Ask questions about creation-fall-redemption-restoration

You want your students to develop a Christ-centered worldview. So, you want your students to connect what they study and the Biblical motif of creation-fall-redemption-restoration. Good.
 
Question: How can you do this?
 
Answer: By asking questions. Here are 4 key questions (complete with related questions):
 
(1) Creation: What’s God’s purpose?
  • What’s the Bible say?
  • Why did God make this?
  • What was ___ like when God created it?
  • What’s true, good, or beautiful?
  • What does ___ show you about God?
  • How does ___ help you appreciate God?
(2) Fall: What’s wrong?
  • What’s the Bible say?
  • What’s the impact of sin on ___?
  • What’s the impact of sin on my understanding of ___?
  • What’s false, wrong, or ugly?
  • How is ___ misused?
  • How is God misunderstood because of ___?
(3) Redemption: What difference does Jesus make?
  • What’s the Bible say?
  • What’s the impact of Jesus’ life? death? resurrection?
  • Why hope?
(4) Restoration: What will you do?
  • What’s the Bible say?
  • How can you join God in restoring ___?
  • How can you use ___ to serve God and others?
  • How can you show God’s truth using ___?
  • How can you impact the world for Christ using ___?

What do student responses to these questions look like?
Here are responses from a 9th grader when thinking about nature (plants):
  1. What’s God’s purpose? God created nature [plants] to make earth beautiful and for humans and animals—especially for food. Nature shows God’s creativity and careful planning.
  2. What’s wrong? Because of the fall…nature is misused.
  3. What difference does Jesus make? The source of “broken nature” is human sin. Christ died for the sins of humans.
  4. What will you do? [As redeemed people, we should] restore nature to its original purpose and beauty.
 
Tip: Before asking your students these questions, ask yourself these questions. Identify something you want to apply creation-fall-redemption-restoration to: _____________________________________________. Next, respond the following 4 questions:
  1. What’s God’s purpose?
  2. What’s wrong?
  3. What difference does Jesus make?
  4. What will you do?  

Reflect:
What question(s) can you ask your students about creation-fall-redemption-restoration?