Lesson #9

The Accuracy of Christianity

 

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

 

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

 

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