HOMESCHOOL BIBLE STUDY: How John MacArthur's Children's Bible curriculum works//GENERATIONS OF GRACE

If you are looking for a Bible study to add to your homeschool, this study, created by John MacArthur's church is an excellent THOROUGH study of the entire Bible. This Bible curriculum can be used for Sunday School classes, as well as in your Christian homeschool. It is a thorough study of the entire Bible, and it clearly shows how the entire Bible works together to tell the ENTIRE Revelation of Jesus Christ, from beginning to end!
We've been using this in our church, and in our homeschool for 4 years now and we learn something new with each lesson! I'm going to take you inside, to look at each year's table of contents, and also....how each year's devotional covers a different aspect of both Christmas and the Resurrection (Easter). If you enjoy concentrated Christmas unit studies or focused Christian Easter unit studies, you will not be disappointed in the content covered here.
This Bible curriculum works for the youngest child, to your homeschool high schooler, and even for adults. This Christian homeschool mom's own personal faith has been strengthened through the lessons taught.
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[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

What other Bible studies have you done that you love??

[@BeautifullyBlissfulButterfly]

Love, love, love Ken Ham's Pilgrim's Progress Bible curriculum!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@BeautifullyBlissfulButterfly I’ve never heard of that. Is it new??? I’m hoping to go to the ark this year so I’m sure I’ll be filling my shopping bag with all kinds of Ken Hamm....😉

[@danahall1282]

Do you need the teachers book?

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@danahall1282 no. That’s more for Sunday school teachers if you were to use it as your Sunday School curriculum. For family Bible study, the family devotional is all you need.

[@tapiab3]

Hi I'm a New subscriber. Just discovered you on youtube😊 i know this is a year old video & im unsure if you'll see this post but glad I found you. I was looking for a bible study i could do with my family & this is perfect. Im happy to see that the website also has the study in spanish its PDF but still glad I found it. Its hard to find good bible studies in spanish for the while family like this one😊

[@schisandra9921]

This is so amazing.

[@SevenInAll]

"Thorough" is exactly what I would want for Bible curriculum. :) My boys are so little, right now we're just cuddling and reading Bible storybooks, I have a Spanish one and an English one. My husband and I stumbled across, in a free book pile, a book of excerpts from all sorts of Christian writers through the centuries--Johnathan Edwards, Bonhoeffer, Augustine, Calvin, Wesley, Luther, Spurgeon...and we read that in the evenings together, which our boys seem to see that as an invitation to start climbing on us. We're working on that. :P My parents have been going through the year-long Bible study with Bible Project that's been going on this year with my sisters.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

True! Your boys might be a bit young for a formal study. I always just told the stories to my kids also. We’ve only been doing this study for 4 years, so my youngest was 3.....but she still participated when we started. I just let her do quiet play things while we did it. But it was amazing what she picked up. All of the sudden, shed pipe in with an answer to my questions. 😉 What a wonderful example to your boys!! I love that they want to be there while you’re reading. And what a treasure you’ve got....are those writings all in just one book? ❤️

[@fabianacalegari1873]

Really appreciate it!! Thank you so much for sharing ❤

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!

[@christinaselby9319]

Thank you for this review!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You are so welcome!! 😊

[@Ashley-Miller]

Going to get this!! Thank you!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!

[@lorimast]

This is amazing!!! I'm definitely going to check this out!!! Thanks for the awesome review, this is really what my family needs.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!! I’m so glad you are encouraged!

[@setaparttriple7]

This is so helpful, thank you 😊

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome! 😉

[@RockSimmer-gal4God]

We use a different Christmas and Easter devotional each year!!! This looks awesome!!! I love how it links together but is different!!!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Yes!!! This study is VERY through. I think we’ve been using it for 6 years now and it’s still new every time bc as the children age, the thoughts get deeper! And as you pointed out, the different aspects of each holiday is nice. There is so many ways to study these events of Christ’s life, so that’s definitely a perk!

[@brywalker7199]

Thank you. We were prayerfully seeking such a study.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!!! This one is excellent on many levels!

[@Dianahernandez-il4mk]

This is the curriculum our church uses as well! And we are enjoying it too!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

It’s a fantastic curriculum!! ❤️

[@RenierBoshoff]

Thank you for a peek into the books!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!!

