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Lesson #9
The Accuracy of Christianity |
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Worksheet #1 Type: Text The FAD of Christianity By: Bill Jack |
| 1. | What did Francis Scott Key write to his friend who was struggling with doubt about his faith: | |||
| a) | Don't worry, every one has doubts | |||
| b) | Doubts are good because it causes us to seek truth | |||
| c) | Men may argue against our faith, but what can they say in defense of their own | |||
| 2. | What does FAD stand for that Christians are to not give into: | |||
| a) | Fatalism And Death | |||
| b) | Fear And Defeat | |||
| c) | Fraud And Deception | |||
| 3. | Christians are called to be apologists which means they are to: | |||
| a) | Apologize for being Christians | |||
| b) | Be able to give a defense for the truth of Christianity | |||
| c) | Attack those who don't believe in Christianity | |||
| 4. | When an individual operates out of fear they: | |||
| a) | Feel overwhelmed | |||
| b) | Escape reality | |||
| c) | Accept defeat | |||
| d) | Run away | |||
| e) | Do what comes natural | |||
| f) | Accept the reality of the situation | |||
| 5. | Proverbs 1:7 tells us that one kind of fear will make us wise. What kind of fear is that? | |||
| a) | The fear of the Lord | |||
| b) | Fear of heights | |||
| c) | Fear of man | |||
| 6. | Matthew 10:28 tells us that: | |||
| a) | Fear the devil who can destroy your body | |||
| b) | Fear only God who can destroy your body & soul | |||
| c) | Fear both the devil and God because both can do you harm | |||
| 7. | Romans 8:38-39 tells us that we can eliminate our fears by: | |||
| a) | Fearing only God | |||
| b) | Fearing angels | |||
| c) | Fearing death | |||
| d) | Fearing things to come | |||
| 8. | Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather courage is: | |||
| a) | The understanding that everyone will eventually die so why worry | |||
| b) | Whatever happens will happen | |||
| c) | Fear of only that which you should fear | |||
| d) | Fear in its proper perspective | |||
| 9. | What did Oswald Chambers say about fear? | |||
| a) | Fear is part of life so get use to it | |||
| b) | Christians should fear nothing | |||
| c) | If you fear God, you will fear nothing else. If you do not fear God, you will fear everything else. | |||
| 10. | II Timothy 1:7 instructs us: | |||
| a) | God did not give us the spirit of fear but of love and discipline and a sound mind | |||
| b) | God wants us to judge no one at any time | |||
| c) | God wants us to fear man and not boldly share truth | |||
| d) | God understands when we are fearful of man and don't share Him with others | |||
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Worksheet #2 Type: Audio The Historical Accuracy of the New Testament By: Josh McDowell |
| 1. | I Peter 3:15 says that Christians should be ready always to: | |||
| a) | Run and hide when asked tough questions about our faith | |||
| b) | Give an answer for the hope that is in you | |||
| c) | Humiliate the skeptic and critic by proving them wrong | |||
| 2. | The bibliographical test poses questions about the manuscript to: | |||
| a) | See how old it is | |||
| b) | Reveal its accuracy | |||
| c) | Reveal internal inaccuracies | |||
| 3. | A manuscript is: | |||
| a) | The original | |||
| b) | The first copy of a document | |||
| c) | A handwritten copy over the original | |||
| 4. | There are: | |||
| a) | Just 2,000 New Testament manuscripts | |||
| b) | Over 24,600 New Testament manuscripts | |||
| c) | Just 10,000 New Testament manuscripts | |||
| 5. | Homer's Iliad is 2nd to the New Testament in the number of manuscripts with: | |||
| a) | 30,000 manuscript copies | |||
| b) | 643 manuscript copies | |||
| c) | 10,351 manuscript copies | |||
| 6. | When you look at all 24,600 plus manuscripts there is: | |||
| a) | Less than half a page where there is any question on the differences and none of these questions involve any major doctrines | |||
| b) | Less than two pages where there is any question on the differences and none of these questions involve any major doctrines | |||
| c) | Less than four pages where there is any question on the differences and none of these questions involve any major doctrines | |||
| 7. | We have New Testament manuscripts that are within: | |||
| a) | 1,000 years of the original | |||
| b) | 1,050 years of the original | |||
| c) | 100 years of the original | |||
| 8. | If every Bible or manuscript in the world were destroyed, we could re-create the entire Bible using the writings of the early church fathers, minus: | |||
| a) | 100 verses | |||
| b) | 19 verses | |||
| c) | 433 verses | |||
| 9. | A fact that reveals the accuracy of the New Testament is that the writers: | |||
| a) | Interviewed eyewitnesses | |||
| b) | Were eyewitness to that of which they wrote about | |||
