Norlan De Groot

Writer

Promise and Deliverance
Student Workbooks

When S.G. De Graaf wrote his four-volume series, Promise and Deliverance, he showed educators how to teach Bible stories from a redemptive-historical perspective. Rather than turning Bible stories into moralistic tales, De Graaf taught us how all the Bible shows God revealing himself as the God of the covenant, who is working out His redemptive plan for humanity and all of creation. PDF copies of De Graaf's work are available on Monergism.com. You can also view them here:

The 80 workbooks written by Harvey De Groot are meant to supplement De Graaf’s work. They are divided by volume and level number: 20 volumes with four levels per volume. Workbook lessons are written at four levels so that families with students in various grades can study the same Bible stories during the week in preparation for their classes on Sunday. Prior to class, the Sunday School teacher should study the lesson in De Graaf’s book. The teacher and students can go through the workbook during class.


The levels are divided according to the following grades:

•Level One: Grades K-1

•Level Two: Grades 2-3

•Level Three: Grades 4-6

•Level Four: Grades 7-8


Each volume contains 12 or 13 lessons, and each lesson has the following sections:

•Reference: The volume and lesson number in De Graaf’s series.

•Scripture: The passage from Scripture on which the lesson is based.

•Memory Verse: A memory verse related to the lesson

•Lesson Truth: A short statement to help the class focus on the main point of the lesson.

•Lesson: The lesson itself, which the teacher can read in class. For older grades, the teacher may opt to assign it as homework.

•Questions: Items to be discussed in class. For older grades, the teacher can assign these questions as homework but should also use them as a basis for class discussion. These are not the only questions that could or should be asked. Teachers should encourage students to come with their own questions as well.


This edition was written by Harvey De Groot and edited by his son Norlan De Groot.


Download PDF versions of the workbooks for free, or if you like, you can purchase bound copies from Amazon.com.

Volume 1

Volume one contains the following lessons:

1. The Kingdom of God (Gen. 1:1-2:3)

2. The Covenant of God's Favor (Gen. 2:4-25)

3. The Covenant of God's Grace (Gen. 3)

4. Living Seed (Gen. 4)

5. Saved by Water (Gen. 6-9)

6. The Emergence of Distinct Peoples (Gen. 11:1-9)

7. Blessed in The One (Gen. 12)

8. Christ Alone (Gen. 13)

9. Blessed by the Greater (Gen. 14)

10. The Lord in the Covenant (Gen. 15)

11. God Hears (Gen. 16)

12. God the Almighty (Gen. 17)

Volume 2

Volume two contains the following lessons:

1. God's Confidant (Gen. 18)

2. The Judge of All the Earth (Gen. 19)

3. The Protection of the Promised Seed (Gen. 20)

4. Divine Good Pleasure (Gen. 21)

5. On the Mount of the Lord (Gen. 22)

6. The Guarantee of the Inheritance (Gen. 23)

7. Loving God for His Own Sake (Job 1)

8. The Lord's Involvement in Human Suffering (Job 2–39)

9. Sanctification unto Renewal (Job 40–42)

10. The Preservation of the Covenant Seed (Gen. 24:1–25:18)

11. Flesh and Spirit (Gen. 25:19-34)

12. Rehoboth (Gen. 26)

Volume 3

Volume 3 contains the following lessons:
1. God's Prerogative in Election (Gen. 27:1-28:9)
2. God's Primacy in the Covenant (Gen. 28:10-22)
3. The Word Becomes Flesh (Gen. 29-30)
4. Separation by the Word (Gen. 31)
5. Israel's God (Gen. 32-33)
6. Holy is the Lord (Gen. 34-36)
7. Sold for Twenty Pieces of Silver (Gen. 37-38)
8. God's Word in Egypt (Gen. 39-41)
9. Restored Unity (Gen. 42-45)
10. The Preserver of Life (Gen. 46-47
11. The Bringer of Peace (Gen. 48-50)
12. I Am Who I Am (Ex. 1-4)

Volume 4

Volume 4 contains the following lessons:

1. Freedom to Serve the Lord (Ex. 5-11)

2. Resurrection (Ex. 12:1-13:16)

3. The Day of the Lord (Ex. 13:17-15:21)

4. Borne on Eagles' Wings (Ex. 15:22-17:16)

5. The Covenant Established (Ex. 18-24)

6. The Mediator (Ex. 32-34)

7. God's Dwelling Place (Ex. 25-31, 35-40)

8. Consecrated to God (Lev. 8:1-10:7)

9. Israel's Calling (Num. 9:15-10:36)

10 For His Own Sake (Num. 11)

11. Illegitimate Honor (Num. 12)

12. Light Shining in Darkness (Num. 13-14)

Volume 5

Volume 5 contains the following lessons:

