Matthew 5:41 and 6:19

"And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two."

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth, ..... for where your treasure is , then your heart will be also."

We are going through Matthew much slower than I thought we would. We are stopping to discuss each segment of Jesus' teaching. After we make our observations, we pull out the Bible Knowledge Commentary to help us with understanding.

Life of Christ: His Attributes

As we read a section of the Gospels like Matthew 12 we refer back to this graphic to see if we can find which of His attributes is being revealed. For example:

Love

Righteousness

Justice

Sovereignty

Immutability

Eternality

Veracity

Omniscience

Omnipresence

Omnipotence

v 25: "But Jesus knew their thoughts...", revealed His omniscience.

v32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but who ever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come." reveals His sovereignty, righteousness, justice, omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, and immutability.

v 37 "By your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned" reveals his justice and righteousness.

Try it. Pick a verse, any verse. Observe it carefully. Talk about it. Decide which of His attributes are being clearly revealed.

All American History Vol 2 Unit 1 Review Cards

These are the Review Cards I compiled for Unit One in All American History Volume 2.

I found the photos on Google Images and followed the directions in the Teacher manual. Then printed them out on index cards. The glossy cards of the presidents I found at a garage sale. The other president cards were part of a free American Heritage lesson plans.

Good books we have read about the Civil War include Fields of Fury and The Boy's War. With Lee in Virginia by G.A. Henty was a good book to listen to in the car.

Life Of Christ Notebook

Last year we studied the Old Testament historical narratives. This year we continue chronologically by studying the life of Jesus Christ as told in the Gospels. At first, I was going to go completely chronologically using the book, Life of Christ: A Visual Survey by David L. Dawson, but then decided to just read through each gospel in the order of the New Testament. Dawson's book is still a good resource. After we have been through all four gospels, we will go through His life again using his book. This book comes with a great 15 foot colorful wall chart that shows the life of Christ. The book is worth buying just for that!

No one person's life is more important to study than the life of Jesus Christ. It is my prayer that we will know more about His than any other historical figure's by the time we finished this survey.

We are keeping a notebook of observations while we read. Actually, I am keeping it. My son hates to write. He will read it as a review in the future. I will post excerpts throughout the school year. So keep looking if you are interested!

Lesson Plan Book

I searched for a store bought lesson plan book, free templates on the internet, and tried to design my own in Excel. My own design was fine, except it was so impersonal. I chose to go analog. I found a neat composition notebook at Office Depot that had graph paper instead of lined paper. I have only one student so this works fine for us.

At the front, I have pages for goals and resources. Then I have monthly calendars with a blank page next to each for notes. I set up 36 weeks and just started to fill it in. No dates. We will do 36 weeks of school no matter how long it takes.