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| Who traced Jesus back to a point before time was recorded? |
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| Who was the first to receive the news that Jesus was to be born? |
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| What place became the center of Christ's ministry during his Galilean ministry? |
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| Jesus was baptized in order to: |
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| fulfill all righteousness |
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| When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, he found his strength and guidance primarily from |
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| If modern-day believers are to follow the example Christ set during his ministry in Galilee, they would do all except: |
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| More often than not, criticism of Jesus focused on his: |
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| By selecting the apostles, Jesus was |
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| establishing an organization for ministry |
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| How long did it take Jesus to die? |
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| From the life of Christ, what lesson about death is clearly taught? |
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| Death is the beginning of a new life for believers. |
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| What kind of language was Jesus using when he said, "Many who are first will be last and the last first"? |
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| The most striking feature of Jesus' teaching was |
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| The manner with which he related himself to his teaching |
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| Jesus did not teach everything about God because |
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| The Old Testament taught those things |
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| This is not part of Jesus' teachings about God |
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| In speaking about the kingdom, Jesus was referring to |
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| The exercise of divine rule in human affairs |
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| In Matthew 12:28 Jesus told his followers that the kingdom of God had arrived because |
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| He overthrew Satan by casting out demons |
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| In order to experience to work of God in our lives today, believers must: |
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| When early believers defined the nature of Jesus, they wrote "He became flesh... and was made man." In which document was this written? |
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| What did Jesus try to emphasize about God? |
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| Jesus used the parables of the net cast into the sea, the sheep and the goats, and the wheat and the weeds to explain: |
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| Which country was the dominant military and political force of the second century? |
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| Who was the Roman emperor when Christ was born? |
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| In which part of the Roman Empire did Paul plant his first church? |
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| Which Roman emperor is known for his persecution of Christians? |
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| One of the reasons that Christianity was able to grow so much in the first century was because of: |
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| A culture that is said to have Hellenistic influence has been affected by the culture of: |
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| The influence of ancient Greek and Roman mythology is demonstrated in Acts 14:12 when Christian missionaries were |
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| Greeted as Zeus and Hermes |
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| During which festival in Jerusalem did Christ's spirit move in an unusual way? |
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| Both Jews and early Christians believed all except |
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| God demanded adherence to dietary law |
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| The Jerusalem Council was convened to: |
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| reach a consensus about how Mosaic rules should be applied to Gentile converts |
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| Acts of the Apostles is primarily concerned with the ministry of |
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| Which Old Testament prophet did Peter use in his sober message at Pentecost? |
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| Which is not one of the results of the conversions at Pentecost found in Acts 2:42-47 |
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| stressing the need for a house of prayer. |
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| Another name for Pentecost is |
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| How often were people saved? |
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| In Acts 5:19 who released the apostles when they were imprisoned? |
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| Who was the first martyr? |
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| Whose sermon recorded in Acts 7 summed up the key elements of apostolic instruction in the early church? |
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| Which is the clearest indication of the progress of gospel? |
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| Where was the gospel of salvation through Jesus first preached? |
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| Chapters 8-12 of Acts begin a focus on |
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| The impact on individual lives |
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| Why is Philip the evangelist a significant figure in Acts? |
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| He was the first to take the gospel outside Jerusalem. |
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| In Acts 8-12 what two individuals did not respond favorably to the gospel? |
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| Those who pretended to repent and became involved in the church in order to gain personally are like the New Testament character |
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| What did Herod do to the guards who were on duty when Peter was released from jail? |
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| Who was used as an object lesson to teach that God does not show favorites? |
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| Peter gave orders to new converts to |
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| To what place did Paul escape after his conversion when a plot was devised to kill him? |
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| In what city was Paul born? |
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| The Antioch church was important because it |
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| became the primary missionary church of early Christianity |
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| Who did the Antiochian church send with Paul on the first missionary journey? |
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| Who joined Paul and Silas at Lystra on the second missionary journey? |
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| How long did the second missionary journey last? |
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| Where did Paul have his longest known ministry? |
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| Paul was saved from scourging because of his |
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| What was the ultimate goal of Paul's enemies? |
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| Whose idea was it for Paul to be tried Caesar? |
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| On Malta Paul was spared from |
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| A viper fastened to his hand |
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| The Prison Letters include all except |
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| Which early church is a good model for a contemporary multiracial church? |
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| For which book is Paul's authorship most disputed by modern critical scholars? |
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| The issue of the law was addressed by Paul most in the books of |
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| In which passage does Paul emphasize Christ's oneness with God and yet his willingness to take on a human form? |
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| Christ's death "as a ransom for all" is called |
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| Substitutionary atonement |
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| Jewish leaders pressed for a Roman death for Jesus because |
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| They thoughts it would prove he was not the Messiah |
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| What is the highest virtue in Paul's ethics? |
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| On what event does the message of Christ stand? |
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| In which book does Paul repeatedly emphasize that Christians should perform good works? |
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| How many Epistles are generally assumed to be written by Paul? |
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| How are the Pauline Epistles arranged in the New Testament? |
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| Which book has had the greatest influence on world history? |
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| Which is the best example of contextualization? |
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| Paul editing his remarks to his reader's situation |
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| What is Paul's introductory statement in the Epistle to the Romans called? |
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| People of Paul's time believed that there was a God and their response was to worship |
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| Paul teaches that sinful people can ultimately be granted salvation only by |
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| What must a person do to share in the blessing of Abraham? |
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| share Abraham's faith in God |
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| Paul concludes his Epistle to the Romans with |
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| Who said that understanding of Romans was a key to understanding all Scripture? |
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| The church that was the confused was the church at |
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| Which early Christian was not a tent-maker by profession |
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| The most significant problem among Corinthian Christians was |
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| Whom did Paul send to deliver the letter to the Corinthian church? |
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| What happened to the church at Corinth as a result of Paul's first letter to them? |
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| Which was not characteristic of the theology of the people at Corinth? |
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| Christ should be at the center |
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| What did the Corinthian church openly question about Paul's message |
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| Paul wrote to the Galatians to challenge them to |
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| Agitators who tried to combine the gospel with Jewish practice |
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| What was Paul's belief about good works? |
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| Works are an expression of salvation |
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