Lesson #3

Christianity v. Humanism

 

Worksheet #1
Type: Text

Why Humanism is a Lie and Christianity is Truth
By: Brannon S. Howse

1.  If Christianity is true then humanism is:
 
 a) True
 
 b) False
 
 c) Partly true
2.  Despite hundreds of years of examination, investigation and attack, the Bible has been proven an absolutely truthful document that is:
 
 a) of a natural origin
 
 b) now accepted by all men
 
 c) of supernatural nature
3.  Time Magazine in 1995 writes about the discovery of two tiny silver scrolls found in a Jerusalem tomb that contained verses from the book of Numbers. The discovery made it clear that:
 
 a) The book of Numbers as we have it today is not consistent with verses found in the scroll
 
 b) Parts of the Old Testament were being copied long before some skeptics and critics thought it had even been written
 
 c) The Bible is filled with errors
4.  Men wrote the Bible as:
 
 a) They were led by their feelings
 
 b) They secretly met in a committee to piece together their stories
 
 c) A way to deceive people into following the Christian faith
 
 d) They were led by God
5.  The fulfillment of biblical prophecy is:
 
 a) An amazing example of pure luck
 
 b) Proof the Bible was written after the events occurred
 
 c) Evidence of the supernatural nature of God's Word
6.  The Bible foretold that the nation of Israel would:
 
 a) Host the Olympics
 
 b) Return to being a nation
 
 c) Return to using the Shekel as its form of money
 
 d) Be visited by thousands of tourists each year
 
 e) See the Jewish people return from the four corners of the earth
 
 f) Be great exporters of gold
 
 g) Have a desert that would be as a garden
 
 h) Once again have a great army
 
 i) Bring the Hebrew language back to that region of the world
 
 j) Develop the cure for a terrible disease
7.  There are more manuscripts to back up the New Testament than any other work of antiquity. The New Testament has an estimated:
 
 a) 500 manuscripts that back up its authenticity
 
 b) 1,000 manuscripts that back up its authenticity
 
 c) 15, 235 manuscripts that back up its authenticity
 
 d) 24,286 manuscripts that back up its authenticity
8.  The next work of antiquity that comes in second place to the New Testament based on the number of manuscripts is:
 
 a) Ceasar's Gallic Wars with ten manuscripts
 
 b) Plato with three manuscripts
 
 c) Homer's Iliad with six hundred and forty-three manuscripts
9.  When looking at works of antiquity, to verify the authenticity, experts apply three tests that include:
 
 a) The test of handwriting analysis
 
 b) The bibliographical test
 
 c) The autobiography test
 
 d) The internal test
 
 e) The literary test
 
 f) The external test
10.  Not one archeological discovery has:
 
 a) Confirmed the Bible's accuracy
 
 b) Ever proven anything about the Bible to be false
 
 c) Been conclusive enough to determine anything
11.  Scholars agree that Jesus Christ fulfilled:
 
 a) 101 prophecies that only the Messiah could fulfill
 
 b) 110 prophecies that only the Messiah could fulfill
 
 c) 109 prophecies that only the Messiah could fulfill
12.  The messianic prophesies that Jesus Christ fulfilled were written:
 
 a) At least 10 years after Jesus death
 
 b) At least 25 years after Jesus death
 
 c) At least 250 to 400 years prior to Jesus birth
 
 d) At least 25 years prior to the death of Jesus
13.  The biggest evidence for the truth claims of Jesus Christ is the sign of His resurrection which Jesus himself predicted in Matthew 12 and called the sign:
 
 a) Of the times
 
 b) Of Jonah
 
 c) Of signs
 
 d) Of all time
14.  Critics and skeptics have numerous theories they claim prove that Jesus Christ never rose from the dead. All four of these theories have been proven false and include:
 
 a) The wrong tomb theory
 
 b) The wrong body theory
 
 c) The stolen body theory
 
 d) The impersonation theory
 
 e) The swoon theory
 
 f) Hallucination theory
 
 g) The illusion theory
15.  Perhaps the two greatest pieces of evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ include:
 
 a) The over 500 eye-witnesses
 
 b) The fact we celebrate Easter
 
 c) The eye-witnesses that signed their testimony in blood by being killed instead of denying they saw the risen Savior
 
 d) The over 500 books that have been written about the resurrection
16.  Universal consent that God does exist is exhibited through:
 
