Teens · About 15 minutes

A New Beginning, Not the Final Solution

This study holds together the four major movements of the flood narrative without requiring a family to settle every geology question.

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Use the opening prompt to connect the lesson to ordinary family life.

2 min
Connect
Use the opening prompt to connect the lesson to ordinary family life.
5 min
Read
Read Genesis 6:11-13; 8:20-22; 9:8-17.
3 min
Understand
List one detail under Judgment, Preservation, Covenant, and Unresolved Sin.
3 min
Play
Take two claims - one textual and one geological - and identify what evidence each would require.
2 min
Respond
Choose the weekly action, then pray together.

Action: Practise one sentence this week that begins, The text clearly says..., and another that begins, Interpreters dispute....

Prayer: God of justice and mercy, give us reverence for Your word and humility where our evidence is limited.

Note for parents: Keep the discussion non-graphic. Honest disagreement about scope should not be treated as evidence of weak faith.