2026-2027 School Year
Bible Survey Honors GVL
Course Description
The Biblical Survey course uses the Bible as its primary text to help students:
- understand the Bible’s authority, validity, and relevance,
- view the Bible as a metanarrative in six acts plus an interlude,
- study biblical teachings on God’s love and loving God, ourselves, others, and the world.
This course connects its material to the overarching story of the Bible and provides reasons for the Bible’s reliability, helping students develop their ability to thoughtfully and sensitively communicate the gospel.
To be successful in this class:
To be successful in this class, students should have a desire to know the Bible more deeply.
Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Course Tuition and Enrollment Fees can be found HERE. If applicable, see below for additional course fees (supply, lab, textbook, etc.)
Course Credit: 1 Honors Elective Credit.
Required Materials
Required Materials:
- Foundations: A Survey of the Bible (Student Manual)
- Foundations: A Survey of the Bible (Textbook)
- Bible: The Christian Standard Bible (CSB) will be the primary translation that we use in class; however students are welcome to use the English Standard Version (ESV).
Honors Materials:
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart
Honors Addendum:
Honor students will be required to read two assigned books during the school year (one book during the fall semester and one book during the spring semester). Students will prepare a five-page book review on each of these books. Each written review should not be a summary of the text, but should rather be an analysis of the author’s thesis, the strengths and weaknesses of the book, and the book’s applicability in the student’s walk with Christ.
Meet Ryan Holtzclaw
Education: Doctor of Education in Ministry (Ed.D.Min.), Church Revitalization — The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY | Dec 2021 Master of Arts in Religion (MAR), Christian Leadership — Liberty University Theological Seminary, Lynchburg, VA | Dec 2013 Bachelor of Arts (BA), History (Major); Christian Ministries (Minor) — Anderson University, Anderson, SC | Dec 2004
Experience:E.Q.U.I.P. Leader, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary — Wake Forest, NC | Spring 2021 • Facilitated cohort-based learning; assisted participants in applying theological concepts to ministry practice. Release Time Substitute Bible Teacher, Blue Ridge Christian Learning Center | Mar 2024–May 2024 High School French Teacher, Stephens County High School | Aug 2005–Dec 2005
UHC Courses Taught:Christian Worldview and Bible Survey
Began teaching at UHC in 2026.