Sunday School Reading Schedule
2007-08 Adult Explore the Bible Focal Passages and Lesson Titles
Week of Focal Passage(s) Lesson Title
MATTHEW: ANSWERS TO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Unit 1: Who Is Jesus?
September 2 Matthew 1:18-25; 2:1-3,7-11 God's Unique Son
September 9 Matthew 3:13-17; 4:1-11 God's Sinless Son Unit 2: How Should Christians Behave?
September 16 Matthew 5:20-26,38-48 Strive for Godly Perfection
September 23 Matthew 8:1-3,23-27; 9:1-8 Always Trust Christ
September 30 Matthew 9:35-38; 10:5-14,26-31 Take Part in Mission
October 7 Matthew 12:22-37 Watch Your Words
October 14 Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 Be Patient with Others
October 21 Matthew 15:1-20 Practice Genuine Purity Unit 3: What Should a Church Be?
October 28 Matthew 16:13-28 Centered on Christ
November 4 Matthew 18:6-7,10-22 A Caring Community
November 11 Matthew 19:1-15 A Place for All
November 18 Matthew 25:31-46 Involved in Ministry
* November 25 Matthew 27:35-37,45-50; 28:5-10,18-20 On Mission GENESIS 1-27: FOUNDATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING LIFE'S MEANING Unit 1: Divine Creation and Human Corruption
December 2 Genesis 1:26-28,31; 2:15-18,21-25 Affirm God's Good Plan
December 9 Genesis 3:1-13,22-23 Admit Your Sin Problem
December 16 Genesis 6:9-18,22 Aspire to Walk with God
(Christmas)* December 23 John 1:1-18 Accept God's Promised Savior Unit 2: Divine Grace and Human Opportunity
December 30 Genesis 8:15-17,20-22; 9:1-3,8-13 God Offers New Opportunities
January 6 Genesis 11:1-9,27-32 God's Purposes Trump Human Pride
January 13 Genesis 12:1-9; 13:8-13 God Allows Us to Choose
(SOHL) January 20 Genesis 1:27; 9:6; God Wants Us to Value Everyone
Matt. 5:21-22; 22:36-40;
Mark 10:46-52
Unit 3: Divine Purpose and Human Response
January 27 Genesis 15:1-6; 16:1-3; Do You Trust the Lord's Promises?
Genesis 17:1-2,17-19
February 3 Genesis 18:20-26; 19:12-16 Do You Care About Others?
February 10 Genesis 22:1-6,9-18 Do You Obey in Faith?
February 17 Genesis 24:34-48 Do You Seek the Lord's Guidance?
February 24 Genesis 25:29-34; 27:6-8,15-19,34-36 Do You Help or Exploit? GENESIS 28-50: FOUNDATIONS FOR FAITH Unit 1: Growth of Faith
March 2 Genesis 28:1-2,10-22 Responding to God with Faith
March 9 Genesis 29:16-17,21-23; Learning About God's Faithfulness
Genesis 29:26-27; 31:1-3,38-42
March 16 Genesis 32:6-12,24-31 Growing Spiritually Through Crises
* March 23 John 20:1-9,15-18; Celebrating Easter's Significance
1 Corinthians 15:3-6,20-22
March 30 Genesis 34:30-31; 35:1-7,9-12,14-15 Renewing Commitment Unit 2: Practice of Faith
April 6 Genesis 37:2b-11,17-20,28 When Others Hate You
April 13 Genesis 39:1-4,6b-15,19-20 When Tempted to Sin
April 20 Genesis 39:21; 40:2-3,5-15,20-23 When All Hope Seems Lost
April 27 Genesis 41:1a,12-13; When Presented with Challenging Tasks
Genesis 41:15-16,28-30,32-40 Unit 3: Tasks of Faith
May 4 Genesis 42:6-7,9,13-24a Acknowledge Broken Relationships
May 11 Genesis 44:1-2,32-34; 45:1-9,14-15 Work Toward Reconciliation
May 18 Genesis 46:1-7,28-30; 47:7-12 Make Major Life Adjustments
May 25 Genesis 48:3-6; 49:8-10; 50:15-21 Remain Faithful ACTS: GOING INTO THE WORLD Unit 1: Power to Go
June 1 Acts 1:4-8; 2:1-6,37-41 Empowered to Witness
June 8 Acts 4:5-10,12-13,18-20,31-35 Empowered to Help Unit 2: People Who Go
June 15 Acts 6:8-15; 7:51-60 Stephen: Boldness
June 22 Acts 8:4-13,29-31,35-38 Philip: Consistency
June 29 Acts 9:15-22,26-30 Paul: Total Commitment
July 6 Acts 11:4-18 Peter: Openness
July 13 Acts 11:19-30 Barnabas: Encouragement Unit 3: Places We Go
July 20 Acts 14:1-4,11-15a,18-23 Galatia: Facing Troubles
July 27 Acts 15:1-2,6-15,22-23a,27-28 Jerusalem: Facing Conflict
* August 3 Acts 17:16-19,22-31 Athens: Facing Questions
August 10 Acts 18:24-28; 19:1-10 Ephesus: Facing Religious People
August 17 Acts 21:17-29,39 Jerusalem: Facing Criticism
August 24 Acts 24:22-26; 26:22-31 Caesarea: Facing Secular People
August 31 Acts 28:16-25,28-31 Rome: Facing Limitations | 
