BIBL 104 Quiz 5,6,7,8

BIBL 104 Quiz 5 The Gospels

Covers the Learn material from Module 5: Week 5.

1. The book of Revelation was written by John on the island of
2. According to early church tradition, Mark was a close disciple of James, the brother of Jesus. So, he heard James tell and retell the stories about Jesus everywhere they went.
3. There is no purposeful arrangement to the letters as they are presented in the New Testament.
4. Rather than focusing on what was already written, the Gospel of John focuses on events, discourses, and miraculous signs not found in the other Gospels.
5. Mark’s writing is action packed, forceful, fresh, vivid, dramatic, realistic, graphic, simple, direct, swift, rough, brief, and to the point.
6. John uses this central “I am” declaration to affirm the deity of Christ. One of these “I Am” declarations is:
7. references more historical events in the Roman Empire during the life of Jesus than the other Gospels
8. John uses this central “I am” declaration to affirm the deity of Christ. One of these “I Am” declarations is:
9. Which of the following is not a parable of Jesus?
10. Because Matthew, Mark, and Luke have more stories in common with one another, these three Gospels are called the “_____________ Gospels.”
11. The book of Jude belongs to the section of the New Testament known as
12. The story of the early church begins with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost and focuses initially on the ministry of Peter.
13. According to the Gospel of John, Jesus’ mission to the Jews was highlighted by seven miraculous signs. One of these signs is
14. Jesus’ seven miraculous “signs” in the Gospel of John were intended to affirm Jesus’ message and confirm His claims.
15. The book of Acts ends with a final “update” as Paul awaits his trial before Caesar and the gospel message continues spreading as the church continues to grow.
16. John’s Gospel concludes by noting that while Jesus did many other things, no one could possibly write them all down. If anyone did, even the whole world could not contain all of the books that would have to be written.
17. The Acts of the Apostles covers the time from Pentecost to Paul’s imprisonment.
18. Matthew gives special attention to the rejection of Jesus by the Jewish leaders.
19. According to the Gospel of John, Jesus’ mission to the Jews was highlighted by seven miraculous signs. One of these signs is
20. John sees prophetic fulfillment in the fact that when they pierced Jesus’ side with a spear both blood and water came out at once.
21. John uses this central “I am” declaration to affirm the deity of Christ. One of these “I Am” declarations is:
22. In the Gospels, ___________ interprets the facts of Jesus’ life with an emphasis on His deity.
23. Which of the following is not a miracle that Jesus performed?
24. The book of Mark belongs to the section of the New Testament known as
25. According to our textbook, Mark’s theological purpose was to explain the most significant life in all of human history.
26. According to the Gospel of John, Jesus’ mission to the Jews was highlighted by seven miraculous signs. One of these signs is
27. John’s portrait of Christ is that of
28. During Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances He comforted Mary, convinced Thomas of His resurrection, and reassured Peter that he was forgiven for denying Him.
29. Luke’s Gospel is the most universal Gospel because the good news about Jesus is for the whole world, not for the Jews only.
30. The New Testament consists of twenty-seven books that were written in Koine Greek or common Greek.
31. Which of the following books is a Pauline Epistle?
32. The Gospel of __________ places an emphasis on the individual person.
33. The book of Hebrews belongs to the section of the New Testament known as
34. In order to speed up Jesus’ death so that it did not conflict with the Sabbath, the Jesus legs were broken at the request of the religious leaders.
35. The Gospel of Matthew provides some of Jesus’ most prominent sermons, parables, and miracles, plus a record of important messages such as the Sermon on the Mount, the parables of the kingdom, and the Olivet Discourse.
36. The New Testament Epistles are personal letters written to churches and individuals.
37. The book of Acts begins with the ascension of Christ and His commission to the apostles to take the gospel message from Jerusalem to the rest of the world.
38. Luke’s purpose is to give “an orderly sequence” of the events about Christ’s birth, life, and sacrificial death followed by His resurrection and ascension back to heaven.
39. Which of the following people wrote at least one letter that is included in the New Testament canon.
40. According to our textbook, the original audience for the Gospel of John seems to be Greek-speaking Jews who were living outside of Israel.
41. Matthew’s Gospel opens with the genealogy of Jesus traced all the way back through King David and concluding with Isaac who was the child of promise.
42. According to our textbook, the book of Revelation is written in apocalyptic symbolism and makes use of numbers, animals, and colors as graphic symbols of prophetic realties.
43. The Gospel of _____________ is the only Gospel to mention that Jesus was a carpenter during His early adulthood.
44. According to the Gospel of John, Jesus’ mission to the Jews was highlighted by seven miraculous signs. One of these signs is
45. John uses this central “I am” declaration to affirm the deity of Christ. One of these “I Am” declarations is:
46. The typical letters of the Greco-Roman period included an address, a greeting, a body, and a conclusion.
47. In the Gospels, _________, the travel companion of Paul and Peter, writes for the Roman mind.
48. Which of the following books is a General Epistle?
49. In John 3 Jesus met _______________, a Jewish ruler in Jerusalem, to whom He explains what it means to be “born again.”
50. Matthew originally crafted this Gospel for a group of Christians who needed to become more familiar with the Old Testament.

