
shalt thou not be accepted?
between thee and the woman,
and if thou doest not well,
and between thy seed and her seed;
sin lieth at the door.
it shall bruise thy head,
And unto thee shall be his desire,
and thou shalt bruise his heel.
and thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis 3:15
Genesis 4:7
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all,

that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
For God is my witness,
things hoped for,
the evidence
whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son,
of things not seen.
that without ceasing I make mention of you always For by it the elders
in my prayers; obtained a good report.
Making request, if by any means now at length Through faith we understand
I might have a prosperous journey that the worlds were framed
by the will of God to come unto you. by the word of God,
For I long to see you, so that things
that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, which are seen
to the end ye may be established; were not made
That is, that I may be comforted together with you of things which do appear.
by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Hebrews 11:1-3
Romans 1:8-12
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