Comments on: Christian High School Bible Curriculum: A Proposal

By: Jon Roberts

Jon Roberts — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:38:38 +0000

I am curious as to how you would structure the senior year part of your proposal? How would you do the Exegsis portion? how would you structure the class? Discussion ideas? Assignments? What were you thinking?

By: Sarah Shaver

Sarah Shaver — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:28:58 +0000

Beautiful thinking! I love it! Wish I had read this about 4 years ago. I would have started doing it with my (now) Junior. I also thin this would be great to start in 7th grade. Then it wouldn’t be so hard to get it all in.

By: Ben Green

Ben Green — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:43:30 +0000

Hi, I also stumbled onto your post by google. I am in my 3rd year undergrad in Biblical Studies and also in the process of planting a church. I have the opportunity to teach Bible at the local Christian school this year. I am somewhat perplexed in how/what to teach. I have been straining my brain on what to do. I graduated from this school in 2000 and at best the Bible class that was taught then was basically memorizing a small portion of scripture a week, maybe 3 or 4 verses. There was no hermeneutical method taught, no background, no information on the author, no theological standpoints made, just learning Scripture. I know the importance of memorizing scripture and believe that should be a major part of the christian student’s life as the normal everyday Christian. I am leaning now of teaching some type of intro to NT or OT or both and pointing out Theological points made within the books. Another hard thing is that the school is very small. I will be teaching either 8-10 grade or 11 and 12 grade at the same time. Therefore, I have a broad range of learning abilities to deal with. My main focus in the class will be to deliver the Gospel continually. In our context, many of the student have made “professions of faith” but are not truly regenerated, as I was for many years. I want to be evangelistic in my teaching as well as theologically sound.

By: Debbie Wilson

Debbie Wilson — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:29:13 +0000

P.S. Know of any Church History books and/or curriculum great for HS? Would you recommend Noll’s book, Turning Points for HS?
thanks

By: Debbie Wilson

Debbie Wilson — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:23:05 +0000

I completely feel your proposal is achievable! I know many Christian schools that teach at that level. I teach Bible at a small Christian school in Iowa, and spend quite a lot of time researching other schools’ curriculum and Bible standards. This year I’m implementing the Methods of Bible Study Skills. While our school has placed a lot of emphasis on Apologetics/worldview, our students (and many in the church) lack the skills necessary to actually study the Bible. If I had my way, this is what the 4 years of HS Bible would look like: 9th: Theology; 10th: Bible Study Skills; 11th: Church History; 12th: Apologetics & Worldviews.
Thanks for your thoughtful post!

By: Stephen Hebert

Stephen Hebert — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:26:41 +0000

I’m really appreciating all the comments here, thanks folks!

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By: Leon Stansfield

Leon Stansfield — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:16:09 +0000

I have not done much to search for Bible curriculums online until now. I spent 22 years as a Christian school administrator, often teaching part-time in the areas of math and Bible. However, near then end of my years of service one of my Bible teachers came to me and asked this question: “Is there a Bible curriculum in which students simply read the Bible?” Wow! I had taught only a widely published curriculum, choosing what I thought was best for the school. It was a series of topical studies which we used — all from one publisher — for grades 7-12. So, as a result of that teacher’s question, and after eleven years work (mostly off-and-on during spare time, but mostly full time for about the past three years, we now offer Read Thru The Word Bible Curriculum, designed for use in grades 7-college. The curriculum takes students through the Bible cover-to-cover, reading the complete text of the Bible, at a pace of about 6 chapters per day, with a comprehension quiz the following day. Students complete the Bible in two school years, so ideally, they could do this program three times in three translations during grades 7-12. It is a complete program. See it at http://www.readthrutheword.com.

By: Diane Peterson

Diane Peterson — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:15:01 +0000

I have been reading and enjoying the comments on this subject. I am looking at teaching a high school class using the Secondary Curriculum from Precept Ministries. Is anyone familiar with this?

By: Steve Elliott

Steve Elliott — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:19:42 +0000

I have taught Bible for many years and have never been satisfied with published curriculums (wrong term, I know). But, I need a new Bible program 9-12 that does a better job of preparing students for adulthood. We do 9- OT/NT survey 10-Acts & Church Hist 11- sem of Marriage and Family Relations/World religions 12 World views Summit Ministries. Any body have suggestions for curricululm materials?