| Relates to the Themes for Christian Studies program | ||
| WHICH TOPIC? | WHAT IS MY SPIRITUAL FOCUS? | RELEVANT SECTION FROM the THEMES program |
| Advertising/media | God is Truth: honesty/dishonesty in advertising & packaging | Themes 6 (Truth) |
| God is Pure: discerning the truth and purity in the world around us. | Themes 6 (Pure) | |
| Agriculture | God is Love: God shows His love by providing through the land. | Themes 4 (Love) |
| Air | God is Life: God has provided Earth with the elements for life support. | Themes 3 (Life) |
| Animals | God is Life: animal life cycles | Themes 1& 2 (Life) |
| God is Creator: Our responsibility towards animals. | Themes 5 (Creator) | |
| God is Provider: God provides for us through animals. | Themes 5 (Provider) | |
| God is Protector: camouflage and defense mechanisms. </td> | Themes 5 (Protector) | |
| God is Powerful: animal kingdoms; balance of nature | Themes 2 (Powerful) | |
| Ants | God is Wise: ants are wise creatures. They prepare for the future. Prov. 6:6 | Themes 5 (Wise) |
| Archaeology | God is Creator/Truth: Discovering the truth through archaology. | Themes 7 (Creator) |
| Architecture | God is Patient: certain occupations require patience and precision. Look at historical buildings. | Themes 5 & 4 (Patient) |
| Astronomy | See Solar System | |
| Banking | God is Wise: wise use of money | Themes 4 (Wise) |
| Balance | God is Truth: a false balance is an abomination to God (Prov. 11:1) | Themes 5 (Truth) |
| Camouflage | See Animals | |
| Careers | God is Wise: making wise choices and decisions in the choice of a career. | Themes 7 (Wise) |
| Castles | See Shelter | |
| Chemistry | God is Powerful: powerful chemical reactions bring change. Heat; states of matter. God can change us! | Themes 5 (Powerful) |
| Choices & decisions | God is Wise: choices in shopping, eating and choosing a pet. | Themes 2 (Wise) |
| God is Wise: choices in choosing friends; right and wrong; drugs and alcohol. | Themes 7 (Wise) | |
| Civil laws | God is Wise: wise and responsible behaviour; traffic laws; environmental responsibility | Themes 2 (Wise) |
| Clocks | See pendulums | |
| Clothes | God is Provider: God provides materials for clothes. | Themes 4.& 5 (Provider) |
| Communications | God is a Servant: technology serves us in spreading the word. T.V. radio, telephone, computer. Missionaries and Bible translators. | Themes 6. (Servant) |
| Community services | God is a Servant: People who serve in our community: medical services, fire fighters, police. | Themes 2 (Servant) |
| God is Protector: People who protect us: police, fire fighters, life savers. | Themes 2 (Protector) | |
| Consumer education | God is Wise: Wise choices in shopping. | Themes 2 (Wise) |
| God is Truth: honesty in advertising/packaging. Customer surveys; testing performance of products. | Themes 6. (Truth) | |
| Crafts/hobbies | God is Patient: hobbies that require patience. | Themes 4 (Patient) |
| Creation/evolution | God is Creator: the flood; dinosaurs; arguing the case against evolution | Themes 7 (Creator) |
| Crystals | God is Patient: patience in waiting for crystals to grow; limestone caves. | Themes 1 (Patient) |
| Cultural groups | God is Love: God loves all people unconditionally. God’s love for different cultural groups. Our love and acceptance of different people. | Themes 3 & 5 (Love) |
| God is Patient: God’s patience with us. Patience required when two different cultures meet. | Themes 7 (Patient) | |
| God is Peace: racial and international peace | Themes 7 (Peace) | |
| Dinosaurs | See Creation/evolution | |
| Disabled | God is Love: God wants us to show particular kindness to those with special needs. | Themes 2 (Love) |
| God is Patient: showing patience towards the elderly and the disabled. | Themes 2 & 3 (Patient) | |
| Disasters | God is Wise: safety precautions to avoid disasters; preparation for natural disasters such as bush fires and snow storms. | Themes 3 (Wise) |
