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Faith for Everyday Life​

With our 4-step lessons, teachers can focus on engaging kids, youth, and adults to discover God’s Word and bring it to life.

“In my experience with teaching Sunday school for the last 18 years, I’ve found Bible-in-Life to be the most well-rounded curriculum around. It gives you more than one option to use, so that you have a choice of which best fits your particular class.”​

Lois Castillo, Director of Children's Ministry
Cornerstone Church, San Francisco, California

For all ages—toddler to adult

Select by age level or provide one solution for all. Unified themes for Preschool through High School. Adult follows the Uniform Lesson Series—ISSL’s multi-year cycle covering all major Bible themes.

Bible-based and theologically sound

Filled with Bible stories and pictures, Bible-based themes, activities, memory verses, and more—all from a balanced theological perspective.

Spiritual growth for every stage

Developmentally appropriate lessons for each level foster spiritual growth. Lessons are designed for multiple learning styles with built-in flexibility and customizable options.

Easy to prepare and teach

Teachers love the easy-to-teach, 4-step lesson focus. Designed for teaching high-quality, engaging lessons with minimal preparation time and materials.

Focus on real-life application

No matter where students are in their walk with Jesus, Bible-in-Life communicates the gospel with life-changing clarity and motivates them toward life application.

Real Life Downloaded

Free weekly downloads through RealLifeDownloaded.com tie into current news stories and topics to take your upper elementary through adult classes deeper.

Bible-in-Life supports kids through adults

Do you struggle to find curriculum that works for your church?

  • Do your volunteers need simple, ready-to-go lesson plans?
  • Are you frustrated by resources that don’t fit or flex with your needs?
  • Are you concerned that today’s generations don’t know God’s Word?
  • Do you worry about spending your budget on programs that aren’t effective?

Bible-in-Life provides teacher-friendly options for churches of all sizes.

With our flexible materials, you can build a ministry program that works for your volunteers, your budget, and your church.

Bible-in-Life features the popular NIV® translation for all ages.

Every Age, Every Stage, and Every Day

Since 1964, Bible-in-Life has brought generations together and brought God’s Word to life with theologically balanced, biblically based lesson plans for every age, every stage and every day.

Kids

  • Spiritual development to form a faith foundation
  • A variety of age-appropriate activities to support Bible learning
  • Built-in flexibility for multiple learning styles and class sizes
  • A multi-year scope and sequence

Introduce toddlers to Bible stories that create a Sunday school experience they’ll enjoy.

Recommended Class Materials

  • Teacher Guide
  • Creative Teaching Aids
  • Starting Steps Craft/Take-Home

Guide preschoolers to know God’s love and discover the truth of His Word.

Recommended Class Materials

  • Teacher Guide
  • Creative Teaching Aids
  • Make-It Take-It Craft Book
  • My Sunday Pictures Take-Home
  • Lesson Videos available 

Help kids see God’s truth all around them and discover how it connects to their lives.

Recommended Class Materials

Help kids see God’s truth all around them and discover how it connects to their lives.

Recommended Class Materials

Challenge preteens to live out their faith in everyday life.

Recommended Class Materials

Teens

  • Spiritual development to foster ownership of their faith
  • Deeper discovery of the Bible in class and throughout the week
  • Group discussions that connect God’s truth to current events and news topics
  • A variety of creative peer stories, activities, and articles

Transform hearts and minds with the never-changing truth of God’s Word.

Recommended Class Materials

  • Teacher Guide
  • Creative Teaching Aids
  • The Rock Student Book
  • Real Life Downloaded weekly talking points on current events and news topics

Transform hearts and minds with the never-changing truth of God’s Word.

Recommended Class Materials

  • Teacher Guide
  • Blueprint Quarterly Magazine
  • Real Life Downloaded weekly talking points on current events and news topics

Adults

 

  • Heart-transforming study and application of the Bible
  • Group discussions that connect God’s truth to current events and news topics
  • Relationships that challenge them to keep growing spiritually

Bible-in-Life Adult is a fully resourced curriculum:

Recommended Class Materials

  • Teacher’s Guide features a reduction of the Student Book
  • Student Book available in regular and large print
  • Creative Teaching Aids with handouts and posters
  • The Quiet Hour daily devotional
  • Power for Living weekly “magazine” style take home
  • Real Life Dowloaded features stories, music, and links to free commentaries that expand the lesson
  • Lessons are new each week, with practical life applications for Sunday school or community groups
  • NIV® and KJV texts are printed side-by-side, helping people with different translations study together

“Bible-in-Life is an outstanding curriculum.”

Dave Sanders, Director of Children's Ministry

Sample Bible-in-Life

Get instant access for a closer look at Bible-in-Life sample lessons and browse samples for all David C Cook curriculum programs. If you have questions, one of our friendly ministry consultants will be happy to help.

More ways to strengthen faith and connection

Building on the solid foundation of Bible-in-Life lessons, these extras let you further customize the class experience, relationship connections, and take-home opportunity at every age level.
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Lesson Videos

Preschool—Upper Elementary

When replayed weekly, each monthly video reinforces a big-picture God theme and shows kids living out their faith in everyday life. The video icon in your Teacher Guide suggests when to use the video, and a Video Connection Guide offers tips to help teachers connect the dots for kids.

Family Devotion Guides

All Ages
No matter when a family sits down to share God’s Word, it is a beautiful and sacred experience. Encourage families to use this guide on their own or with the Lesson Video alongside as they learn and grow together.
Family devotion guide sheets
Real life Downloaded Lesson Page Screenshot

Real Life Downloaded

Upper Elementary—Adult

Free weekly downloads tie into current news stories and topics to take your upper elementary through adult classes deeper.

A stack of Children's ministry guides.
Ministry Spark is a go-to place for ideas and inspiration for children’s ministry leaders and volunteers. These ideas come in all shapes and sizes—from articles posted weekly to free downloadable resources made for you! We encourage you to check it out and subscribe to their newsletter for the latest articles, webinars, and free resources.

With a comprehensive catalog of flexible materials, Bible-in-Life lets you build a ministry program that fits your budget and your church.

Day to Day

With real-world applications, Bible-in-Life helps kids, youth, and adults see God’s truth all around them.

  • Stories and pictures inspired by real life
  • Bible-based themes, activities, memory verses and more
  • Age-appropriate ideas, questions and issues, to connect with kids’ daily experiences
  • New for Bible-in-Life Kids! Lesson videos feature kids living out their faith

Step by Step

Bible-in-Life is easy to teach, making it perfect for churches of all sizes.

  • High-quality, engaging lesson plans
  • Designed for multiple learning styles and class sizes
  • Lessons are easy to teach, for volunteers and church leaders alike
  • User-friendly teaching tools provide step-by-step instructions
  • Minimal preparation time and very few additional materials

Year after Year

Bible-in-Life is the cornerstone for a long-term, comprehensive and expandable curriculum.

  • Developmentally appropriate for each age group
  • Encourages habits that foster lifelong spiritual growth
  • Helps children and youth continually deepen their faith through reflection and conversation
  • Every lesson is fully customizable, for built-in flexibility
  • The full curriculum includes materials for every age group and educational level, from toddlers to adults

“I love the Bible in Life. The order was easy to place. It was received quickly and I appreciated that.”

Juanita

Get help finding the right curriculum for your ministry.

Have questions? Need some fresh ideas? Our Ministry Consultants can save you time and boost your confidence as you choose what works best for you and your context.
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