Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture - Teacher (Standard) (print)

Teens (ages 13-17) · Romans 1:16-17; selected Reformation texts · Standard ·35 minutes

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Objective: Analyse the relevant text and explain the case that reformers challenged serious abuses and appealed to scripture while retaining differing inherited assumptions and political arrangements.

Read: Romans 1:16-17; selected Reformation texts

Opening: Ask one observation question before explaining the lesson.

Say:

The selected passage supplies the main textual evidence central to Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture.
Reformers challenged serious abuses and appealed to Scripture while retaining differing inherited assumptions and political arrangements.

Ask:

What does the text directly say?
What conclusion requires interpretation, synthesis, or historical evidence?
What should we avoid overstating?
What is one faithful response?

Do: Complete Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture Claim Audit.

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

Materials: Bible; Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture Claim Audit

Standard outline · 35 minutes

4 minConnect. Locate the lesson within History, Hope, and Independent Faith and activate prior knowledge.
4 minContext. Identify genre, audience, setting, and immediate context before making claims.
9 minRead and observe. Read selected portions of Romans 1:16-17; selected Reformation texts and identify direct observations. Ask: What does the passage directly say?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: What conclusion can we support from those observations? Where could someone overstate or misapply this passage?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: Read and Notice: Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture. Printable: T5-L09-P01-reformation-and-the-appeal-to-scripture-claim-audit.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What faithful response fits the text?

Activity details

Read and Notice: Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture · 10 min

Materials: Reformation and the Appeal to Scripture Claim Audit; Bible; Pens or pencils

Read or retell Romans 1:16-17; selected Reformation texts in context.
Name two details the text directly states.
Restate this big idea in your own words: Reformers challenged serious abuses and appealed to Scripture while retaining differing inherited assumptions and political arrangements.

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

Closing

Memory verse: Romans 1:16-17; selected Reformation texts

Prayer: Thank God for what the passage shows and ask for wisdom to respond faithfully.

Take-home line: Reformers challenged serious abuses and appealed to Scripture while retaining differing inherited assumptions and political arrangements.