Bible study plan

Stories of God: Creation to Christ

Fifteen stories, one a week, carrying the whole story of God from the first day to the empty tomb — no commentary, no lectures, just the story.

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Fifteen stories that carry the whole story of God — from the first day of creation to the empty tomb and beyond — told one a week, in order, so anyone can listen, retell, and discover, even with no Bible background at all. There is no commentary and no lecture; the stories speak for themselves. Unlike “The Whole Story: Creation to Jesus,” which pairs each Old Testament passage with a New Testament explanation, this plan is pure narrative from start to finish.

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  1. Week 1

    God makes the world

    Long

    Genesis 1:1-25

  2. Week 2

    God makes people in his image

    Long

    Genesis 1:26-31Genesis 2:7-24

  3. Week 3

    Everything breaks

    Long

    Genesis 3:1-24

  4. Week 4

    The promise to Abraham

    Standard

    Genesis 12:1-8

  5. Week 5

    The Passover lamb

    Long

    Exodus 12:1-13Exodus 12:21-32

  6. Week 6

    The commands: we cannot do it alone

    Long

    Exodus 20:1-21

  7. Week 7

    The suffering servant, foretold

    Standard

    Isaiah 53:1-12

  8. Week 8

    Jesus is born

    Long

    Luke 1:26-38Luke 2:1-20

  9. Week 9

    Jesus and Nicodemus

    Long

    John 3:1-21

  10. Week 10

    Jesus and the woman at the well

    Long

    John 4:1-42

  11. Week 11

    Jesus forgives and heals

    Standard

    Mark 2:1-12

  12. Week 12

    Jesus calms the storm

    Standard

    Mark 4:35-41

  13. Week 13

    The cross

    Long

    Luke 23:32-49

  14. Week 14

    The resurrection

    Long

    Luke 24:1-12Luke 24:36-49

  15. Week 15

    Jesus sends us

    Short

    Matthew 28:16-20

Passage links open in the Open Bible (OTB). Scripture quotations are from the Open Translation Bible (OTB), used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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