Home Schooling Bible Curricula
Updated July 17, 2025 (first published March 27, 2025)
David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061
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Bible Course Information
Way of Life Literature publishes a complete Bible curricula for home schooling.
We can educate children and youth in Christian homes so that they would already have the equivalent of a a typical Bible college education by graduation from high school.
The heart and soul of the education is a personal, saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and surrender to pursuing God’s will. The students must have the fear of God. Otherwise, the education will be wasted on self.
One of the great errors of Bible-believing homes and churches today is the failure to disciple young people in a serious, effectual fashion. Young people are entertained or they are neglected, but rarely are they seriously discipled. But serious discipleship is effectual. God blesses it.
The home and the church are divinely created institutions that are designed to operate together. The church builds up the homes, and the homes build up the church.
The spiritual condition of the youth is a fundamental measure of the spiritual condition of a church.
Apart from salvation, nothing in life is more important than a strong knowledge of the Bible.
God’s Word plainly instructs parents and churches to train up children and youth as disciples of Christ. Parents and pastors and youth workers should do a careful exegesis of the following Scriptures:
Genesis 18:19 - “For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.”
Psalm 34:11 - “Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.”
Proverbs 22:6 - “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Ecclesiastes 12:1 - “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.”
Malachi 2:15 - “And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.”
John 21:15 - “He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.”
Ephesians 6:4 - “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
2 Timothy 2:22 - “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
2 Timothy 3:15-17 - “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
Titus 2:3-5 - “The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Titus 2:6 - “Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.”
The entire book of Proverbs is written, first and foremost, to disciple young people (Pr. 1:4, 8, 10; 2:1, etc.), and it is serious discipleship.
The teen years should be devoted to building a spiritual foundation for adulthood. This is exactly the opposite of the philosophy of the pop culture, which encourages the young person to waste his teen years by pursuing fun and frivolity, by taking education lightly, by selfishness, by rebellion, and by isolation from those who could help him the most (e.g., the generation gap).
I regret that I did not have this understanding very well when our own children were growing up, but by God’s grace I have learned much since then, and I am passionate about helping fathers be wiser than I was.
Home Schooling Bible Curricula
We recommend the following courses for home schoolers, church youth departments, individual youth, anyone beginning his or her Bible study career, or for any believer of any age or station!
Each course has a textbook, a syllabus, review questions, sectional tests, a final test, and the test scoresheets. Many of the courses (as noted) also feature multi-media material (e.g., video classes, maps, PowerPoints).
Bible Knowledge Test (take at the beginning of the studies)
BASIC
Effectual Bible Student (14 video classes, textbook) (new edition 2022)
Introduction to Bible Geography (3 video classes, PDF textbook)
Bird’s-eye View of the Bible (17 video classes, textbook 250 pages)
Highlights in Bible Doctrine (textbook 220 pages)
Highlights in Church History (28 video classes, textbook 312 pages, PowerPoints)
Bible Prophecy as Light on the 21st Century (9 video classes, textbook 75 pages)
ADVANCED
Bible Times & Ancient Kingdoms (textbook 673 pages, PowerPoints)
Mastering the English Bible (high school students; Mastering the English Bible is a package that consists of 11 textbooks (totaling 3,000 pages), syllabi, student assignments, review questions, tests, and test scores. Five of the segments also have video classes (Genesis to Silent Years, Job and Psalms, Prophetic Books, Gospels, Acts, 241 videos in total). These contain the lectures plus multi-media presentations featuring 7,500 maps, archaeology photos, Bible pictures, reconstructive drawings of ancient sites, video clips, and other visual aids gleaned from museums plus research trips to Israel, Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, and Europe. The course is divided into 11 parts
Satanic Attack on Sacred Music (18 video classes, PowerPoints, textbook 264 pages)
Understanding Bible Prophecy (22 video classes, textbook 291 pages)
Unshakeable Faith: A Course on Christian Apologetics (textbook 354 pages, PowerPoints)
Why We Hold to the King James Bible (2023 edition) (17 video classes, textbook 592 pages)
MultiMedia Material
We are putting most of the multimedia material online for free viewing and downloading. This includes most of our video presentations, audio files, PowerPoints, maps, etc. They can be used by anyone in any way they wish, aside from being sold, of course.
For most of our courses (except Mastering the English Bible), we only charge for the textbooks.
Each course web page contains information on the book as well as links to the associated media and course materials. See the Bible Courses page on our website.
Syllabi
The course syllabus explains the course objectives, the requirements, and the student projects.
Review Questions and Tests
The review questions are designed to draw the student’s attention to the most important points of the lessons and to help him remember these after the course is finished. They are also designed to prepare the student for the tests. The student should first go through the review questions and try to answer them without the textbook. Afterward, he should go back and find the answers using the textbook. Finally, he should check his answers against the review question answer sheet.
The sectional tests are culled from the sectional review questions. This is a further step in focusing the student’s attention on the most important points of the course.
The final test is culled from the sectional tests.
Description of the Way of Life Bible Courses
For a description of the individual courses and more information, see the Way of Life web site -
Bible Course Information and Bible Courses
Way of Life Literature publishes a complete Bible curricula for home schooling.
We can educate children and youth in Christian homes so that they would already have the equivalent of a a typical Bible college education by graduation from high school.
The heart and soul of the education is a personal, saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and surrender to pursuing God’s will. The students must have the fear of God. Otherwise, the education will be wasted on self.
One of the great errors of Bible-believing homes and churches today is the failure to disciple young people in a serious, effectual fashion. Young people are entertained or they are neglected, but rarely are they seriously discipled. But serious discipleship is effectual. God blesses it.