BIBL 104 Quiz 6 New Testament History

Covers the Learn material from Module 6: Week 6.

1. As the good news spread to Syrian Antioch and many believed, Jewish leaders had ________ killed and had Peter thrown in jail.
2. According to our textbook, the birth of the church to place in ______________ at Pentecost.
3. What member of the Jewish Sanhedrin was converted to Christ on the road to Damascus.
4. According to our textbook, there are five key ideas in the book of Acts. _____________ is one of these ideas.
5. While ministering ______________ during his first missionary journey, a Jewish magician was struck blind and a Roman proconsul was converted.
6. The book of Acts is the second volume written by Luke.
7. In the Old Testament, God’s glory dwelt in a tabernacle and in the temple, but in the New Testament God’s Spirit lives in the lives of believers.
8. Paul begins his third missionary journey from
9. A serious disagreement arose at Antioch as to whether the new Gentile converts
10. During his two years at Caesarea, Paul presented his case before
11. The Jerusalem Council happened between Paul’s second and third missionary journey.
12. Church leadership in Acts consisted of deacons but not elders.
13. On his third missionary journey, Paul establishes churches in ___________ where he also writes 1 & 2 Corinthians.
14. While at Perga on his first missionary journey, _____________ left and returned to Jerusalem while Paul and Barnabas went on.
15. At the ___________________ it was determined that Gentiles were not required to be circumcised and that both Jews and Gentiles were saved by grace through faith alone.
16. The convert Saul would eventually exchange his Jewish name for the Greco-Roman name ___________, as he expanded his ministry to the Gentiles.
17. What deacon was responsible for taking the Gospel to Samaria?
18. The book of Acts includes twenty-three ___________ which make up one-third of the book.
19. The Holy Spirit was poured out on the believers at
20. The church never added a twelfth disciple to take Judas place. They simply carried on without him.
21. The birth and growth of the church in Acts reveals God’s plan to take the gospel to the world as an extension of the Jewish messianic hope from its beginning in Jewish Jerusalem to the heart of the Gentile world in Rome.
22. According to our textbook, there are five key ideas in the book of Acts. _____________ is one of these ideas.
23. According to our textbook, there are five key ideas in the book of Acts. _____________ is one of these ideas.
24. Who did Paul raise from the dead.
25. Who did Paul take with him on his second missionary journey.

BIBL 104 Quiz 7 Paul’s Letters

Covers the Learn material from Module 7: Week 7.

