Week 1: Getting to know the story

• We learn about stories and open the Bible

Week 2: The story begins: God creates the world

• We read the first chapters of the book of Genesis

Week 3: The plot thickens: humans rebel against God

• We read the stories of human rebellion in Genesis up to the Tower of Babel

Week 4: God calls Abraham as bearer of his promise to the nations

• We read the stories of Abraham and his family (Israel)

Week 5: Israel is liberated from captivity

• We read the stories of the Exodus, the covenant at Sinai, and God's dwelling place in the tabernacle

Week 6: Israel becomes a kingdom among the nations

• We read the stories of the judges and the rise of Israel's monarchy

Week 7: Israel is banished from the land

• We read the stories of the prophets and their writings

Week 8: Israel waits for God to come

• We read stories from the intertestamental period (Daniel and the Apocrypha)

Week 9: The plot begins to resolve: God comes to his people in Jesus

• We read the stories of Jesus' life and teaching from the Gospels

Week 10: Jesus is rejected and vindicated

• We read the stories of Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension from the Gospels

Week 11: The church bears witness to Israel

• We read the stories of the early church from the Book of Acts

Week 12: The church bears witness to the nations

• We read the stories of Paul's ministry and his letters

Week 13: God transforms the world

• We read the story of the Bible retold and transformed in the Book of Revelation