Teens · About 15 minutes

Family Bible Time: Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture

In about 15 minutes, read Romans 1:16-17; selected Reformation texts and explore this big idea: Reformers challenged serious abuses and appealed to Scripture while retaining differing inherited assumptions and political arrangements.

Connect
Read
Understand
Play
Respond

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Recall where Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture fits in the Bible story.

The 15-minute flow

2 min
Connect
Recall where Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture fits in the Bible story.
5 min
Read
Read or retell Romans 1:16-17; selected Reformation texts and notice two details.
3 min
Understand
Ask what the passage directly says and what meaning follows from it.
3 min
Play
Use the Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture Claim Audit orally or on paper.
2 min
Respond
Choose one voluntary response and pray together.

Talk about it

What happened or what was taught?
What does this show us about God, Jesus, or faithful life?
What is one response we can practise?

This week

Action: Choose one concrete response connected to this lesson and practise it this week.

Prayer: Thank God for what is clear; ask for wisdom to respond faithfully without claiming more than the evidence supports.

Note for parents: Questions are welcome. Do not force disclosure, certainty, public prayer, baptism, or another public religious decision.

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