The Bible contains 66 books written by 40 authors over 1,500 years. Despite these statistics, the books of the Bible are united by numerous themes that are evident from Genesis to Revelation.

I will be updating this list with additional themes I come across. If you see one that should be added, please add a comment.

This list is a resource for the book Story Secrets from the Bible: Develop and Deliver Children’s Stories for Worship, VBS and Bible Study.

A
Abundance Acceptance Advent Altar Anointed Ask Atonement Authority

B
Babylon Baptism Beginning Believe Birth Blameless Blessing Books Bread Bride

C
Called Celebration Character Charity Children Chosen Church Cleanse Clothing Coming Commandments Commitment Communion Community Compassion Confess Conquest Converted Covenant Creation Creator Crown

D
Death Deliverance Disciple Dispersion Dominion

E
Encouragement End Endurance Eternity Exile

F
Faith Faithfulness Fasting Father Fellowship Firstfruits Follow Forever Forgiveness Found Free Freedom Friendship Fruit Fulfillment

G
Generosity Gentleness Gift Giving Glory God Goodness Gospel Grace Growth

H
Harvest Healing Heart Heaven Heritage Holiness HolySpirit Home Honor Hope Hospitality Humanity Humility Hypocrisy

I
Identity Image Inheritance Innocent Instruction

J
Journey Joy Jubilee Justice Justify

K
Kindness King Kingdom Knowledge

L
Lament Law Learning Life Light Living Longsuffering Lost Love

M
Marriage Martyr Meditate Memorial Mercy Message Messenger Messiah Ministry Mission Morality Mystery

N
Name Nation Need Neighbor

O
Obedience Offering Oneness Overcoming

P
Patience Peace Perfection Perseverance Pity Power Praise Prayer Preparation Preservation Pride Priest Promise Prophecy Prophet Provide Purity

R
Reconstruction Redeemed Refuge Reign Rejoice Remission Remnant Repentance Representative Respect Rest Restoration Resurrection Return Revelation Reverence Reward Righteousness

S
Sabbath Sacred Sacrifice Salvation Sanctify Sanctuary Sealed Seek Self-control Selfishness Servant Serve Share Shepherd Signs Sin Slavery Son Soul Sovereignty Spirit Strength Submission Suffering Symbol

T
Teaching Temple Tenderness Testimony Testing Thanksgiving Throne Tithe Time Transgression Transition Treasure Tribulation Trinity Trust Truth

U
Understanding Unfaithfulness Unification Unity Upright

V
Victory Virgin

W
Washed Will Wisdom Witness Word Worship Worthy

Z
Zion

Updated 8-21-2019