1. The Head of the People Upheld (Num. 16:1-40)

2. A Thriving Priesthood (Num. 16:41-17:13)

3. The Living God (Num. 20:1-13)

4. Humiliation (Num. 20:14-21:9)

5. Blessed by the Lord (Num. 21:10-24:25)

6. The Sovereignty of God's Justice (Num. 25-36)

7. The Word Is Very Near You (Deut. 29-34)

8. Brought into Canaan (Josh. 1:1-5:12)

9. Set Apart to the Lord by the Ban (Josh. 5:13-8:35)

10. The Righteousness of God (Josh. 9-12)

11. The Heritage of the Saints (Josh. 13-22)

12. Confirmed in the Inheritance (Josh. 23-24)

Volume 6

Volume 6 contains the following lessons:
1. The Earth is the Lord's (Judg.1-5)
2. The Reign of Grace (Judg. 6-9)
3. Moved by Israel's Misery (Judg. 10-12)
4. The Mighty One of Israel (Judg. 13-16)
5. Falling and Rising (Judg. 17-21)
6. The Redeemer (Ruth 1-4)
7. The Forerunner of the King (1 Sam. 1-4)
8. The Return of the Lord (1 Sam. 5-7)
9. Collision (1 Sam. 8-12)
10. Put to Shame (1 Sam. 13-14)
11. Divine Rejection (1 Sam. 15)
12. Divine Election (I Sam. 16)
13. The Deliverer Revealed to the People (1 Sam. 17:1-18:13)

Volume 7

Volume 7 contains the following lessons:

  1. Crisis (I Samuel 18:14–20:42)
  2. No Place to Lay His Head (I Samuel 21–23)
  3. Vengeance Is Mine (I Samuel 24–26)
  4. Forsaken and Sought Out (I Samuel 27–31)
  5. The People’s Submission to Their King (II Samuel 1–5)
  6. King of Israel (II Samuel 6–9)
  7. The Lord’s Beloved (II Samuel 10–12)
  8. Rejected and Restored (II Samuel 13–20)
  9. Israel’s Lamp (II Samuel 21–24)
  10. The Kingdom of Peace (I Kings 1–4)
  11. The Palace of His Holiness (I Kings 5–9)
  12. The Light of the World (I Kings 10–11)

Volume 8

Volume 8 contains the following lessons:
  1. David’s House Humbled (I Kings 12:1-24)
  2. Unquenchable Fire (I Kings 12:25–14:20)
  3. Estrangement in Judah (I Kings 14:21–15:24; II Chron. 11:5–16:14)
  4. Israel Forsaken (I Kings 15:25-16:34)
  5. The Word of Grace Concealed (I Kings 17)
  6. The Word of Grace Revealed (I Kings 18)
  7. Stillness with God (I Kings 19)
  8. Like Sheep without a Shepherd (1 Kings 20:1-22:40)
  9. Joy in the Lord (I Kings 22:41-51; II Chron. 17:1–18:3; 19:1–20:37)
  10. The Prophet of Penitence (I Kings 22:52­–II Kings 1:18)
  11. Ascension (II Kings 2)
  12. The Whole Earth Is Mine (II Kings 3)
  13. The Word of Life (II Kings 4)

Volume 9

Volume 9 contains the following lessons:
  1. Accepted as a Gift (II Kings 5:1–6:7)
  2. Unsolicited Grace (II Kings 6:8–8:6)
  3. Divine Persecution (II Kings 8:7-29; II Chron. 21:1–22:9)
  4. Flame and Stubble (II Kings 9–10)
  5. The Struggle of the Spirit (II Kings 11–12)
  6. Extreme Long-suffering (II Kings 13; 14:23-29)
  7. Sanctified and Made a Blessing (Jonah 1–4)
  8. Self-complacency (II Kings 14:1-22; 15:1-7; II Chron. 25–26)
  9. Wayward Children (II Kings 15:32–16:20; II Chron. 27–28)
  10. A Return to the Lord (II Kings 18:1-8; II Chron. 29–31)
  11. No Longer a People (II Kings 15:8-31; 17:1-41)
  12. The Intercession of the Mediator
          (II Kings 18:9–19:37; II Chron. 32:1-23)
  13. The Need for a True Mediator (II Kings 20; II Chron. 34–35)

Volume 10

  1. The Power of Grace in a Time of Judgment
         (II Kings 21; II Chron. 33)
  2. The Need for Reformation by the Spirit
         (II Kings 22–23; II Chron. 34–35)
  3. Fading Light (II Kings 24–25)
  4. A Kingdom Not of This World (Daniel 1–2)
  5. The Power of Grace in Babylon (Daniel 3)
  6. The Sovereignty of Israel’s God (Daniel 4)
  7. Like a Potter’s Vessel (Daniel 5)
  8. Worshiping the Name of the Lord (Daniel 6)
  9. The Temporary Restoration of the Lord’s House (Ezra 1–6)
  10. The Law Reinstated (Ezra 7–10)
  11. A Witness (Esther 1–10)
  12. The Temporary Restoration of the City of God (Neh. 1–13)

