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Teach the whole story of Genesis
Eight 45-minute sessions with complete preparation, teaching sequences, discussion guidance and separate student worksheets.
Prepare the whole movement; teach the focus passages
Each session identifies a full reading assignment and a smaller set of passages to study together. The chapter guides supply the remaining detail. For an extended course, give each chapter its own meeting and use its discussion questions. Difficult passages deserve enough time to be handled carefully.
A good world and a shared calling
God gives human beings shared dignity, meaningful responsibility and life in relationship.
Open lesson and worksheet →Session 2 · Genesis 3-5When distrust becomes harm
Sin fractures trust and harms others, yet judgment does not erase God's attention to human life.
Open lesson and worksheet →Session 3 · Genesis 6-9Judgment, preservation and covenant
God judges violence, preserves life and commits himself to the continuing world.
Open lesson and worksheet →Session 4 · Genesis 10-11A name for ourselves or blessing for others?
The nations share a human story, and God's promise to Abram keeps the families of the earth in view.
Open lesson and worksheet →Session 5 · Genesis 12-22Trusting the promise through a long wait
God remains faithful to his promise while the chosen household learns, fails and waits.
Open lesson and worksheet →Session 6 · Genesis 23-26Ordinary decisions within a continuing promise
The promise continues through grief, hospitality, meaningful consent and patient peacemaking.
Open lesson and worksheet →Session 7 · Genesis 27-36Blessing, consequence and the road home
God's promise accompanies Jacob without making deception harmless or dependence unnecessary.
Open lesson and worksheet →Session 8 · Genesis 37-50From betrayal to costly responsibility
God can preserve life through a history of evil without making evil good, and reconciliation calls for truthful responsibility.
Open lesson and worksheet →A consistent way to teach
- Read before explaining. Give learners time to see the words, speakers and sequence.
- Show the evidence. Connect a conclusion to a passage and label a debated interpretation.
- Keep people visible. Do not skip servants, women, outsiders or people harmed by powerful characters.
- Invite a response without forcing disclosure. Learners can reflect privately and can pass on a question.
- Use music as a companion. Read lyrics beside Scripture and distinguish quotation from artistic paraphrase.
- Make the materials accessible. Each lesson has a teacher edition and student worksheet to print or download as text. The print dialog can also save a PDF.
The sessions are written for mixed adult or teen groups, with specific adaptations for children. Teachers should adjust vocabulary and pacing to their group without removing the passage’s meaning.