| God is Pure: natural disasters are a result of the fall and were not part of God’s original perfect creation. | Themes 7 (Pure) | |
| Drugs | See Choices and decisions | |
| Ecosystems | God is Creator: nature’s perfect balance and the effects of the Fall. | Themes 6 (Creator) |
| Electricity | God is Powerful: God has placed with n the creation powerful sources of energy for our use. | Themes 7 (Powerful) |
| Environment | God is Peace: appreciation of God’s creation; harmony, beauty and design. | Themes 5 (Peace) |
| Environmental responsibility | God is Wise: wisdom in caring for the environment; pollution | Themes 1 (Wise) |
| Explorers | God is Wise: wisdom in allowing God to guide us. God guided many of the early explorers. | Themes 6 (Wise) |
| Fact and fantasy | God is Truth: discerning between truth and fiction | Themes 3 (Truth) |
| Family | God is Protector: Protection through the family. | Themes 1 (Protector) |
| God is a Servant: serving in the home. | Themes 1 (Servant) | |
| God is Peace: feeling secure with family; playing peacefully with siblings. | Themes 1 & 2 (Peace) | |
| God is Truth: honesty in the home. | Themes 1 (Truth) | |
| Fibres and fabrics | See Clothes | |
| Food | God is Provider: buying food; preparing food. | Themes 1 (Provider) |
| God is Provider: plant foods | Themes 2 (Provider) | |
| God is Provider: fruits and seeds | Themes 3 (Provider) | |
| God is Provider: food from animals | Themes 5 p. 117-121 (Provider) | |
| God is Provider: food from the sea | Themes 6 (Provider) | |
| God is Provider: world food supply; supply and demand; imports and exports; the third world. | Themes 7 (Provider) | |
| Force and motion | God is powerful: powerful forces in the creation: tools, toys, machines, transport. | Themes 1 & 6 (Powerful) |
| Fossils | God is Creator: the flood; dinosaurs; age of fossils | Themes 7 (Creator) |
| Friends | God is Pure: purity in relationships; forgiveness and honesty | Themes 3 (Pure) |
| God is Peace: peace and harmony in relationships | Themes 5 (Peace) | |
| Geography | God is Wise: maps to guide us. The Bible is God’s map for our lives. | Themes 6 (Wise) |
| God is Powerful: powerful forces creating landforms: mountains, rivers, glaciers, volcanoes. | Themes 4 (Powerful) | |
| God is Life: desert survival | Themes 7 (Life) | |
| God is Love: people of the world. (See Cultural groups) The third world. | Themes 7 (Love) | |
| Geology | God is Truth: Rocks and soil. God’s word is a rock. | Themes 4 (Truth) |
| God is Pure: purity of metals and minerals | Themes 4 (Pure) | |
| God is Pure: salt. Salt is a cleansing agent. | Themes 5 (Pure) | |
| God is Creator: the great flood | Themes 7 (Creator) | |
| Growth | God is Life: the cycle of life from birth to old age. | Themes 3 (Life) |
| God is Life: plant life. | Themes 5 (Life) | |
| God is Provider: Plants | Themes 2 & 3 (Provider) | |
| Government | God is Peace: current affairs relating to peace | Themes 7 (Peace) |
| God is Wise: governments are elected to make wise choices and decisions. | Themes 7 (Wise) | |
| Health | See Safety; Human body; Food | |
| History of Civilization | God is Love: The nation of Israel; Jews and gentiles; (John 3:16) | Themes 6 (Love) |
| Hobbies | God is Patient: hobbies which require patience. | Themes 4 (Patient) |
| Home | See Family | |
| Houses | See Shelter | |
| Human biology | God is Creator: We are created in God’s image. | Themes 4 (Creator) |
| God is Protector: protective mechanisms; the blood | Themes 4 (Protector) | |
| God is a Servant: Jesus the healing servant. The body’s ability to heal. | Themes 3 (Servant) | |
| God is Love: myself; my body | Themes 1 (Love) | |
| Israel | God is Love: God’s purpose for Israel and His love for the gentiles. | Themes 6 (Love) |
| International peace | God is Peace: peace makers | Themes 7 (Peace) |
| Kings and kingdoms | God is Powerful: royalty; fact and fantasy; good and evil; Jesus is our King. | Themes 2 (Powerful) |
| Law and order | God is Wise: It is wise to obey God. | Themes 1 (Wise) |
