Bible Curriculum

Personally, I think Bible Curriculum should be kept as simple as possible. Those who want to study to become theologians, pastors, and bible scholars have to do enormous amounts of work studying various languages and surveying millennia of history to argue compellingly with each other.

For the rest of us, I think we should just focus on surveying the Bible, believing what we read, and obeying humbly. In most cases, that will likely be more profitable than arguing about one system of theology versus another.

Beyond reading in church, it's best if the family has a regular practice of reading the Bible together. Children who read through the entire bible and deliberate on the meaning of most of its passages will already have a better education than most people ever get.

There are 1189 chapters in the Bible, meaning that at only one chapter per school day, to say nothing of non-school days, a young person has the opportunity to read through the Bible multiple times over the course of their childhood. At the very least, once in elementary school, and once again in secondary school.

The curriculum below is planned to contain vocabulary questions and interpretation questions for each chapter of the Bible, to help elementary and secondary students (and adults!) ponder the passage.

Old Testament

1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5. Deuteronomy
6. Joshua
7. Judges
8. Ruth
9. 1 Samuel
10. 2 Samuel
11. 1 Kings
12. 2 Kings
13. 1 Chronicles
14. 2 Chronicles
15. Ezra
16. Nehemiah
17. Esther
18. Job
19. Psalms
20. Proverbs
21. Ecclesiastes
22. Song of Solomon
23. Isaiah
24. Jeremiah
25. Lamentations
26. Ezekiel
27. Daniel
28. Hosea
29. Joel
30. Amos
31. Obadiah
32. Jonah
33. Micah
34. Nahum
35. Habakkuk
36. Zephaniah
37. Haggai
38. Zechariah
39. Malachi

New Testament

1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Luke
4. John
5. Acts
6. Romans
7. 1 Corinthians
8. 2 Corinthians
9. Galatians
10. Ephesians
11. Philippians
12. Colossians
13. 1 Thessalonians
14. 2 Thessalonians
15. 1 Timothy
16. 2 Timothy
17. Titus
18. Philemon
19. Hebrews
20. James
21. 1 Peter
22. 2 Peter
23. 1 John
24. 2 John
25. 3 John
26. Jude
27. Revelation

Biblical Themes

Biblical Themes

Biblical Ethics

Conquest & Just War

Political policy and divisiveness

Deception and cunning

Decision making

Abortion

Adoption

Imagination and iconography, pornography

The veneration of saints

Hostile speech, trolling, fights, denunciations, controversies, insults

Speech, heresy, right teaching, divisiveness, epistemic communities

Usury and debt based financial system

Loyalty, patronage, nepotism, partiality, and localism

Wealth gathering, saving, investment, generosity, conspicuous consumption, cultural capital, distinction

Church leadership & female clergy

Imitation of Christ

Holiness

Assurance & Salvation

Hell

Lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and the pride of life

Kinship and racism, patriotism, nationalism, ethnic identity

Christendom

Tradition, filial obligations, ancestral obligations

Science

Liberalism

Sexuality

Deconstruction