Retell, orally and unaided, eight core biblical narratives — Creation, the Fall, the Flood, God's promise to Abraham, the Exodus, David and Goliath, the birth of Christ, and the crucifixion and resurrection — and place them in chronological order.

State that the Bible is one book with two Testaments, written by many men but authored by God, and open a physical Bible to the correct Testament on request.

Recite twelve assigned Scripture verses verbatim with their references.

Name the three persons of the one God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — and state that there is only one God.

State in his own words that God made all things for His own glory, that all people sin, and that sin deserves God's punishment.

Participate daily in family worship: sit attentively for the reading, sing along, and pray aloud a simple prayer of his own composition.

Recite the books of the New Testament in order by the end of grade 1, and all sixty-six books of the Bible in order by the end of grade 2.

State why Christians gather for worship on the first day of the week and name three things the church does when it gathers.

Outline the storyline of Scripture in six movements — creation, fall, promise, Christ, church, consummation — and place at least four biblical events under each.

Summarize each of the five books of Moses and each of the four Gospels in one accurate sentence.

Recite sixty cumulative Scripture verses and three extended passages — Psalm 100, Psalm 19:1–14, and Romans 3:21–26 — with references.

Define in his own words and use correctly in a sentence: justification, sanctification, atonement, repentance, faith, regeneration, providence, covenant, grace, and glory.

Use a concordance and the cross-reference column of a study Bible to find at least four additional texts on an assigned topic.

Explain the difference between the covenant of works made with Adam and the covenant of grace revealed in Christ, and cite one supporting text for each.

Identify five figures from church history — for example Athanasius, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, and Bunyan — giving century, one contribution, and one reason God's providence used them.

Produce a one-page written chronological outline of redemptive history from creation to the consummation, including at least twelve dated or datable anchor events.

Identify the genre of any biblical book — law, history, wisdom, prophecy, gospel, epistle, apocalyptic — and state one way that genre affects how the book should be read.

Recite a cumulative one hundred verses plus Romans 8:28–39, Isaiah 53, the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20, and the Beatitudes.

Trace one doctrine — substitutionary atonement — from Genesis through Revelation, citing at least six texts from both Testaments and explaining how each contributes.

State that the Second London Baptist Confession has thirty-two chapters, name its major divisions, and locate the chapter that addresses a given doctrinal question.

Compare the 1689 Confession with the Westminster Confession on baptism and church government, stating accurately what each teaches and where the Baptists departed and why.

Write a three-paragraph defense of the sufficiency and final authority of Scripture, supported by at least four texts and answering one common objection.

Narrate the Reformation naming six figures with dates and contributions, and explain the origin of the Particular Baptists, including the 1644 and 1689 confessions and why they were written.

State the regulative principle of worship, cite two supporting texts, and evaluate a proposed order of service by it, explaining each judgment.