| Light | God is Creator: God created light. Sun, moon, stars, reflections, shadows, spectrum. | Themes 1 (Creator) |
| God is Pure: Light, shadow, reflections: Light is a symbol of purity. Walk in the light. | Themes 5 (Pure) | |
| Lighthouses | God is Protector: Lighthouses protected ships. Jesus is the light. | Themes 6 (Protector) |
| Machines | see Force and motion | |
| Magnestism | God is Powerful: magnetism is a powerful force within the creation. | Themes 6 (Powerful) |
| Mapping | See Geography | |
| Medical Profession | See Human Body and community services | |
| Metals and minerals | God is Pure: metals are refined to remove impurities. Gems and crystals reflect light. The purity of Heaven. | Themes 4 (Pure) |
| Middle ages | God is Protector: Castles of the middle ages provided protection. God is our fortress. The armour of God. | Themes 3 (Protector) |
| Missionaries | God is a Servant: missionaries serving God | Themes 5 (Servant) |
| God is a Servant: serving with humility | Themes 4 (Servant) | |
| God is a servant: spreading the Good News | Themes 6 (Servant) | |
| God is Love: missionaries to the third world | Themes 7 (Love) | |
| Money | See banking | |
| Multi-cultural | See Cultural groups | |
| Nutrition | See Food | |
| Occupations | God is Patient: jobs that require patience, precision and accuracy. | Themes 5 (Patient) |
| Pendulums | God is Truth: Galileo’s discovery of the truth about the solar system and pendulums | Themes 5 (Truth) |
| Pets | God is Wise: Wise choice of a pet; caring for pets. | Themes 2 (Wise) |
| Pioneers | God is Patient: patience and perseverance; tools, equipment, olden day technology. | Themes 6 (Patient) |
| God is a Servant: people who made sacrifices to ‘pave the way’ for others. | Themes 7 (Servant) | |
| Plants | God is Provider: plant foods | Themes 2 (Provider) |
| God is Provider: fruits and seeds | Themes 3 (Provider) | |
| God is Life: Plant growth | Themes 4 (Life) | |
| God is Creator: God provides for His creation | Themes 3 (Creator) | |
| God is Patient: waiting for seeds to sprout | Themes 1 (Patient) | |
| Pollution | God is Pure: What happened to the perfect creation? | Themes 7 (Pure) |
| God is Wise: environmental responsibly | Themes 1 (Wise) | |
| Protection services | Police, fire brigade, life savers (See community services) | |
| Racial peace | See Cultural groups | |
| Relationships | See Friends, Family | |
| Road safety | See safety | |
| Rocks | See Geology | |
| Safety | God is Wise: Be wise and take precautions. | Themes 3 (Wise) |
| God is Peace: Stranger danger. Recognize feelings opposed to peace. | Themes 3 (Peace) | |
| Scientific method | God is Truth: discovering truth through the scientific method | Themes 7 (Truth) |
| Scientists | God is Truth: scientists who seek the truth | Themes 5 (Truth) |
| Seeds | See plants | |
| Senses | See the human body | |
| Shelter | God is protector: History of shelter. Houses and castles protect. | Themes 3 & 7 (Protector) |
| Ships | God is Protector: protection on sea voyages | Themes 6 (Protector) |
| Solar system/space | God is Powerful: powerful forces. sun and planets, the earth in space, weather, time and seasons. | Themes 3 (Powerful) |
| God is Truth: Galileo discovers the truth about the solar system | Themes 5 (Truth) | |
| Spiders | God is Patient: patience and perseverance shown by spiders in web building. | Themes 4 (Patient) |
| Time | God is Wise: using time wisely | Themes 7 (Wise) |
| Tools, toys | See Force and motion | |
| Transport | See Force and motion; ships; air | |
| Travel | God is Wise: planning for journeys | Themes 5 (Wise) |
| Water | God is Creator | Themes 2 (Creator) |
| God is Pure: Water purifying methods | Themes 2 (Pure) | |
| God is Life: Jesus the Living Water | Themes 6 (Life) | |
| Water cycle | God is Powerful: steam power; hydro power | Themes 5 (Powerful) Themes 2 (Creator) |
| Weather/seasons | God is Powerful: power in the creation | Themes 3 & 6 (Powerful) |