| c) | Used hear-say to write the New Testament | |||
| 10. | How many days did the disciples spend walking and talking with Jesus after His resurrection from the tomb? | |||
| a) | 4 | |||
| b) | 14 | |||
| c) | 40 | |||
| 11. | To whom did the writers of the New Testament appeal to validate the New Testament's accuracy? | |||
| a) | The supporters of Jesus | |||
| b) | The critics and skeptics of Jesus because even they knew what was written in the New Testament was true because they witnessed it along with the New Testament writers | |||
| c) | Their friends and family | |||
| 12. | If Jesus had not been raised from the dead, the hardest place to grow Christianity would have been: | |||
| a) | Jerusalem | |||
| b) | Asia | |||
| c) | Egypt | |||
| 13. | People don't give their lives and die for: | |||
| a) | A lie | |||
| b) | A known lie | |||
| c) | The truth | |||
| 14. | If the resurrection was a lie the disciples: | |||
| a) | Would not have known it | |||
| b) | Fell for it | |||
| c) | Would have known it was a lie since they spent forty days walking and talking with Jesus after His crucifixion | |||
| 15. | The disciples signed their testimony supporting the resurrection of Jesus Christ: | |||
| a) | With their fingers crossed behind their back | |||
| b) | Knowing they were committing perjury | |||
| c) | With their blood as they were martyred | |||
| 16. | Josh McDowell said it is not what he can not understand and answer about the Bible that concerns him but: | |||
| a) | What he can understand and answer that concerns him | |||
| b) | What he thinks he should be able to understand and answer that concerns him | |||
| c) | What he thinks is not true and yet goes unchallenged that concerns him | |||
| 17. | Christians can not: | |||
| a) | Come to Jesus Christ through faith | |||
| b) | Reason to determine what is right and wrong | |||
| c) | Reason their way to God | |||
| 18. | Presenting evidence for the truth of Christianity is so we can: | |||
| a) | Prove the skeptic and critic is wrong and rub it in their face | |||
| b) | Get the attention of the skeptic, critic and unbeliever so they will further explore the claims of Christianity and come to Jesus Christ through faith | |||
| c) | Sound smart | |||
| 19. | Once we get people's attention focused on the truth of Christianity using apologetics it is: | |||
| a) | Our job to convict them of sin and lead them to repentance and salvation | |||
| b) | Our job to make sure they accept the truth of Christianity | |||
| c) | The Holy Spirit's job to bring them to repentance and salvation | |||
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Worksheet #3 Type: Test Developing Your Worldview, Test #8 |
| 1. | What did Francis Scott Key write to his friend who was struggling with doubt about his faith? | |||
| a) | Don't worry, every one has doubts | |||
| b) | Doubts are good because it causes us to seek truth | |||
| c) | Men may argue against our faith but what can they say in defense of their own | |||
| 2. | What does FAD stand for that Christians are to not give into? | |||
| a) | Fatalism And Death | |||
| b) | Fear And Defeat | |||
| c) | Fraud And Deception | |||
| 3. | Christians are called to be apologists; which means they are to: | |||
| a) | Apologize for being Christians | |||
| b) | Be able to give a defense for the truth of Christianity | |||
| c) | Attack those who don't believe in Christianity | |||
| 4. | When an individual operates out of fear they: | |||
| a) | Feel overwhelmed | |||
| b) | Escape reality | |||
| c) | Accept defeat | |||
| d) | Run away | |||
| e) | Do what comes natural | |||
| f) | Accept the reality of the situation | |||
| 5. | Proverbs 1:7 tells us that one kind of fear will make us wise; what kind of fear is that? | |||
| a) | The fear of the Lord | |||
| b) | Fear of heights | |||
| c) | Fear of man | |||
| 6. | I Peter 3:15 says that Christians should be ready always to: | |||
| a) | Run and hide when asked tough questions about our faith | |||
| b) | Give an answer for the hope that is in you. | |||
| c) | Humiliate the skeptic and critic by proving them wrong | |||
| 7. | The bibliographical test poses questions about the manuscript to: | |||
| a) | See how old it is | |||
| b) | Reveal its accuracy | |||
| c) | Reveal internal inaccuracies | |||
| 8. | A manuscript is: | |||
| a) | The original | |||
| b) | The first copy of a document | |||
| c) | A handwritten copy over the original | |||
| 9. | There are: | |||
| a) | Just 2,000 New Testament manuscripts | |||
| b) | Over 24,600 New Testament manuscripts | |||
| c) | Just 10,000 New Testament manuscripts | |||
| 10. | Homer's Iliad is 2nd to the New Testament in the number of manuscripts with: | |||
| a) | 30,000 manuscript copies | |||
| b) | 643 manuscript copies | |||
| c) | 10,351 manuscript copies | |||
| 11. | When you look at all 24,600 plus manuscripts there is: | |||
