Psalm 19:7-9
The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
and all of them are righteous.
We restarted a family integrated Bible study at our church recently, which is fancy speak for a Bible study where everyone is invited – newborns to grandparents.
The class is committed to equipping and encouraging our families to study the Bible together. We use the Answers Bible Curriculum (“ABC” for short) published by Answers in Genesis. ABC is a comprehensive curriculum designed to cover the entire Bible. AiG explains:
Synchronized Sunday school for all ages!
Answers Bible Curriculum is a full-featured, chronological, 3-year Sunday school program. Its 156 lessons are synchronized across 7 age groups from preschool to adults. Each group covers Genesis through Revelation and learns the same material—but at different levels of depth—empowering exciting and easy discussion for the entire family.
The curriculum teaches both what the Bible says and also why we can believe it’s true and how to read it. In the first few lessons, the family is taught the meaning of inductive Bible studies, the foundational nature of scripture, how to distinguish between exegesis and eisegesis, and fundamental apologetics regarding the truth of scripture. Great content and all scripture based.
The curriculum is designed for churches, ie student guides, teaching materials and devotionals are organized by age. AiG is working on but has not yet released a family integrated curriculum; they have, however, released a family weekly devotional that tracks the lessons. For our class sessions, our leader Andy Wilson reviews the various age group lessons and merges them into a single class designed for all ages.
Perhaps most importantly, it has helped us improve our biblical discipleship within our family. We engage the same issues together as a family and have detailed study guides to reference and guide us in the Word. It has already become much easier for my wife and I to disciple our children on important issues of our Christian faith. Praise God!
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