Term 1 · The big story
The big questions: the story as a worldview
The whole storyWhat is a worldview?Everyone sees life through a set of answers to the big questions; today we learn to spot them, including our own.2 downloads1 gameCreationWhere did we come from?Did the universe happen by accident or on purpose, and why does the answer change everything else?2 downloads1 gameCreationWho am I?Is your identity something you have to create, or something you receive from the God who made you?2 downloads1 gameThe FallWhat's wrong with the world?Is the world's biggest problem out there in society, or in here, in the human heart?2 downloads1 gameIsraelIs there any hope?After the world went wrong, God made promises, and they point to a servant who would suffer to bring us hope.2 downloads1 gameJesusWhat's the fix?Most fixes say "try harder"; the Bible says God himself stepped in through Jesus' death and resurrection.2 downloads1 gameThe ChurchHow should I live?Where do your "shoulds" come from, and what does it look like to live God's way as a response to his grace?2 downloadsNew CreationWhere is it all going?How a story ends changes how you live now, so where does the Bible say everything is heading?2 downloads1 game
Term 2 · The Old Testament
Prophets and Psalms: hope in hard times
IsraelWho were the prophets?Meet the prophets, God's messengers who warned his people, comforted them and pointed forward to Jesus, God's final Word.2 downloads1 gameIsraelElijah and the prophets of BaalOn Mount Carmel, Elijah calls Israel to stop sitting on the fence: the LORD alone is the living God who answers.2 downloads1 gameIsraelIsaiah: "Holy, holy, holy"When Isaiah's world was shaken, he saw the LORD on his throne, was undone by his holiness, was cleansed by grace and was sent.2 downloads1 gameIsraelThe suffering servantWho is the servant in Isaiah 53? We follow the clues through Isaiah and see how the New Testament uses this song to explain Jesus and to give hope to people who suffer.2 downloads1 gameIsraelJeremiah: hope in exileJeremiah's letter to the exiles in Babylon shows what real hope looks like when you can't escape a hard place, and what Jeremiah 29:11 really means.2 downloads1 gameIsraelJonah: mercy for enemiesJonah runs from God because he knows God is merciful, and he is furious when God forgives his enemies. The book ends by asking us what we think.2 downloads1 gameIsraelPsalms of lament: "How long, Lord?"The Bible gives us words for pain. We explore the shape of lament in Psalm 13 and Psalm 42, and learn how to bring our hardest feelings to God.2 downloads1 gameIsraelPsalms of trust and praisePsalm 46 and Psalm 103 show where hope stands when everything shakes: on who God is, what he has done and his presence with his people.2 downloads1 game
Term 3 · Jesus
His death, resurrection and the early church (Acts)
JesusThe Last Supper and GethsemaneOn his last night Jesus gives his friends the cup of the new covenant, then prays in agony before choosing to drink the cup of judgement himself.2 downloads1 gameJesusThe trial and the crossLuke shows Jesus declared innocent again and again, yet condemned in the place of the guilty, and still saving people as he died.2 downloads1 gameJesusWhy did Jesus have to die?Why couldn't God just forgive? At the cross God's justice and love meet, as Jesus takes the place of the guilty to bring us to God.2 downloads1 gameJesusHe is risenThe resurrection is a claim about history: we read the first Easter morning closely and weigh up the evidence and the alternative explanations.2 downloads1 gameThe ChurchAscension and PentecostJesus didn't just leave: he ascended to rule at the Father's right hand and poured out his Spirit, and Peter explains it all to a stunned crowd.2 downloads1 gameThe ChurchThe first churchWhat did the first Christians actually do together, why were they so generous, and what can a church today learn from them?2 downloads1 gameThe ChurchSaul meets JesusThe church's fiercest enemy meets the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, and becomes his boldest messenger.2 downloads1 gameThe ChurchTo the ends of the earthThe church in Antioch sends out its first missionaries, and in Athens Paul shows how to talk about Jesus in a culture full of other gods.2 downloads1 game
Term 4 · Living it out
Faith under pressure
The ChurchPersecution & the Cost of Following JesusIf following Jesus can cost you everything, why would anyone choose it?2 downloads2 gamesThe ChurchCounting the CostJesus never hid the cost of following him, and he promised he is worth more than anything it costs.2 downloadsThe ChurchThe 21The 21 Coptic martyrs: faithful witness, forgiveness, and standing with the persecuted church today.2 downloads1 videoThe ChurchStephen: the first martyrStephen told the truth about Jesus when it cost him everything, and he died the way Jesus died because he could see Jesus.2 downloads1 gameIsraelDaniel: faithful in a foreign landDaniel and his friends served Babylon well but would not bow to its gods, showing how to stay faithful in a culture that doesn't share your faith.2 downloads1 gameThe ChurchStanding firm at school and onlineHow to stand up for Jesus at school and online without fear, ready to explain your hope with gentleness and respect.2 downloads1 gameJesusLoving your enemiesJesus calls his followers to love their enemies, bless those who hurt them and leave revenge to God, because that is how God loved us.2 downloads1 gameNew CreationNothing can separate usWhatever following Jesus costs, nothing in all creation can separate God's people from his love, and that love runs through the whole Bible story.2 downloads1 game