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Lessons that look at the Bible's big story from beginning to end.
Year 7One book, one story: how the Bible fits togetherThe Bible is a library of 66 books, but it tells one big true story from Creation to New Creation, with Jesus at the centre.2 downloadsYear 7Review: who God says I amWe look back over the year and the term to see the whole story of who God says we are: made, rescued by grace, and shaped for good works.2 downloadsYear 8A God who keeps his wordWe look back over the Bible's big story and discover what holds it all together: a God who makes promises and always keeps them.2 downloadsYear 9What is a worldview?Everyone sees life through a set of answers to the big questions; today we learn to spot them, including our own.2 downloads
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Creation
God made everything good, and made people in his image to know and enjoy him.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Year 7Creation: God makes a good worldThe Bible's story begins with God making a good world and making people in his image to know him and care for his world.2 downloadsYear 7In the beginning: God the CreatorGenesis 1 is mainly about God: who he is, how he made everything, and why that makes him different from every other god people have imagined.2 downloadsYear 7Made in God's imageBeing made in God's image gives every person a worth no one can take away and a purpose: to work, rest and love in a way that shows what God is like.2 downloadsYear 7Who am I? Made by GodBefore anyone else had an opinion about you, God made you on purpose, and Psalm 139 shows how personally he did it.2 downloadsYear 9Where did we come from?Did the universe happen by accident or on purpose, and why does the answer change everything else?2 downloadsYear 9Who am I?Is your identity something you have to create, or something you receive from the God who made you?2 downloads
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The Fall
People turned away from God, and sin broke our relationship with him, with each other and with the world.
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Year 7The Fall: everything breaksAdam and Eve turn away from God and every good relationship breaks, but straight away God promises a rescuer.2 downloadsYear 7The first sin and the first promiseWe slow down on Genesis 3 to see how temptation works, how God mixes judgement with grace, and how Jesus wins where Adam lost.2 downloadsYear 7Cain, Abel and the spread of sinSin doesn't stay small: in Genesis 4 it grows from anger to murder and spreads through a family, but God still warns, protects and keeps hope alive.2 downloadsYear 7Noah: judgement and graceThe flood shows that God takes evil seriously and judges it, but also that he provides a way to be saved, as a gift of grace that points to Jesus.2 downloadsYear 8The first promise: the serpent crusherStraight after the first sin, God made the first promise: a child of the woman would one day crush the serpent.2 downloadsYear 8Noah and the rainbowAfter the flood, God made a covenant with Noah and every living thing, and gave the rainbow as a sign that he would keep his word.2 downloadsYear 9What's wrong with the world?Is the world's biggest problem out there in society, or in here, in the human heart?2 downloads
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Israel
God chose a people, made promises, gave his law and sent prophets, all pointing to a coming King.
“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
Year 7Promise and rescue: Abraham to MosesGod starts fixing the broken world by making a promise to Abraham's family and rescuing them from slavery in Egypt.2 downloadsYear 7Kings, prophets and exileIsrael's kings and people keep failing, but God promises King David a forever King, and the prophets keep that hope alive even in exile.2 downloadsYear 7Babel and the call of AbrahamAt Babel people tried to make a name for themselves and reach heaven, but God came down, called Abram and promised to bless the whole world through him.2 downloadsYear 7Abraham's faith testedAbraham waited 25 years for God's promised son and then faced his hardest test, learning that God keeps his promises and provides what he asks for.2 downloadsYear 7Joseph: God meant it for goodJoseph's brothers sold him as a slave, but God was at work through all of it to save many lives and keep his promise, just as he did through Jesus.2 downloadsYear 7Praying honestly with the PsalmsGod doesn't only want our happy prayers. The Psalms give us words to bring him our sadness, fear and questions, and to keep trusting him.2 downloadsYear 8Abraham: a people, a land, a blessingGod promised Abraham a people, a land and a blessing for the whole world, and Abraham trusted him even when it seemed impossible.2 downloadsYear 8Moses: "I will be your God"At Mount Sinai, God made a covenant with the people he had rescued from Egypt, and gave them his law to show them how to live as his people.2 downloadsYear 8David: a King foreverGod promised King David that someone from his family would reign forever, and Jesus is that King.2 downloadsYear 8Slaves in Egypt and the burning bushAbraham's family are slaves in Egypt, but God sees their suffering, remembers his promise and calls Moses at the burning bush to lead them out.2 downloadsYear 8The PassoverOn the night God judged Egypt, every family that sheltered under the blood of a lamb was safe, and Jesus is the Passover lamb who saves us.2 downloadsYear 8Through the seaTrapped between Pharaoh's army and the sea, Israel watches God make a way through, and they respond with a song of praise to the God who saved them.2 downloadsYear 8The Ten CommandmentsThe Ten Commandments reach past our actions to our hearts, show us where we fall short, and point us to Jesus, who kept them perfectly.2 downloadsYear 8The tabernacle: God