Students are taught the Scriptures

Sunday School classes are Bible-based and created to meet the needs of students. Even the youngest child can learn about and from the
Scriptures (1) and practice what is taught.

Related Resource List:

• Book: Holy Bible
• Book: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
• See also the First Lessons page to find teaching materials for the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes

Online Resources:

Audio Files:

 A Whale of a Tale [9:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Paul Sees the Light [7:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Video Files:

Comment: A Whale of a Tale | Download: “A Whale of a Tale” script (PDF)
Comment: Saul sees the light | Download: “Saul sees the light” script (PDF)

Other Resources

• Podcast: Christmas Light
• Podcast: Meet the Master Part I
• Podcast: Meet the Master Part II
• Podcast: Meet the Master Part III
• Podcast: Meet the Master Part IV
• Podcast: Meet the Master Part V
• Podcast: Bible Alive - Jeremiah Part I
• Podcast: Bible Alive - Jeremiah Part II
• Podcast: Bible Alive - Jeremiah Part III
• Podcast: Bible Alive - Jeremiah Part IV
• Song Book: Teaching the Littlest Children
• More Resouces on the First Lessons page.
• Discussion forums about how the scriptures are being taught

Related Articles from Christian Science Magazines:

• October 8, 2007 Sentinel—Erik Gates writes about how he, as a competitve swimmer, uses the concept from Genesis 1 in the Bible, where man is defined as the image and likeness of God.

Other Bible Resources

For Sunday School Teachers and Superintendents:

• Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
• Strong’s Expanded Dictionary of Bible Words
• The Essential Evangelical Parallel Bible
• The New Testament: A Student’s Introduction
• The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
• New Strong’s Concise Concordance
• The Anchor Bible Dictionary
• The Reforming Power of the Scriptures: A Biography of the English Bible
• The One-Volume Bible Commentary, by Rev. J. R. Dummelow
• King James Bible – small paperback edition

Study Tools:

• American Dictionary (Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary)
• J. I. Rodale’s Synonym Finder

For students in Sunday School classes

(also helpful for teachers and superintendents):

• King James Bible – Large Print (easy for little ones to read)
• New Revised Standard Version of the Bible
• The New Testament in Modern English by J.B. Phillips
• HarperCollins Bible Pronunciation Guide
• HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible
• Book: The 23rd Psalm (board book)

Manual Reference:

(1) “Teaching the Children. Sect. 2. The Sabbath School children shall be taught the Scriptures, and they shall be instructed according to their understanding or ability to grasp the simpler meanings of the divine Principle that they are taught.”

(Church Manual, Article XX, Section 2, p.62)