| a) | Less than half a page where there is any question on the differences and none of these questions involve any major doctrines | |||
| b) | Less than two pages where there is any question on the differences and none of these questions involve any major doctrines | |||
| c) | Less than four pages where there is any question on the differences and none of these questions involve any major doctrines | |||
| 12. | We have New Testament manuscripts that are within: | |||
| a) | 1,000 years of the original | |||
| b) | 1,050 years of the original | |||
| c) | 100 years of the original | |||
| 13. | If every Bible or manuscript in the world were destroyed, we could re-create the entire Bible, using the writings of the early church fathers, minus: | |||
| a) | 100 verses | |||
| b) | 19 verses | |||
| c) | 433 verses | |||
| 14. | A fact that reveals the accuracy of the New Testament is that the writers: | |||
| a) | Interviewed eyewitnesses | |||
| b) | Were eyewitness to that of which they wrote | |||
| c) | Used hear-say to write the New Testament | |||
| 15. | Christians can not: | |||
| a) | Come to Jesus Christ through faith | |||
| b) | Reason to determine what is right and wrong | |||
| c) | Reason their way to God | |||
| 16. | Presenting evidence for the truth of Christianity is so we can: | |||
| a) | Prove the skeptic and critic is wrong and rub it in their face | |||
| b) | Get the attention of the skeptic, critic and unbeliever so they will further explore the claims of Christianity and come to Jesus Christ through faith | |||
| c) | Sound smart | |||
| 17. | Once we get people's attention focused on the truth of Christianity, using apologetics, it is: | |||
| a) | Our job to convict them of sin and lead them to repentance and salvation | |||
| b) | Our job to make sure they accept the truth of Christianity | |||
| c) | The Holy Spirit's job to bring them to repentance and salvation | |||
| 18. | Matthew 10:28 tells us that: | |||
| a) | Fear the devil who can destroy your body | |||
| b) | Fear only God who can destroy your body & soul | |||
| c) | Fear both the devil and God because both can do you harm | |||
| 19. | Romans 8:38-39, tells us that we can eliminate our fears by: | |||
| a) | Fearing only God | |||
| b) | Fearing angels | |||
| c) | Fearing death | |||
| d) | Fearing things to come | |||
| 20. | How many days did the disciples spend walking and talking with Jesus after His resurrection from the tomb? | |||
| a) | 4 | |||
| b) | 14 | |||
| c) | 40 | |||
| 21. | To whom did the writers of the New Testament appeal to validate the New Testament's accuracy? | |||
| a) | The supporters of Jesus | |||
| b) | The critics and skeptics of Jesus because even they knew what was written in the New Testament was true because they witnessed it along with the New Testament writers | |||
| c) | Their friends and family | |||
| 22. | If Jesus had not been raised from the dead, the hardest place to grow Christianity would have been: | |||
| a) | Jerusalem | |||
| b) | Asia | |||
| c) | Egypt | |||
| 23. | People don't give their lives and die for: | |||
| a) | A lie | |||
| b) | A known lie | |||
| c) | The truth | |||
| 24. | If the resurrection was a lie the disciples: | |||
| a) | Would not have known it | |||
| b) | Fell for it | |||
| c) | Would have known it was a lie since they spent forty days walking and talking with Jesus after His crucifixion | |||
| 25. | The disciples signed their testimony supporting the resurrection of Jesus Christ: | |||
| a) | With their fingers crossed behind their back | |||
| b) | Knowing they were committing perjury | |||
| c) | With their blood as they were martyred | |||
| 26. | Josh McDowell said it is not what he can not understand and answer about the Bible that concerns him but: | |||
| a) | What he can understand and answer that concerns him | |||
| b) | What he thinks he should be able to understand and answer that concerns him | |||
| c) | What he thinks is not true and yet goes unchallenged that concerns him | |||
| 27. | Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather courage is: | |||
| a) | The understanding that everyone will eventually die so why worry | |||
| b) | Whatever happens will happen | |||
| c) | Fear of only that which you should fear | |||
| d) | Fear in its proper perspective | |||
| 28. | What did Oswald Chambers say about fear? | |||
| a) | Fear is part of life so get use to it | |||
| b) | Christians should fear nothing | |||
| c) | If you fear God, you will fear nothing else. If you do not fear God, you will fear everything else. | |||
| 29. | II Timothy 1:7 instructs us that: | |||
| a) | God did not give us the spirit of fear but of love and discipline and a sound mind | |||
| b) | God wants us to judge no one at any time | |||
| c) | God wants us to fear man and not boldly share truth | |||
| d) | God understands when we are fearful of man and don't share Him with others | |||