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 for download from the Cántaro Institute. You can also view them here:
Promise and Deliverance I: From Creation to the Conquest of Canaan
Promise and Deliverance II: The Failure of Israel's Theocracy
Promise and Deliverance III: Christ's Ministry and Death
Promise and Deliverance IV: Christ and the Church
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 contains the following lessons:
Volume 2 contains the following lessons:
Volume 3 contains the following lessons:
Volume 4 contains the following lessons:
Volume 5 contains the following lessons:
Volume 6 contains the following lessons:
Volume 7 contains the following lessons:
Volume 8 contains the following lessons:
Volume 9 contains the following lessons:
Volume 10 contains the following lessons:
Volume 11 contains the following lessons:
Volume 12 contains the following lessons:
Volume 13 contains the following lessons:
Volume 14 contains the following lessons:
Volume 15 contains the following lessons:
Volume 16 contains the following lessons:
Volume 17 contains the following lessons:
Alone (Luke 23:26-31)
His Sacrifice (Luke 23:32-56)
The Redemption of Life (Luke 24)
The True Light (John 1:1-34)
Confessors (John 1:35-51)
Life’s Renewer (John 2:1-12)
The Kingdom as a Revelation (John 3:1-21)
The Bridegroom (John 3:22-36)
The Gift of God (John 4:1-42)
The Opening Up of Galilee (John 4:43-54)
The Everflowing Spring (John 5:1-18)
The Bread of Life (John 6)
Volume 18 contains the following lessons:
Life’s Joy (John 7)
Come to Save (John 8)
Come for Judgment (John 9)
The Good Shepherd (John 10)
The Resurrection and the Life (John 11)
The Reproducing Kernel of Wheat (John 12:20-33)
Love to the End (John 13:1-17)
The Rock (John 18:1-27)
Not of this World (John 18:28¬¬–19:16)
The Love Offering (John 19:17-42)
The Resurrection of Love (John 20:1-18)
Christ, the Son of God (John 20:19-29)
His Bond to the Life (John 21)
Volume 19 contains the following lessons:
Volume 20 contains the following lessons:
The Victory of the Word of Grace (Acts 12:1-24)
The Door of Fatih Opened to the Gentiles (Acts 12:25–14:28)
Freedom of Faith (Acts 15:1-34)
Overlooking the Times of Their Ignorance (Acts 15:35–18:22)
The Way of the Lord (Acts 18:23–20:38)
Imitator of the Christ (Acts 21:1–23:35)
Standing before Kings and Governors (Acts 24–26)
Christ’s Global Reign (Acts 27–28)
The Victory of the Kingdom (Matt. 24–25)
The Victory over Satan (Rev. 12)
The Victory over the Beast (Rev. 19:11-21)
The Age to Come (Rev. 21–22)
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