Faith for Life
The Understanding the Times Series invites students to become informed disciples who don’t shy away from life’s biggest questions. Rooted in biblical truth and driven by lively classroom conversation, this series helps teachers create an environment where students are equipped to influence their generation for Christ.
Using Summit’s signature worldview framework, the series explores:
- The biblical worldview
- The Great Commission
- Competing worldviews
- Cultural engagement
- Defending the faith with sound biblical theology
Fast Facts
- Discussion-based learning
- Builds deeper thinking skills
- Integrated apologetics
- Includes videos, activities, and assessments
- Easy-to-read textbook designed for students
- Online tools for teachers:
- On-demand teacher training
- Video library access
- Print-ready copies for the classroom
- Adaptable schedule to fit your needs
- Curriculum mapping available
- Aligned with curriculum standards
Student Resources
Each course centers around a textbook and Student manual, which serve as the primary class material. These textbooks offer opportunities for both in-class and assigned reading. The Student Manual (SM) is a full-color manual that includes discussion questions, in-class activity instructions, and assessment study tools. It is rich with Scripture, encouraging students to engage directly with God’s Word.
Videos
Every chapter includes short videos featuring scholars, authors, and subject matter experts. These videos expand on the textbook content, address common questions, and are designed to be just a few minutes long for maximum flexibility.
Sample Lessons
Explore the Foundations Curriculum: The Bible as a Story
This sample lesson from Foundations—the first course in Summit Ministries’ Understanding the Times high school series—offers a hands-on look at how biblical worldview education comes to life in the classroom.
Designed for Christian schools and homeschool co-ops, Foundations helps students understand their place in God’s story while equipping them to think critically about the world around them.
With resources for teachers, interactive student materials, and built-in assessments, Foundations sets the tone for a full-year journey that’s academically rich and spiritually formative.
Explore the Apologetics Sample Lesson: Empowered to Love
This sample lesson from Apologetics—part of Summit Ministries’ Understanding the Times high school series—gives a firsthand look at how students can be equipped to defend their faith with confidence and compassion.
Designed for Christian schools and homeschool co-ops, Apologetics empowers students to engage the world around them by addressing common fears about sharing the gospel, exploring the role of the Holy Spirit, and developing spiritual, intellectual, and emotional readiness.
With hands-on classroom activities, built-in assessments, and biblical case studies like Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman, this lesson provides a powerful example of how Summit prepares students to speak the truth in love.
Explore the Worldviews Sample Lesson: Understanding the Times
This sample lesson from Worldviews—the cornerstone course in Summit Ministries’ Understanding the Times high school series—invites students to examine the powerful ideas shaping our culture today and learn how to respond with biblical truth.
Designed for Christian schools and homeschool co-ops, Worldviews teaches students to recognize the patterns behind competing belief systems and understand how they influence everything from politics and psychology to ethics and economics.
Through hands-on activities like the Worldview Triangle Bible Study and interactive tools like the Worldview Quiz Show, this course equips students to compare Christianity to other leading worldviews—such as secularism, Marxism, Islam, postmodernism, and new spirituality—and clearly articulate what they believe and why.
Course Outline | Scope & Sequence
Explore the Culture Sample Lesson: What is Culture?
This sample lesson from Culture, the newest course in Summit Ministries’ Understanding the Times high school series, invites students to examine how beliefs and everyday choices shape culture and discover how Christians can influence society with biblical truth.
Designed for Christian schools and homeschool co-ops, Culture teaches students to recognize the ideas, institutions, leaders, and practices that shape communities. Students learn to engage today’s cultural challenges with wisdom while promoting what is good, true, and beautiful.
Through hands-on activities like the Cultural Transformation Action Plan, the Way of Life Bible Study, and Worldview + Action = Culture, students learn to evaluate cultural patterns, apply Scripture, and pursue God’s vision for human flourishing.
Available for purchase spring 2027
Course Outline | Scope & Sequence coming soon
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Legacy High School Materials
This series will be phased out over the coming years and replaced by Foundations and Apologetics.
This series will be phased out over the coming years and replaced by Worldviews, releasing in the fall of 2026.
This series will be phased out over the coming years and replaced by Culture, releasing in the Fall of 2027.