 a) The number of protestant churches in the world
 
 b) The number of Bibles in the world
 
 c) The moral law that is written on the heart of every man
17.  God gave us the moral law according to Romans 3:19, 20 so:
 
 a) We could live by it and be saved
 
 b) It could serve as the school master to bring the knowledge of sin and the need for repentance
 
 c) God could use it to justify our condemnation
18.  The reason man is not to murder, cheat, steal, lie, commit adultery or commit any other sin is because:
 
 a) The Bible says we are not to
 
 b) Our parents told us not to
 
 c) Our pastor tells us not to
 
 d) Our grandparents told us not to
 
 e) It goes against the character and nature of God
19.  Romans 3:23 says:
 
 a) Everyone sins so don't worry about it
 
 b) There have been a few humans that have not sinned
 
 c) All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God
20.  The power of salvation through Jesus Christ can be seen through:
 
 a) Righteous living
 
 b) Large church attendance
 
 c) Big church buildings
 
 d) Workers of iniquity being transformed into followers of Jesus Christ
21.  What separates Jesus from all other religious world leaders is:
 
 a) He was and is the sinless savior
 
 b) He rose from the dead
 
 c) He fulfilled 109 specific messianic prophecies
 
 d) He was and is the true Messiah

 

Worksheet #2
Type: Audio

Why Christianity is Truth
By: Dr. Frank Harber

1.  In John 14, doubting Thomas asked Jesus how he can know:
 
 a) The way
 
 b) The weather
 
 c) The time of day
2.  Where in the Bible did Jesus say, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the father but through me"?
 
 a) John 6:14
 
 b) John 14:6
 
 c) John 1:1
3.  What separates Jesus from every other world religious leader?
 
 a) He was Jewish
 
 b) His name
 
 c) Jesus is alive and they are dead
4.  Jesus is not a story about a man that lived and died but:
 
 a) Died and lives
 
 b) A man that lived a good life
 
 c) A man that taught many important things before he died
5.  Today people don't choose a religion because it is true but because it:
 
 a) Works
 
 b) Is the one they like the best
 
 c) Is 100% trust worthy
6.  What do Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius and Joseph Smith all have in common that separates them from Jesus?
 
 a) They live
 
 b) They are all dead
 
 c) They could save themselves
7.  Jesus Christ made the claim to be the Savior of the world:
 
 a) But he could not prove it
 
 b) But he did not even try and prove it
 
 c) And he backed it up
8.  One of the convincing proofs for the miracles of Jesus was:
 
 a) That even His enemies confirmed his miracles
 
 b) That His disciples confirmed His miracles
 
 c) That His followers confirmed His miracles
9.  Not one first century eyewitness denied:
 
 a) Jesus was God
 
 b) Jesus could do miracles
 
 c) Jesus was the only way
10.  When the skeptics and critics met concerning the miracles of Jesus what were they discussing?
 
 a) How Jesus did His miracles
 
 b) Whether His miracles were staged
 
 c) How to stop Jesus from performing miracles
11.  Nicodemus, a ruler of the Pharisees, said no one can do the things Jesus did unless:
 
 a) He is from Satan
 
 b) He is from God
 
 c) He is a magician
12.  The skeptics of Jesus day did not deny His ability to do miracles but instead claimed He did them by the power of:
 
 a) God
 
 b) Illusion
 
 c) Satan
13.  The two most attacked miracles in the history of the Christian church are:
 
 a) Turing water into wine
 
 b) The resurrection
 
 c) The virgin birth
14.  We know the virgin birth is a miracle because:
 
 a) It is a biological impossibility
 
 b) It has only happen a few times
15.  The virgin birth was necessary in order:
 
 a) To make Mary someone to be worshipped
 
 b) To guarantee the sinless nature of Jesus
 
 c) To make Christianity more believable
16.  Jesus not only claimed to be the Savior of the world but He claimed:
 
 a) To be one of many saviors
 
 b) To be one of many ways to God
 
 c) To be the sinless Savior
17.  Mohammad in the Koran said:
 
 a) I can save myself and you
 
 b) I can save myself and you can save yourself
 
 c) I am in need of forgiveness
18.  Buddha said:
 
 a) I don't even know if there is a God and I am still searching for the truth
 
 b) I have found the truth
 
 c) Jesus is the truth
19.  Religious leaders are countless:
 
 a) And sinless saviors only come along every now and then
 
 b) But only a few were really able to save
 
 c) But there was only one sinless savior
20.  When speaking to the skeptic and critics of His day Jesus said:
 
 a) Which one of you has seen me sin more than twice
 
 b) Which one of you is less sinful than I
 
 c) Which one of you convicts me of sin
21.  Concerning the name of Jesus, the Bible says that there is no other name on heaven or earth by which man can be:
 
 a) Guaranteed wealth
 
 b) Guaranteed health
 
 c) Saved from his sins
22.  When the skeptics and critics asked Jesus for a sign that all He said was true, what did Jesus say?
 
