Conversion Accounts Compared - Teacher (Standard) (print)

Teens (ages 13-17) · Acts 2:36-41; 8:26-39; 9:1-19; 10:34-48; 16:25-34 · Standard ·35 minutes

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Objective: Analyse the relevant text and explain the case that comparison reveals recurring gospel-response elements without forcing every narrative into an identical script.

Read: Acts 2:36-41; 8:26-39; 9:1-19; 10:34-48; 16:25-34

Opening: Ask: What does this passage actually say before we explain what it means?

Say:

Acts 2 presents hearers responding to Peter’s gospel preaching with repentance and baptism.
Other Acts narratives repeatedly connect gospel proclamation with faith and baptism, while the ordering and narrated details vary across individuals and households.
Taken together, these passages support the lesson’s big idea: Comparison reveals recurring gospel-response elements without forcing every narrative into an identical script.

Ask:

What does the text directly say?
What conclusion requires synthesis or inference?
What should we avoid overstating?
What is one faithful response?

Do: Complete Conversion Accounts Compared Claim Audit.

Close: Restate the big idea, name one faithful response, and pray.

Materials: Bible; Conversion Accounts Compared Claim Audit

Standard outline · 35 minutes

4 minConnect. Locate the lesson within Cycle 2 and activate prior knowledge.
4 minContext. Identify genre, audience, setting, and immediate context before making claims.
9 minRead and observe. Read selected portions of Acts 2:36-41 and identify direct observations. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating? What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: Conversion Accounts Compared Claim Audit. Printable: T2-L02-P01-adam-christ-argument-map.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?

Activity details

Conversion Accounts Compared Claim Audit · 10 min

Materials: Adam / Christ Argument Map; Bible; Pens or pencils

Read Acts 2:36-41 and record two direct observations.
Connect the observations to this big idea: Comparison reveals recurring gospel-response elements without forcing every narrative into an identical script.
Name one faithful response without claiming more than the passage supports.

Low-resource option: Draw the categories on blank paper or complete verbally.

Closing

Memory verse: Genesis 3:1-24

Prayer: Thank God for what this passage reveals and ask for wisdom to respond faithfully.

Take-home line: Comparison reveals recurring gospel-response elements without forcing every narrative into an identical script.