Family Bible Study Series: Quarter 09 - By What Authority?
"Why do you believe what you do?" Every Christian should be able to answer.
Family Bible Study Series, Quarter 9: By What Authority? is a 13-lesson, 34-page workbook by Ken Weliever, part of a four-year curriculum in which the whole congregation studies the same topic each week.
How This Quarter Helps
Jesus was asked by what authority He did what He did, and people still ask Christians why they believe and practice what they do. Many can't explain how the Bible authorizes.
This quarter covers the basis and application of authority: the authority of God, Christ, the apostles, and the word, which covenant we live under, how the Bible teaches, and how authority applies in the church, the home, and civil government.
What's Inside
- The Source of All Authority
- The Authority of Christ
- The Authority of the Apostles
- The Authority of the Word
- Which Covenant?
- How the Word Teaches Us
- Some Rules for Bible Study
- Applications of Authority
- Challenges to Spiritual Authority
- Authority in Society
- Authority in the Church
- Authority in the Home
- Living by the Authority of the Word
Format & Features
An 8.5 x 11 workbook with a two-page lesson for each of 13 weeks. Every lesson opens with a memory verse (NKJV) and an introduction, works through outlined points with Scripture references, and closes with discussion questions and activities, with the lesson divided into Day 1 to Day 5 readings. It's also available as a PDF for personal use, and a teacher manual is available as a PDF download.
Who It's For
Congregations using the Family Bible Study Series, with a workbook for each student from the elementary grades through adults, and families who want to study the Bible together at home.
Common Questions
Do we have to start with Quarter 1?
No. Each quarter stands on its own, so a congregation can begin anywhere. It's quarter 9 of 16. It follows Quarter 8: God's Plan for the Family and leads into Quarter 10: In His Steps, Part 1.
Is there a teacher manual?
Yes. The teacher manual is a PDF download, available as an option on this page. It includes teaching suggestions and objectives for the quarter.
How do younger classes use it?
Teachers adapt each lesson to their age group and make their own worksheets and visuals. The Curriculum Guide covers the characteristics of each age group.
About the Family Bible Study Series
The Family Bible Study Series is a four-year, sixteen-quarter Bible class curriculum. Every class in the congregation, from age two through adults, studies the same topic each week, so parents can reinforce the lesson at home in a short daily family devotion (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). Teachers cover each lesson from Wednesday through Sunday and adapt the material to their age group, and many preachers preview the coming week's topic in the Sunday evening sermon. The Curriculum Guide explains the program and gives teaching help for every age.
- Quarter 1: Getting to Know God
- Quarter 2: God's Plan for Man's Salvation
- Quarter 3: The Church That Jesus Built
- Quarter 4: In the Beginning
- Quarter 5: Israel on the Move
- Quarter 6: The United Kingdom
- Quarter 7: The Divided Kingdom
- Quarter 8: God's Plan for the Family
- Quarter 9: By What Authority? (this quarter)
- Quarter 10: In His Steps, Part 1
- Quarter 11: In His Steps, Part 2
- Quarter 12: The Acts of the Apostles
- Quarter 13: Themes from the Epistles, Part 1
- Quarter 14: Themes from the Epistles, Part 2
- Quarter 15: As He Thinketh
- Quarter 16: Things Most Surely Believed
About the Author
Ken Weliever was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and earned his degree from Florida College before further study at the University of South Florida and Wright State University. He has preached for churches in Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Kansas, and Texas and has led workshops on teacher training and strengthening family life. Arnold Schnabel began the curriculum that became this series in 1976, and Weliever rewrote it in 1986 for the Eastland church in Louisville, Kentucky, adding the teacher's manuals.
Product Details
- Author: Ken Weliever
- Publisher: Spiritbuilding Publishers
- Series: Family Bible Study Series, Quarter 9 of 16
- Lessons: 13
- Pages: 34
- Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Translation: NKJV
- Format: Workbook; PDF eBook (personal use); PDF teacher manual