YEAR 1 CONTENT

I . INTRODUCTION o Week 1: Thinking Rightly about God/Get to Know One

Another/Begin to Share Life Stories v Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer, preface and chapter

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I I . LIVING BY GRACE o Weeks 2-5: Read and discuss selected chapters of Transforming

Grace by Jerry Bridges I I I . COVENANT THEOLOGY

o Week 6: Introduction to Covenants v Christ of the Covenants by O. Palmer Robertson, chapter 1

o Week 7: The Covenant of Works and the Fall (Adam) v Genesis 2-3, Robertson chapters 5-6

o Week 8: The Covenant of Preservation (Noah) v Genesis 6-9, Robertson chapter 7

o Week 9: The Covenant of Promise (Abraham) v Genesis 12-15, Robertson chapter 8

o Week 10: The Seal of the Abrahamic Covenant (Circumcision and Baptism)

v Genesis 16-17, Robertson chapter 9 o Week 11: The Covenant of Law (Moses)

v Exodus 20, Robertson chapter 10 o Week 12: The Covenant of Kingship (David)

v 2 Samuel 7, Robertson chapter 12 o Week 13: The Covenant of Grace (Christ)

v Matthew 26:17-29, Robertson chapter 13 IV. DATING AND MARRIAGE

o Week 14: Singleness v 1 Corinthians 7 v Singled Out by God for Good (Article by Paige Benton

Brown) o Weeks 15: The Role of the Man in Dating and Marriage

v Ephesians 5:22-33 o Week 16: Marriage as Friendship

v The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller, chapter 4

V. FAITH AND WORK o Week 17: Secular/Sacred Split

v Genesis 1:26-28 v You Tube video by Nancy Pearcey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypID1NXF2Bw o Week 18: Submission to Authority

v 1 Peter 2:13-25 VI. FINANCES

o Week 19: Give v Malachi 3:6-18, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 v Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey, chapter 4

o Week 20: Save v Proverbs 21:5, 20; Matthew 25:14-30 v Ramsey, chapters 10-11

o Week 21: Live v Luke 14:28, Proverbs 21:20, Proverbs 22:7 v Ramsey, chapter 7 v Prepare personal/family budget according to Dave

Ramsey’s suggested spending percentages by category VII . STUDYING A BOOK OF THE BIBLE (2 TIMOTHY)

o Week 22: 2 Timothy Overview o Week 23: 2 Timothy 1:1-7 o Week 24: 2 Timothy 1:8-18 o Week 25: 2 Timothy 2:1-7 o Week 26: 2 Timothy 2:8-13 o Week 27: 2 Timothy 2:14-21 o Week 28: 2 Timothy 2:22-26 o Week 29: 2 Timothy 3:1-9

o Week 30: 2 Timothy 3:10-87 o Week 31: 2 Timothy 4:1-7 o Week 32: 2 Timothy 4:9-22

VIII . EVANGELISM AND DISCIPESHIP

o Week 33: Evangelism v What Does it Mean to Know God? (Article by Tim Keller)

o Week 34: Discipleship v The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman,

chapters 1-2 o Week 35: Discipleship

v Coleman, chapters 3-4 o Week 36: Discipleship

v Coleman, chapters 5-6 o Week 37: Discipleship

v Coleman, chapters 7-8 IX . WRAP-UP

o Week 38: Reflection and Looking Ahead