[@HeatherLucas865]

We’ve been doing Long Story Short by Marty Machowski. But this looks cool too!

[@jenniferroche8135]

Thanks so much for your information. I have been looking at many different programs. I watched your review on Master Books and The Good and Beautiful. It really helped to see the books up close and what the lessons looked like. The Websites really didn't help me with my questions. So I have been a little stressed. The Good and beautiful seem to a good choice for my type A little girl and will help me to stay focused. 😮 The link to this video came up and I love John Macarthur and never knew his ministry had this program. Both videos are an answer to prayer. I have a cart full of the Grace devotionals and everything to go along with them. Yes all three years and all the fun books to go along with them. My daughter is going to be in Kindergarten in the fall so this will be what we will use and no doubt be a blessing to both myself and my husband. ✝️✝️ Thanks so much for sharing.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I’m so glad this was helpful for you!!! And thank you bc of reaching out. I focus on making the curriculum videos the way I do bc of exactly what you expressed. We have questions. And online websites or other videos…sometimes pages are hard to see and or understand how the program really works. So thank you so much for your encouraging words. And yah for the Bible curriculum!! It’s so good! I ponder new spiritual lessons myself from every single lesson. It’s amazing how the Word can teach the youngest soul and also the older, more experienced one at the same time with the same account. Truly…..the Word of God doesn’t return void but accomplishes what it was sent to do!! ☺️

[@mytwosents]

thank you. very helpful

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!

[@ItCameFromAVlog]

This looks really great. I'm going to keep this in mind for the future. I just purchased the apologia who is God book 1 and journals for my kids but maybe we will do this afterwards.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I love the Apologia series!

[@ItCameFromAVlog]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan 😅😅😅 that's good news!

[@CesiadeKhalaf7]

Thank you for this video! I have been prayerfully asking God to help me decide which Bible way/curriculum should I use this coming year for our family, and this is exactly what I've been looking for! God bless

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re so welcome!! I hope you find it a blessing to you and your family!

[@BeautifullyBlissfulButterfly]

More Than Words by Rebecca Spooner is excellent, and all three I'm homeschooling thoroughly enjoy them! :)

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I looked into that once. It looked fun.

[@ninilovenana]

I bought that. It's so beautiful. For some reason my kids didn't respond. It's sitting here unused. Makes me sad.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@ninilovenana It does look pretty and looked like it could be engaging. But another friend of mine also said her kids didn’t like it. Sometimes the simplicity of the Word and discussion is all they want. My kids don’t enjoy busy work when it comes to BibLe study either. So we just stick to reading and discussing.

[@ninilovenana]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan you know what. yeah I noticed that they were interested so long as they didn't have to do anything. They just wanted to listen and discuss. Nothing more.

[@harkerl1]

So worth the one day wait for the video! 😉 We are currently going through my Brothers Keeper from Not Consumed and really love it. It’s a study specifically for siblings. I’ve been on the struggle bus trying to find something for all year so we’ve bounced around from study to study, but this looks like a GREAT option!! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Haha!! Your patience paid off! 😜😉 I have the study from Not Consumed also! We started years ago, but I realized I needed more “writers” for it to really be used the way intended. I was thinking of doing it this summer!! I’m so intrigued by all the Not Consumed products!

[@lesley7033]

Thank you so so much! Your videos are the best.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@lesley7033 thank you so much for that sweet comment!! I’m blushing! 😊😉

[@harkerl1]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan patience usually isn’t my strong suite either 😂 I really like the Not Consumed line up also! My wish list gets longer every time I see something new from them!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@harkerl1 truth right here!!! 😜

[@thetate6pack]

This looks great!! I’m Going to order it! Thank you

[@thetate6pack]

Do you recommend getting the family devotional for homeschool and not teacher edition? Looking at the website to order and yours look red like family devotional not teacher edition, it doesn’t really say what the difference is

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Mine is the family devotional. The teacher edition is what our Sunday school teachers use. Honestly, I’ve never seen the teacher edition. The family devotion is all you need for at home, in my opinion. 😉

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You’re welcome!! I’m so glad this was helpful!

