The following are additional resources for “Creation and Covenant,” the first volume of The Gospel Project’s study cycle for adults and students. The additional resources for every volume include items to help you as you prepare for each session, along with materials that we recommend as bonus content for your groups. Download the study plan here.
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Books We Recommend
- Telling God’s Story by Preben Vang and Terry G. Carter
- Gospel-Centered Teaching by Trevin Wax
Training We Recommend
Memory Verses
- Unit 1: 1 Corinthians 15:22
- Unit 2: Romans 4:13
- Unit 3: Job 1:21
Presentation Materials
Unit 01: Foundations
1. God Created Humanity
- Article: “God’s Plan for Marriage and How Culture Has Missed the Mark” by Darin Smith
- Article: “4 Things Creation Teaches Us About God” by Daniel Darling
- Sermon: “Creation and Re-Creation—Male and Female in the Image of God” by Don Carson
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 1, Session 1
- Online Scriptures for Adults
2. Humanity Disobeyed God
- Article: “Paradise Lost” by Randy Mann
- Sermon: “Hope Through the Curse” by John MacArthur
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 1, Session 2
- Online Scriptures for Adults
3. Humanity Hates
- Sermon Manuscript: “The Priority of True Worship” by H. B. Charles Jr.
- Article: “Cain, Abel, and the Danger of Misinterpreting God’s Word” by Jackson Gravitt
- Sermon: “Unbrotherly Love” by Clint Pressley
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 1, Session 3
- Online Scriptures for Adults
4. Sin Corrupts
- Article: “Why Did God Choose Noah?” by James Jackson
- Sermon: “Genesis 6:11–7:24” by Albert Mohler
- Podcast: “A Glimmer of Hope” by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 1, Session 4
- Online Scriptures for Adults
5. Humanity Rebels
- Article: “The Tower of Babel” by Ligonier
- Sermon: “All Man’s Babylons” by R. Kent Hughes
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 1, Session 5
- Online Scriptures for Adults
Unit 02: God’s Promises
1. Abram Obeyed God’s Call
- Article: “God’s Gracious Path to Costly Obedience” by Steve Fuller
- Sermon: “Real Security and the Call of God” by Timothy Keller
- Sermon: “The Call of Abram” by Voddie Baucham
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 2, Session 1
- Online Scriptures for Adults
2. God’s Covenant with Abram
- Article: “What’s in a Name?” by David McLemore
- Sermon: “The Covenant Confirmed” by Titus Green
- Sermon: “The Covenant Confirmed” by Alistair Begg
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 2, Session 2
- Online Scriptures for Adults
3. God’s Test of Abraham
- Sermon Manuscript: “Abraham’s Trial: A Lesson for Believers” by Charles Spurgeon
- Article: “Live Like Death Is the Beginning” by Stephanie Quick
- Sermon: “The Test of Faith” by R. C. Sproul
- Sermon: “Looking to the Once and for All Sacrifice” by John Yeo
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 2, Session 3
- Online Scriptures for Adults
4. God’s Provision for Isaac
- Sermon Manuscript: “An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer” by Charles Spurgeon
- Sermon: “Marks of a Godly Servant” by John MacArthur
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 2, Session 4
- Online Scriptures for Adults
Unit 03: Struggles of Faith
1. Jacob Manipulated Esau
- Article: “Kids Know the Power of a Promise” by Jared Kennedy
- Sermon: “Esau Sells His Birthright” by Voddie Baucham
- Sermon: “It’s Coming” by Bartholomew Orr
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 3, Session 1
- Online Scriptures for Adults
2. God’s Promise to Jacob
- Sermon Manuscript: “Four Choice Sentences” by Charles Spurgeon
- Sermon: “The Point of Checking Out: Jacob’s Stairway to Heaven” by Matthew McKellar
- Sermon: “An Angel-Freighted Ladder” by R. Kent Hughes
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 3, Session 2
- Online Scriptures for Adults
3. God Was with Joseph
- Article: “Finding God in the Darkness” by Derek Thomas
- Sermon: “The Temptation of Joseph” by Don Carson
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 3, Session 3
- Online Scriptures for Adults
4. God’s Test of Job
- Article: “5 Ways Jesus Is the True and Better Job” by Laura Baxter
- Sermon: “Tried, but True” by Richard Lucas
- Podcast: “Help Me Teach the Bible: Christopher Ash on Job” by Nancy Guthrie
- Video: “Book of Job Summary: A Complete Animated Overview” by The Bible Project
- Adults Leader Training Podcast: Unit 3, Session 4
- Online Scriptures for Adults
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