Volume 11

  1. Given by God (Matt. 1)
  2. Epiphany (Matt. 2)
  3. Head of His People (Matt. 3–4)
  4. The Reign of Grace (Matt. 5–7)
  5. Power to Save (Matt. 8:1-13)
  6. Wedding Guests (Matt. 9:9-17)
  7. The Labor of His Soul (Matt. 9:27–10:42)
  8. The Kingdom Forces Its Way Through (Matt. 11)
  9. The Gospel of the Kingdom Is Like Seed (Matt. 13:1-30)
  10. The Kingdom Is Like a Treasure (Matt. 13:44-52)
  11. Lord over the Forces of Nature (Matt. 14:13-33)
  12. You Are the Christ (Matt. 16:13-28)
  13. The People of the Lord (Matt. 17:24–18:35)

Volume 12

  1. The First and the Last (Matt. 19:13–20:16)
  2. Looking for Fruit (Matt. 21:18-46)
  3. Calling and Election (Matt. 22:1-14)
  4. For the Bridegroom’s Sake (Matt. 25:1-13)
  5. The Master’s Goods (Matt. 25:14-30)
  6. Ready to Be Sacrificed (Matt. 26:1-16)
  7. The New Testament in His Blood (Matt. 26:17-29)
  8. The Faithful Witness (Matt. 26:57-75)
  9. Like Clay in the Potter’s Hands (Matt. 27:1-10)
  10. Arbitrary Treatment (Matt. 27:11-31)
  11. Cursed by God (Matt. 27:32-56)
  12. In the Realm of the Dead (Matt. 27:57-66)
  13. The One with Authority (Matt. 28)

Volume 13

  1. Christ as King (Mark 1:1-13)
  2. The Holy One of God (Mark 1:14-39)
  3. Power to Forgive Sin (Mark 2:1-12)
  4. Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:23–3:6)
  5. Not Known (Mark 3:7-35)
  6. The Revelation of the Mystery (Mark 4:21-34)
  7. Safety (Mark 4:35-41)
  8. Binding the Strong One (Mark 5:1-20)
  9. The Restorer of Life (Mark 5:21-43)
  10. The Lord from Heaven (Mark 6:7-32)
  11. Purity in the Kingdom of God (Mark 7:1-23)
  12. A Light to the Gentiles (Mark 7:24-30)

Volume 14

  1. All of Life Is a Miracle (Mark 7:31­–8:26)
  2. Transfigured (Mark 9:2-13)
  3. Fighters for Life (Mark 9:14-29)
  4. He Came to Serve (Mark 10:32-45)
  5. The Answer to the Questions (Mark 12:13-44)
  6. Learning Obedience (Mark 14:32-42)
  7. Like a Murderer (Mark 14:43-72)
  8. Regarded as Nothing (Mark 15:1-20)
  9. Powerlessness (Mark 15:21-47)
  10. The Word of the King (Mark 16:1-20)
  11. The Lord is Gracious (Luke 1:1-25, 57-80)
  12. Holy Is His Name (Luke 1:26-56)

Volume 15

  1. Christ the Lord (Luke 2:1-20)
  2. The Consolation of Israel (Luke 2:21-39)
  3. In His Father’s Work (Luke 2:40-52)
  4. Exodus (Luke 3:1-20)
  5. The Lord’s Anointed (Luke 3:21–4:30)
  6. Fisher of Men (Luke 5:1-11)
  7. The Apostle of Our Confession (Luke 6:12-49)
  8. He Has Borne Our Griefs (Luke 7:11-17)
  9. Forgiveness (Luke 7:36-50)
  10. Governed by the Kingdom (Luke 9:49–10:24)
  11. My Neighbor (Luke 10:25-37)
  12. Only One Thing Is Needed (Luke 10:38-42)
  13. Praying to the Father (Luke 11:1-13)

Volume 16

  1. Security (Luke 12:13-21)
  2. The Disclosure of Life’s Need (Luke 13:1-17)
  3. Spirit and Life (Luke 14:1-14)
  4. The Tie to the Lost (Luke 15)
  5. Building the Eternal Community of the Saints (Luke 16:1-13)
  6. The Truly Rich Man (Luke 16:19-31)
  7. The Fear of the Lord (Luke 17:1-19)
  8. The Cry for Justice (Luke 18:1-14)
  9. To Receive the Kingdom (Luke 18:31–19:27)
  10. Israel’s King (Luke 19:28-48)
  11. Defenseless (Luke 22:35-53)
  12. From Pilate to Herod (Luke 23:1-25)


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