1. 1 Thessalonians is filled with Old Testament quotations as Paul seeks to answer some of the questions currently troubling the believers at Thessalonica.
2. According to Paul in Romans, justification was provided by Christ’s substitutionary death on the cross as a satisfaction for man’s sin for all who come to Christ in faith.
3. In order to “not carry out the desire of the flesh,” Paul urges the Galatians to
4. Paul’s letter to the ___________ includes one of the most complete statements about the true nature of the person of Christ in the New Testament.
5. In First Corinthians, Paul encouraged these believers to examine their attitudes before partaking in this ordinance of the church.
6. In _______________, Paul cites an early Christian hymn in order to explain the preeminence of Christ.
7. In Romans Paul shows that the whole world is under sin and therefore guilty before God.
8. In Philemon, Paul pleads with Philemon to take Onesimus back and forgive him for both the crimes of stealing and running away because “you owe me over and above your very soul.”
9. In Ephesians, Paul uses the figure of a temple to describe the church as a spiritual building in which all the different elements are welded together into a collective unity.
10. In 2 Thessalonians Paul assures the believers that God will take vengeance on their persecutors and will be glorified over them at the end of the age.
11. The dominant theme of 2 Timothy is Timothy’s departure from the truth which Paul was seeking to correct.
12. In Ephesians, Paul asserts that, while believers are the church and the bride, Christ is the Bridegroom.
13. The Roman church consisted of both Jews and Gentiles, but the majority were Jews.
14. Paul’s letters to the Corinthians deal with the challenges of Christians living in a hostile culture.
15. Paul’s instructs the Corinthians that his perspective on the Gospel ministry includes the idea that knowing the fear of God moves the minister to persuade unsaved people to become Christians.
16. The Galatian Christians were being influenced by Judaizers who would have Gentile believers circumcised and live by the law.
17. According to the textbook, of all the cities where Paul ministered, perhaps the __________ had more evidence of Satanic activity and demonic oppression than any other place.
18. In order to “not carry out the desire of the flesh,” Paul urges the Galatians to
19. 2 Timothy was written by Paul to Timothy just before Paul’s martyrdom.
20. At the bottom of all the problems addressed in First Corinthians was a self-serving, indulgent attitude. This attitude stood in contrast to the death of Christ as a self-giving sacrifice for the sins of others.
21. Paul wrote _____________ to encourage his ministry assistant to live the gospel and flight to defend it.
22. According to Paul in 2 Timothy, since God is perfect and all knowing, when He breathed inspiration on the Scriptures, they were perfect.
23. In First Corinthians, the Corinthian believers boasted in their tolerance. Instead they should have dealt with this sin problem.
24. Paul wanted Timothy to see four generations of ministry duplication. The first
    generation was Paul who preached the gospel. The second generation was Timothy who received the gospel from Paul. The third generations were the people converted when Timothy preached. The fourth generation includes the “others” who were taught by faithful men from the third generation.
25. Paul uses the phrase “in Christ” 170 times in his writings to refer to church-age
    believers to whom the mystery of the God’s grace was already revealed.
26. In the letter of ___________, Paul emphasized that believers can experience true joy by living out the mind of Christ within the body of Christ.
27. was Philemon’s runaway slave from Colossae who encountered Paul in Rome.
28. According to the textbook, Timothy was probably converted to Christianity as a youth when Paul visited his home in Lystra on the first missionary journey with Barnabas.
29. In Philippians Paul argues that true joy and peace are not contingent on circumstances but rather in knowing that an all-powerful and all-loving God is in control.
30. In 1 Timothy Paul argues that pastors should get paid but should not be appointed until they have proven they are of godly character.
31. In Colossians, Paul said Christ fulfilled the law, thus keeping the obligations of the law is no longer necessary because Christ took “it away by nailing it to the cross.”
32. In Philemon, Paul makes himself personally responsible for the amount stolen by
    He tells Philemon to “Charge that to my account.”
33. a wealthy businessman who lived in Colossae, owned slaves, and the church met in his house.
34. According to the textbook, to keep him from exalting himself, God gave him a thorn in the flesh.
35. Paul reminds Titus that since people were saved “not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy” and justified by God’s grace, they should live a life of good works toward all men.
36. First Corinthians is a pastoral letter to a local church from a father addressing his
    spiritually erring children
37. In Philemon, Paul tells Philemon to receive back his runaway slave “on the basis of love.” Paul is suggesting Philemon not only forgive his crimes but also give Onesimus his freedom.
38. Paul reminds the Colossians to focus on their heavenly standing because “you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on what is above.”
39. Paul’s hope in Philippians was to offer practical encouragements to his friends at
    Philippi so they would not be tempted to doubt God’s faithfulness even in dire circumstances.
40. Some scholars believe that the absence of personal greetings in Ephesians suggests that neither did Paul found the church in Ephesus nor did he know anyone in the church.
41. According to the textbook, Paul asserts in 1 Thessalonians that because of the promise of the rapture, believers will not suffer the wrath of the Day of the Lord.
42. In Ephesian, Paul pictures believers as being “in Christ.” This is a special relationship with God because they are perfect in Christ.
43. Paul argues in Galatians that the law requires perfect obedience, and since no one is perfect, all are condemned by the law. Only faith in Christ’s finished work can save anyone.
44. The church in Rome probably consisted of at least five household churches rather than one large church.
45. In Romans Paul shows that all are accountable and no one can be justified by his own good works, with or without the law.
46. In Philippians, Paul asserts that he is pursing Christ as passionately as a runner would pursue the goal and prize of winning a race.
47. The task that Paul gives Titus is to appoint elders and reprove the rebellious.
48. Paul and Epaphras visited Colossae and founded the church in Colossae after ministering in Ephesus.
49. Paul tells Timothy in 2 Timothy to “preach the word.” It’s not Timothy’s opinion that he is to preach; it’s what God commands.
50. In First Corinthians Paul address three moral issues in the church. One of these is the issue of

BIBL 104 Quiz 8 The General Letters, Revelation, and The Epilogue

Covers the Learn material from Module 8: Week 8.