The home and the church are divinely created institutions that are designed to operate together. The church builds up the homes, and the homes build up the church.
The spiritual condition of the youth is a fundamental measure of the spiritual condition of a church.
Apart from salvation, nothing in life is more important than a strong knowledge of the Bible.
- It is the only way to obey Christ’s command in Matthew 28:19, “teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.”
- It is the only way to know God’s (Romans 12:1-2, being transformed by the renewing of the mind comes by an intimate relationship with God’s Word).
- It is the only way to be prepared for the ministry. Every believer is a priest (1 Pe. 2:5), an ambassador (2 Co. 5:20), a minister in the body (Eph. 4:16), and has spiritual gifts (Ro. 12:3-8). These ministries require serious education, and that education is found in the Bible.
- It is the only way to obey Colossians 1:28, “warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.”
- It is the only way to obey Hebrews 5:12-14, that every child of God must be skillful in God’s Word, able to eat the meat and exercise their spiritual senses to discern good from evil.
- It is the only way to have a prophetic mindset. Prophecy forms a large part of the Bible and a good understanding of prophecy is necessary for a proper Christian worldview. This begins with knowing that the next major event on God’s prophetic calendar is the Rapture of New Testament saints, which is imminent and must be expected at any time.
- It is the only way to be protected from error. God’s people must know the truth and test everything by it. “they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Ac. 17:11); “prove all things” (1 Th. 5:21).
God’s Word plainly instructs parents and churches to train up children and youth as disciples of Christ. Parents and pastors and youth workers should do a careful exegesis of the following Scriptures:
Genesis 18:19 - “For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.”
Psalm 34:11 - “Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.”
Proverbs 22:6 - “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Ecclesiastes 12:1 - “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.”
Malachi 2:15 - “And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.”
John 21:15 - “He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.”
Ephesians 6:4 - “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
2 Timothy 2:22 - “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
2 Timothy 3:15-17 - “And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
Titus 2:3-5 - “The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Titus 2:6 - “Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.”
The entire book of Proverbs is written, first and foremost, to disciple young people (Pr. 1:4, 8, 10; 2:1, etc.), and it is serious discipleship.
The teen years should be devoted to building a spiritual foundation for adulthood. This is exactly the opposite of the philosophy of the pop culture, which encourages the young person to waste his teen years by pursuing fun and frivolity, by taking education lightly, by selfishness, by rebellion, and by isolation from those who could help him the most (e.g., the generation gap).
I regret that I did not have this understanding very well when our own children were growing up, but by God’s grace I have learned much since then, and I am passionate about helping fathers be wiser than I was.
Home Schooling Bible Curricula
We recommend the following courses for home schoolers, church youth departments, individual youth, anyone beginning his or her Bible study career, or for any believer of any age or station!
Each course has a textbook, a syllabus, review questions, sectional tests, a final test, and the test scoresheets. Many of the courses (as noted) also feature multi-media material (e.g., video classes, maps, PowerPoints).
Bible Knowledge Test (take at the beginning of the studies)
BASIC
Effectual Bible Student (14 video classes, textbook) (new edition 2022)
Introduction to Bible Geography (3 video classes, PDF textbook)
Bird’s-eye View of the Bible (17 video classes, textbook 250 pages)
Highlights in Bible Doctrine (textbook 220 pages)
Highlights in Church History (28 video classes, textbook 312 pages, PowerPoints)
Bible Prophecy as Light on the 21st Century (9 video classes, textbook 75 pages)
ADVANCED
Bible Times & Ancient Kingdoms (textbook 673 pages, PowerPoints)
Mastering the English Bible (high school students; Mastering the English Bible is a package that consists of 11 textbooks (totaling 3,000 pages), syllabi, student assignments, review questions, tests, and test scores. Five of the segments also have video classes (Genesis to Silent Years, Job and Psalms, Prophetic Books, Gospels, Acts, 241 videos in total). These contain the lectures plus multi-media presentations featuring 7,500 maps, archaeology photos, Bible pictures, reconstructive drawings of ancient sites, video clips, and other visual aids gleaned from museums plus research trips to Israel, Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, and Europe. The course is divided into 11 parts
Satanic Attack on Sacred Music (18 video classes, PowerPoints, textbook 264 pages)
Understanding Bible Prophecy (22 video classes, textbook 291 pages)
Unshakeable Faith: A Course on Christian Apologetics (textbook 354 pages, PowerPoints)
Why We Hold to the King James Bible (2023 edition) (17 video classes, textbook 592 pages)
MultiMedia Material
We are putting most of the multimedia material online for free viewing and downloading. This includes most of our video presentations, audio files, PowerPoints, maps, etc. They can be used by anyone in any way they wish, aside from being sold, of course.
For most of our courses (except Mastering the English Bible), we only charge for the textbooks.
Each course web page contains information on the book as well as links to the associated media and course materials. See the Bible Courses page on our website.
Syllabi
The course syllabus explains the course objectives, the requirements, and the student projects.
Review Questions and Tests
The review questions are designed to draw the student’s attention to the most important points of the lessons and to help him remember these after the course is finished. They are also designed to prepare the student for the tests. The student should first go through the review questions and try to answer them without the textbook. Afterward, he should go back and find the answers using the textbook. Finally, he should check his answers against the review question answer sheet.
The sectional tests are culled from the sectional review questions. This is a further step in focusing the student’s attention on the most important points of the course.
The final test is culled from the sectional tests.
Description of the Way of Life Bible Courses
For a description of the individual courses and more information, see the Way of Life web site -
Bible Course Information and Bible Courses
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