A fellow home-schooling parent the other day asked me what "Bible Study" I used with my daughter. She was having a hard time finding a good program for her 12 year old son that wasn't too elementary. We start our day with Bible study each morning, which is not at all unusual for a home with Christian based education. I had looked into many different curriculum and lesson plans, a lot of them well done, but we settled upon our own way of studying the bible, let me explain.
Word of Promise Audio Bible fit our need. It is not your average audio bible, this bible has theatrical sounds and quality, and features several Hollywood "stars" as the voices:
- Jim Cavieziel
- Michael York
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Stacy Keach
- Marisa Tomei
- Lou Gossett Jr.
- Lou Diamond Philips
- John Heard
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley
- Luke Perry
- John Schneider
- Ernie Hudson
- Rebecca St. James
- Michael W. Smith
- + more........
As your student reads along with his/her bible, the chapters come alive in the ears (and the heart) as it is acted out for them on audio. The sounds are fantastic, the music dramatic, it is extremely powerful.
We listen to a chapter a day, and we chose to go right in order, from Matthew to Revelation. But you can certainly listen to whatever you want to fit your lesson plans. After we listen to a specific chapter, my daughter then asks me questions that came up during her listening and reading.
You can download the whole New Testament right to your computer (our choice), or you can order the discs to be sent to your home. (I have also seen them for sale at Sam's club). To order to your computer on-line it costs $28.95, to order the set for your home library $32.99.Also, Word of Promise has a pay it forward program where if you sign up your church, a percentage of what is ordered is then sent to your church, a double blessing.
There are samples of the program on the website, you can also watch a trailer of the Word of Promise project, be sure to watch both before you decide to order.
Sometimes (actually a lot), I am unclear what a particular passage means. That is when I find my way on-line to "Thru the Bible" with Dr. J. Vernon McGee. Pastor McGee died over 30 years ago, but his teachings live on through Christian radio, and through the website that is accessed from all over the world. From the site, you can download Dr. McGee's teachings for free, and then go right to the chapter that you are having problems with, and get an understanding of it from Dr. McGee perspective.
There are many many programs out there for bible study for your home-schooled child, but I wanted to share the two that work very well for us, perhaps they will work well for you also:
Word of Promise Website
Thru the Bible