lives with his peopleGod told Israel to build a tent so that he could live among them, and it points to Jesus, God who came to live with us.2 downloadsYear 8Judges: rebellion and rescueIn the land, Israel kept turning from God and kept being rescued by flawed judges, showing their need for a better rescuer and King.2 downloadsYear 8King David: failure and forgivenessDavid, the shepherd chosen by God, failed terribly, but when he was confronted he confessed honestly and found God's forgiveness.2 downloadsYear 8A divided kingdom and the road to exileAfter Solomon turned from God, the kingdom split in two and Israel kept rejecting God until they lost the land, but God still promised a true King.2 downloadsYear 8The fear of the LordReal wisdom is more than being smart: it starts with knowing and honouring God, and Proverbs shows us how to live it out day by day.2 downloadsYear 8Two paths: wisdom and follyEvery small choice is a step on a path, and Proverbs shows us where the path of wisdom and the path of folly lead.2 downloadsYear 8Choosing friendsThe people we spend time with shape who we become, so Proverbs teaches us to choose friends wisely and to be the kind of friend Jesus is.2 downloadsYear 8Work, money and a good nameProverbs teaches us to work hard, handle money wisely and care more about a good name than getting rich, because Jesus gave up everything for us.2 downloadsYear 9Is there any hope?After the world went wrong, God made promises, and they point to a servant who would suffer to bring us hope.2 downloadsYear 9Who were the prophets?Meet the prophets, God's messengers who warned his people, comforted them and pointed forward to Jesus, God's final Word.2 downloadsYear 9Elijah and the prophets of BaalOn Mount Carmel, Elijah calls Israel to stop sitting on the fence: the LORD alone is the living God who answers.2 downloadsYear 9Isaiah: "Holy, holy, holy"When Isaiah's world was shaken, he saw the LORD on his throne, was undone by his holiness, was cleansed by grace and was sent.2 downloadsYear 9The suffering servantWho is the servant in Isaiah 53? We follow the clues through Isaiah and see how the New Testament uses this song to explain Jesus and to give hope to people who suffer.2 downloadsYear 9Jeremiah: hope in exileJeremiah's letter to the exiles in Babylon shows what real hope looks like when you can't escape a hard place, and what Jeremiah 29:11 really means.2 downloadsYear 9Jonah: mercy for enemiesJonah runs from God because he knows God is merciful, and he is furious when God forgives his enemies. The book ends by asking us what we think.2 downloadsYear 9Psalms of lament: "How long, Lord?"The Bible gives us words for pain. We explore the shape of lament in Psalm 13 and Psalm 42, and learn how to bring our hardest feelings to God.2 downloadsYear 9Psalms of trust and praisePsalm 46 and Psalm 103 show where hope stands when everything shakes: on who God is, what he has done and his presence with his people.2 downloadsYear 9Daniel: faithful in a foreign landDaniel and his friends served Babylon well but would not bow to its gods, showing how to stay faithful in a culture that doesn't share your faith.2 downloads
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Jesus
God's Son came to live, teach, die and rise again to rescue his people.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Year 7Jesus: the promised KingAfter centuries of waiting, Jesus arrives as the promised King, and he wins his kingdom by dying on a cross and rising again.2 downloadsYear 7The beginning of the good newsMark's very first sentence tells us who Jesus is, and the opening scenes of his Gospel back it up.2 downloadsYear 7Jesus calls his disciplesJesus calls ordinary and unlikely people to follow him, because he came for people who know they need him.2 downloadsYear 7Authority to heal and forgiveJesus forgives a paralysed man's sins and then heals him, showing he has the authority only God has.2 downloadsYear 7Parables of the kingdomJesus tells stories about seeds to show how God's kingdom grows, and to ask what kind of listener we are.2 downloadsYear 7Even the wind and waves obey himJesus calms a deadly storm with a word, and his terrified friends ask the big question: "Who is this?"2 downloadsYear 7"Who do you say I am?"Peter finally says who Jesus is, and then Jesus shows what kind of King he will be and what it means to follow him.2 downloadsYear 7Not to be served, but to serveWhen two disciples ask for the best seats, Jesus turns greatness upside down and shows he came to serve and give his life.2 downloadsYear 7The cross and the empty tombAt the cross a Roman soldier finally answers Mark's big question, and the empty tomb shows the answer is true.2 downloadsYear 7Talking with the Father Who Knows YouYou don't pray to impress God. You pray to a Father who already knows you, made you and calls you his own.2 downloadsYear 7Ask, seek, knockIf God already knows what we need, why ask? Jesus says keep asking, because your Father in heaven loves to give good gifts.2 downloadsYear 8The new covenantGod promised a new covenant that would change people from the inside and forgive their sins, and Jesus made it happen through his death.2 downloadsYear 8The Word became fleshJohn opens his Gospel by telling us exactly who Jesus is: the Word who was with God and was God, and who became a human being so that we could see what God is like.2 downloadsYear 8"I am the bread of life"After feeding thousands of people, Jesus tells the crowd that he himself is the bread that truly satisfies, and that whoever comes to him will never go hungry.2 downloadsYear 8"I am the light of the world"Jesus claims to be the light the whole world needs, then gives sight to a man born blind, while people who think they can see stay in the dark.2 downloadsYear 8"I am the good shepherd"Jesus is the good shepherd God promised: he knows his sheep by name, leads