1. The book of Revelation is addressed to the seven churches in Africa.
2. The author of Hebrews explains what it means for Jesus to be the Mediator of a better covenant.
3. James warns believers about
4. James gives five pictures to describe the dangers of the tongue.
5. In 1 his first letter, Peter argues that believers have been redeemed from an empty way of life and are transformed by the precious blood of Christ.
6. Jesus was not of the Levitical priesthood descended from the Levites but is God’s Son, and “a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek”
7. The author of Hebrews list several personal examples of faith. From this list select the one Biblical character that is not mentioned by the author of Hebrews in Hebrews 11:1-40.
8. While we do not know who wrote Hebrews we are confident the letter was addressed to believers in Asia Minor.
9. In 1 John, John remind his audience what they already know, namely that they have a relationship with God.
10. was one of the three people in the inner circle of our Lord’s disciples
11. According to 2 Peter, the Lord will return like a thief, unexpectedly, and will catch the unbelieving world unprepared even as He did when he swept Pharaoh’s army away.
12. Jude describes false teachers as
13. The traditional view of the Christian church has long held that John the apostle was the author of the Revelation as well as the Gospel and epistles that bear his name.
14. According to 1 Peter, Christ is the
15. ___________ was the political church
16. In 1 Peter believers are identified as
17. In 3 John, John commends “the elect lady and her children for their faithfulness in lovingly helping fellow Christians and strangers.
18. In 1 John, John remind his audience what they already know, specifically that God hears and grants their prayer requests.
19. One reason that Paul may have authored Hebrews is that both Hebrews and Colossians mention the preexistence and creatorship of Jesus.
20. _____________ was the powerless church
21. In the seven trumpets of judgment the sun is darkened through air pollution.
22. The author of Hebrews list several personal examples of faith. From this list select the one Biblical character that is not mentioned by the author of Hebrews in Hebrews 11:1-40.
23. The author of Hebrews had a thorough knowledge of the Old Testament.
24. In 2 Peter false teachers are characterized as bullish, sensational, and greedy.
25. The book of Hebrews contains 5 warnings. One of these warnings is
26. In the seven seal judgments the pale horse stands for death
27. Which of the following is not one of the seven churches addressed in the book of Revelation
28. ______________ was the putrid church.
29. The book of Hebrews contains 5 warnings. One of these warnings is
30. In 1 John, John remind his audience what they already know, specifically that sin is not characteristic of someone in fellowship with God.
31. According to the textbook, the author of 2 John is most likely not the same author as 1 John.
32. Hebrews can be divided into three sections. The first two sections are a theological declaration followed by a Biblical explanation. The third section is devoted to
33. In light of the examples of faith presented by the author of Hebrews, he encourages his readers to fix their eyes on Jesus and
34. In 1 Peter believers are identified as
35. In the seven trumpets of judgment the rivers are polluted by decomposing flesh.
36. Eventually in the book of Revelation the seven-sealed scroll is open by the Lamb while the elders and angelic creatures fall down in worship, proclaiming, “You are worthy.”
37. James uses two Old Testament illustrations to show the works of people who were saved by faith. One of these is
38. According to Peter in 1 Peter, the new birth assures the believer of an inheritance that is imperishable, kept in heaven, and “guarded by God’s power.”
39. ____________ was the persecuted church.
40. James reminds his readers that such trials are inevitable experiences that test our commitment to Christ.
41. Which of the following is not something John claimed about love in 1 John?
42. According to the textbook, the end of Revelation spells out twelve new things in the eternal state.
43. In the seven trumpets of judgment a rain of fire burns the vegetation.
44. According to Peter in 1 Peter a believer’s present sufferings are akin to being refined by fire.
45. James pictures the tongue as
46. The author of Hebrews list several personal examples of faith. From this list select the one Biblical character that is not mentioned by the author of Hebrews in Hebrews 11:1-40.
47. In light of what Jesus has done, the author encourages his audience to:
48. The book of Hebrews contains 5 warnings. One of these warnings is
49. According to 1Peter, believers should submit to every Christian institution in order to silence the unfounded criticism of unbelievers.
50. According to the textbook, the book of Revelation ends with a dramatic postscript which describes the millennium in which Satan is bound in the abyss and Christ and His saints rule the world with a “rod of iron.”