[@lisamarieabbey5577]

My husband and I enjoy McArthur. We each have his study bible. So to order, what do I order? For our school, we have enjoyed or enjoying: The Louie Giglio, Indescribable and How great is our God Leading Little Ones to God The Miller Story Books are great too!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I have some of the Miller story books I bought at a convention that we’ve never read. Every year, I think, we should read these. 😉😊 To your question, are you asking about ordering this devotional or the study Bible?

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

This was SUPER helpful! I’ve been looking at changing bible curriculum for my homeschool. We currently use BJU Press Bible Truths, but sometimes it seems like a lot. I like that it’s set up in 5-day short lessons and that it ties the whole Bible together. 🙂

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Fun fact, my niece is a student at BJU right now!

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan That’s so cool! I never had heard of it until homeschooling. I live in Oregon, so it’s far away from here. 😂

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable true! I hear Oregon is beautiful. I’ve never been!

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan It IS very beautiful! It’s also EXTREMELY liberal. So it has it’s drawbacks. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m from the desert of SE Washington State and after college I wanted to move somewhere I could see mountains. We have a beautiful mountain about an hour and a half away called Mt. Hood and wherever you drive you can get glimpses of it. It makes me so happy! Also, we’re two hours from the coast so that’s fun to go to a couple times a year. We live in the Willamette (will-a-met, a like apple) Valley covered in vinyards, berry farms and nurseries. It really is a beautiful place! And since we’re quite removed from big cities, it’s very peaceful and much more conservative. ❤️

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable I feel you. I’m in IL and I hope people don’t assume all of IL is like Chicago bc most of our state is much more conservative. You at least for some beauty to enjoy. IL has some pockets of beauty but the biggest “FUN” draw was always Chicago (especially if rode a train there) and now it’s so violent, I haven’t been there in years! And my husband I used to go several times a year to enjoy all there was to do. I just don’t trust it.

[@anschenstrydom1114]

Thank you so much! For bringing this to my attention. I am going to try and get hold of this curriculum. It's hard to buy books from Grace community church in South-Africa.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Oh yeah! Bc of shipping costs?? It would be so nice if they made it available digitally! ❤️ maybe if you reach out to them, they do have that option. 🤔😉

[@redcottage33]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan It is available digitally.

[@lew2024]

This looks great, thank you! I'm in Ireland so I'm thinking of purchasing the digital download. Can you tell me how many pages are in each version please?❤

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Ireland!!! That’s amazing! I wish I could come visit!! Year 1 is 192 pages.

[@lew2024]

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan You should!! Ok thanks so much, this devotional is on my wishlist ❤

[@GinaRLacy]

Thanks for sharing! I have a question, is the Teacher Guide pack sufficient or do you need the workbooks? I’m trying to stay away from a workbook for Bible. The other curriculum that I am looking at is Precept Ministry. It teaches you how to study the Bible and use colored pencils with images to help visually see the patterns in the Bible.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

All I have is the family devotional! In my opinion, that’s all you need. All of the other workbooks and teachers guides might be useful for a Sunday school class, (which I think is the intent for those). But the family devotional is very thorough. If you wanted worksheets and activity pages, that’s the separate activity book, I believe. But when we do this for our Morning Bible time, we only read the scripture together (when my kids were younger, if there was a lot of scripture, I might have summed up the story. Sometimes there’s A LOT for one day...other days, just 2-10 verses) anyway...then I read them the summary and ask the questions. (I also ask questions for comprehension AS I’m reading scripture and AS I’m reading the summary. And that’s all we do. They do have memory verses. And sometimes we will drill those also after our lesson. I’ve never heard of precept ministry. I’ll have to look into that one!

[@GinaRLacy]

Finally, just bought this! I did several devotionals from our church (which I wasn’t crazy about) and some other hodge podge studies. Our favorites were the Campfire Curriculums Easter and Christmas. I should have done this one as our daily Bible study though…lesson learned.

[@BlessingsatHome]

I have never heard of this program before. It looks pretty good. Could I start on year 3 and then cycle through or would I need to start in year 1. We have gone over the Old Testament recently and thought jumping into Jesus’ life would be a good next step.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Yea you could start wherever you want! Each book is self contained and doesn’t depends on any others. 😉

[@BlessingsatHome]

Great thanks! I was also thinking of getting Not Consumed Faithipedia and I noticed you made a video about using both also. It may be the combo I’ve been looking for!