them into real life, and lays down his life to save them.2 downloadsYear 8"I am the resurrection and the life"At the grave of his friend Lazarus, Jesus weeps with the grieving, claims to be the resurrection and the life, and then calls a dead man out of the tomb.2 downloadsYear 8"I am the way, the truth and the life"On the night before he dies, Jesus comforts his worried friends by telling them that he doesn't just show the way to the Father; he is the way.2 downloadsYear 8"Before Abraham was born, I am"Jesus takes God's own name from the burning bush and uses it of himself, and his listeners pick up stones because they understand exactly what he is claiming.2 downloadsYear 8"My Lord and my God"Thomas refuses to believe until he sees the risen Jesus for himself, and when he does, he makes the greatest confession in John's Gospel.2 downloadsYear 8Jesus, the wisdom of GodProverbs shows us the wise way to live, but none of us walk it perfectly, so God gives us Jesus, who is wisdom from God for us.2 downloadsYear 9What's the fix?Most fixes say "try harder"; the Bible says God himself stepped in through Jesus' death and resurrection.2 downloadsYear 9The Last Supper and GethsemaneOn his last night Jesus gives his friends the cup of the new covenant, then prays in agony before choosing to drink the cup of judgement himself.2 downloadsYear 9The trial and the crossLuke shows Jesus declared innocent again and again, yet condemned in the place of the guilty, and still saving people as he died.2 downloadsYear 9Why did Jesus have to die?Why couldn't God just forgive? At the cross God's justice and love meet, as Jesus takes the place of the guilty to bring us to God.2 downloadsYear 9He is risenThe resurrection is a claim about history: we read the first Easter morning closely and weigh up the evidence and the alternative explanations.2 downloadsYear 9Loving your enemiesJesus calls his followers to love their enemies, bless those who hurt them and leave revenge to God, because that is how God loved us.2 downloads
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The Church
The Holy Spirit gathers God's people to follow Jesus and tell the world about him, whatever it costs.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Year 7The good news spreadsJesus sends the Holy Spirit so that ordinary people can tell the whole world about him, and the story is still spreading today.2 downloadsYear 7Adopted into God's familyChristians aren't just God's guests or servants. Through Jesus, God adopts them as his own children, with a full place in his family.2 downloadsYear 7Reading the Bible for yourselfGod speaks through the Bible, and you don't need to be an expert to read it. Learn a simple way to start reading it for yourself.2 downloadsYear 7Belonging to God's peopleFollowing Jesus was never meant to be done alone. God gives his children a family, the church, where they belong and are needed.2 downloadsYear 8The power of wordsOur words, spoken or typed, can bring life or death, so God calls us to use them to build people up, in person and online.2 downloadsYear 8Guarding your heart onlineWhat we watch, scroll and follow shapes our hearts, so God calls us to guard our hearts online and fill them with what is good.2 downloadsYear 8Anger and forgivenessAnger is powerful, but God shows us how to answer gently, deal with anger before it turns to bitterness, and forgive others as he has forgiven us in Jesus.2 downloadsYear 9How should I live?Where do your "shoulds" come from, and what does it look like to live God's way as a response to his grace?2 downloadsYear 9Ascension and PentecostJesus didn't just leave: he ascended to rule at the Father's right hand and poured out his Spirit, and Peter explains it all to a stunned crowd.2 downloadsYear 9The first churchWhat did the first Christians actually do together, why were they so generous, and what can a church today learn from them?2 downloadsYear 9Saul meets JesusThe church's fiercest enemy meets the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, and becomes his boldest messenger.2 downloadsYear 9To the ends of the earthThe church in Antioch sends out its first missionaries, and in Athens Paul shows how to talk about Jesus in a culture full of other gods.2 downloadsYear 9Persecution & the Cost of Following JesusIf following Jesus can cost you everything, why would anyone choose it?2 downloadsYear 9Counting the CostJesus never hid the cost of following him, and he promised he is worth more than anything it costs.2 downloadsYear 9The 21The 21 Coptic martyrs: faithful witness, forgiveness, and standing with the persecuted church today.2 downloads1 videoYear 9Stephen: the first martyrStephen told the truth about Jesus when it cost him everything, and he died the way Jesus died because he could see Jesus.2 downloadsYear 9Standing firm at school and onlineHow to stand up for Jesus at school and online without fear, ready to explain your hope with gentleness and respect.2 downloads
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New Creation
Jesus will return to put everything right and make all things new.
“Behold, I make all things new.”
Year 7All things new, and the whole timeline from memoryThe Bible's story ends with Jesus making all things new, and we put the whole story together by drawing the timeline from memory.2 downloadsYear 8Every promise is "Yes" in JesusWe finish the promise chain and see that every promise God made is "Yes" in Jesus, with the best still to come when he makes all things new.2 downloadsYear 9Where is it all going?How a story ends changes how you live now, so where does the Bible say everything is heading?2 downloadsYear 9Nothing can separate usWhatever following Jesus costs, nothing in all creation can separate God's people from his love, and that love runs through the whole Bible story.2 downloads
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