Is your high school student starting to wrestle with the big
questions about God, faith, and their place in the universe? Is he or she prepared and equipped to defend
their faith and apply it to their lives?
The Understanding the Times series will help high school students
develop a Biblical worldview as they explore the foundations of the Christian
faith.
The previous Understanding the Times series from Summit
Ministries (which is still available) was a three-volume set but this new
series has been revamped into a four-volume set and is written at a lower
reading level to make it more accessible to high schoolers. Both programs are
similar in content but have a different scope and sequence.
Book 1: Foundations is the first book in the
four-volume series. Students will study the core beliefs of the Christian
faith: the nature and authority of the Bible, the meta-narrative of the Bible,
the nature of God and humanity, and how to live as a Christian, both
individually and corporately. The second
book in the series is Book II: Apologetics.
In this course, students will learn about the importance of
evangelism and apologetics. The focus is on the trustworthiness of the Bible
and a how to form a biblical response to controversial topics of today. Then Book III: Worldviews helps
students to see how Christianity compares to other major worldviews. Summit Ministries will be releasing the final
volume, Book IV: Culture in Fall 2027.
For each course, there is a Teacher Manual that has
the syllabus, teacher instructions, objectives, activities, and the answers
keys. The Teacher Manual also comes with a code to access extra resources from
the Summit Ministries online portal. Your student will need the Student Text
and the Student Manual which has activities, discussion questions,
notes, and a study guide. Although the
course is designed with a traditional classroom in mind, it could easily be adapted
to homeschool or co-op settings. ~Tara