[@BlessingsatHome]

Great thanks! I was also thinking of getting Not Consumed Faithipedia and I noticed you made a video about using both also. It may be the combo I’ve been looking for!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

@@BlessingsatHome yes, check out that video! Also I made another video about how we do morning time which includes both of these. :)

[@Psalm1_0731]

Can you give a practical example of how you impart the information from this curriculum to 2 to 4 year olds? There is a curriculum but I have seen it and I believe it's way too lofty for that age group I just need someone to show me what it looks like to teach that age group this information. Please help!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

For that age group, I wouldn’t read the verses straight out. I’d summarize the story and ask questions about what happened. But that age group is very young. We don’t start using this curriculum until school age, so 5. For our Sunday school teachers, I’m not sure if the teacher’s manual has hints for various age levels. The website may say. For those young ages, I’d get Bible storybooks with illustrations and just talk about it. When my youngest was that little, I gave her something to do with her hands, a quiet toy while we did our Bible study. So it may jot have appeared that she was actively listening, but she did pick up things. I hope that helps.

[@jessieg5502]

So we start on the week we receive the book? Since we are almost done with this year we'll start on week 32? Do you recommend starting on Book 1 or can we start on Book 3? Book 3 looks to have more Jesus in it is why i ask. haha

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You can go in whatever order you want!! You’ll still get it covered. 😉 if you want to skip to book 3, I say, “Go for it!” ❤️

[@jessiemadanat5455]

So the family study is all i need?

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

It’s all we use and it’s enough IN MY OPINION !! To be fair, I’ve never seen the teachers manuals. That’s what Sunday School teachers use to introduce the lesson. So I assume it’s pretty different. But the devotional is probably more in depth since it’s over 5 days.

[@adelissahunsley]

Just curious, by the time you get through all 3 books is it the whole Bible or more of an overview?

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

You won’t cover every single verse in the Bible. But overall it’s VERY thorough! So I guess it’s a very thorough and detailed overview that covers almost everything? Some of it depends on how much delving you do into each day. If you have older kids, you can discuss more and go to the supplemental verses referenced and in each summary. But for younger kids, you may just stick to the summary and learning the details. But as a lesson, psalms and proverbs won’t be an official lesson for the week. But several verses will be referenced at many different points if that makes sense.

[@ninilovenana]

Does this celebrate Christmas and easter? I'm looking for a Bible curriculum that doesnt.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

It has Chrsitmas and Easter as separate studies in the back to use over a few weeks. But it’s not integrated into the main curriculum. So the main curriculum has weeks labeled as week 1, week 2, etc. the Christmas and Easter weeks are like in the appendix as Christmas week 1, Christmas week 2. So yes and no.

[@kylenesmithkin9665]

Do you have a link for where you purchased your bible?

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I’m trying to remember where I ordered mine bc mine is personalized on the cover with my name. I might ask my church bc I’m wondering if they gave me the website on where to order it with personalization. But if you don’t care about that, Christianbooks.com has them also. Mine is pretty custom. Bonded Leather cover Large print Thumb indexed Red letter And then my name. I also have the NASB because when the Passage is referring to a prophesy or some other scripture, it’s in ALL CAPS. That is so useful for study. Many New Testament truths refer to Old Testament scriptures or prophesies and the caps make it easy to ID when maybe otherwise, I might not realize it. I’ll ask one of our deacons if they know where we can order and customize it as you like.

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Ok so my church leaders weren’t sure of a common website where we’ve all purchased our Bibles. There are several sites who sell them. Etsy has Personalized ones. But I’d check out Christianbooks.com and I think after you add to cart, there’s also options to personalize. :)

[@ashleyruedy8670]

What is the app you use to read scripture?

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

It’s literally “Bible”. 😉 when you find the scripture you are on, at the top, there’s a sound icon. That’s what I click to have it read. 😉

[@homeschool.pray.repeat]

Is this reformed/calvinist teaching?

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

I’m not sure about reformed. Probably? Definitely Calvinist.