Hebrews & James

Challenge yourself to achieve 1000 points by completing your choice of the following activities. Each activity has a certain number of points depending on how challenging it is. Some activites may be particularly suited for children and families, while others may be more suited for adults and teens. One of the best parts of a challenge is doing it together. Find another family to do it with, or involve your Sunday School or CYC.

Read - 400 Points

Read through all of Hebrews and James for 400 points! Below you can find a printable tracker for each chapter so you can check them off as you go!

Bible Journal - 500 Points

Use a notebook or a Bible Reading Journal to take notes while you read. You can order a prepared reading journal on Amazon (link below) or use just a regular notebook. A page of suggested questions to ask is also available below. Share your thoughts or favourite verses with your friends and family or on Social Media.

Bible Art - 500 Points

Choose a verse that exhorts or encourages you during your Bible readings and illustrate it. Share your creations here: Facebook Bible Journaling Group

Bible Marking - 100 Points

As you read through these letters written by Paul, use coloured pencils to mark all the occurrences of “let us”. Make a list of all the things the writer suggests we do.

Language - 150 Points

Do a word study on “covenant”. You can find a worksheet below that explains how to do a word study. Share what you learn with your friends and family or on Social Media.

Literature - 200 Points

Read through any of the following books and share a quote or two with family and friends or on Social Media. Links to Booksellers below.

Pause and Ponder by Stephen Whitehouse
The Epistle of James by Neville Smart

Media - 300 Points

Search for this talk on Christadelphian Bible Talks and Exhortations:

By Faith by Nick Harden.
Unspotted from the World by Bob Lloyd

Write a short review to share what you learn.

Memory Verse - 250 Points

Learn at least one of these selections by heart:

Hebrews 4:12
Hebrews 12:1
James 1:17
James 3:13

Print out and colour the bookmarks (below) if you wish.

Dig Deeper - 400 Points

Research the duties of a priest and the high priest in the Old Testament. Compare it to how the book of Hebrews shows Jesus to be the high priest.

Our World - 100 Points

Research recent “forest fires” and how many of them are started. James speaks about how the tongue can be like a fire. What are some ways to prevent forest fires. How does this relate to the tongue?

Hymn Study - 100 Points

Hymn 389: Though the night be dark around us.

Sing this hymn. You can find a link below for the music. Write out the hymn (worksheet below), and see if you can find Bible passages that relate to this particular hymn.

Prayer - 100 Points

Make a prayer board where you can keep track of the people who need prayers and then take the time to pray for others. “The fervent supplication of a righteous man availeth much.”

Bible Study - 500 Points

Study Hebrews or James using these Study Guides:

Art Project - 150 Points

Using Hebrews 6:19 as inspiration, paint a rock with the word hope and an anchor, and maybe the contact details of your ecclesia. Consider using a eco-friendly paint such as Milk Paint, and no sealer so that the paint will eventually slowly fade from the surface of the stone to make it a more environmentally friendly art project. Leave it somewhere to be found.

The Heart - 300 Points

T H I N K ON T H I S :

“If, however, we are to experience this “joy unspeakable”, if we are indeed to “count it all joy” when we fall into divers trials, then it is clear we need to look upon human experience from the divine standpoint, to see it in its eternal rather than in its temporal aspect; and that calls for a measure of divine insight and wisdom. How are we to obtain such wisdom? The answer of James is simple and direct: we must seek it at its source; we must ask it of God.”

The Epistle of James, A Study by Neville Smart, p. 43