 a) I will give you no sign
 
 b) I will give you many signs
 
 c) I will give you only one sign and that is the sign of Jonah
23.  Jesus said you will know that I am God by:
 
 a) My popularity
 
 b) My death, burial and resurrection
 
 c) My sincerity
24.  Why do we go to church on Sunday and not Saturday?
 
 a) Because Sunday is the first day of the week
 
 b) Because Sunday is the day we don't work
 
 c) To observe the day that Jesus was raised from the dead

 

Worksheet #3
Type: Test

Developing Your Worldview, Test #2

1.  If Christianity is true, then humanism is:
 
 a) True
 
 b) False
 
 c) Partly true
2.  When speaking to the skeptic and critics of His day, Jesus said:
 
 a) Which one of you has seen me sin more than twice
 
 b) Which one of you is less sinful than I
 
 c) Which one of you convicts me of sin
3.  What separates Jesus from all other religious world leaders is:
 
 a) He was and is the sinless savior
 
 b) He rose from the dead
 
 c) He fulfilled 109 specific Messianic prophecies
 
 d) He was and is the true Messiah
 
 e) He never offended the unsaved
 
 f) He said "God helps those that help themselves"
4.  Despite hundreds of years of examination, investigation and attack, the Bible has been proven an absolutely truthful document that is:
 
 a) Of a natural origin
 
 b) Now accepted by all men
 
 c) Of supernatural nature
5.  Concerning the name of Jesus, the Bible says there is no other name on heaven or earth by which man can be:
 
 a) Guaranteed wealth
 
 b) Guaranteed health
 
 c) Saved from his sins
6.  When asked by the skeptics of his day for a sign that would prove He was God, Jesus told them they would know he was God by:
 
 a) My popularity
 
 b) My death, burial and resurrection
 
 c) My sincerity
7.  The fulfillment of biblical prophecy is:
 
 a) An amazing example of pure luck
 
 b) Proof the Bible was written after the events occurred
 
 c) Evidence of the supernatural nature of God's Word
8.  The Bible foretold that the nation of Israel would:
 
 a) Host the Olympics
 
 b) Return to being a nation
 
 c) Return to using the Shekel as its form of money
 
 d) Be visited by thousands of tourists each year
 
 e) See the Jewish people return from the four corners of the earth
 
 f) Be great exporters of gold
 
 g) Have a desert that would be as a garden
 
 h) Once again have a great army
 
 i) Bring the Hebrew language back to that region of the world
 
 j) Develop the cure for a terrible disease
9.  Why do we go to church on Sunday and not Saturday?
 
 a) Because Sunday is the first day of the week
 
 b) Because Sunday is the day we don't work
 
 c) To observe the day that Jesus was raised from the dead
10.  There are more manuscripts to back up the New Testament than any other work of antiquity. The New Testament has an estimated:
 
 a) 500 manuscripts that back up its authenticity
 
 b) 1,000 manuscripts that back up its authenticity
 
 c) 15, 235 manuscripts that back up its authenticity
 
 d) 24,286 manuscripts that back up its authenticity
11.  The next work of antiquity that comes in second place to the New Testament, based on the number of manuscripts, is:
 
 a) Ceasar's Gallic Wars with ten manuscripts
 
 b) Plato with three manuscripts
 
 c) Homer's Iliad
12.  How many manuscripts exist of Homer's Illiad?
 
 a) 225
 
 b) 550
 
 c) 610
 
 d) 643
 
 e) 750
 
 f) 1,110
13.  When looking at works of antiquity, to verify the authenticity, experts apply three tests that include:
 
 a) The test of handwriting analysis
 
 b) The bibliographical test
 
 c) The autobiography test
 
 d) The internal test
 
 e) The literary test
 
 f) The external test
14.  Not one archeological discovery has:
 
 a) Confirmed the Bible's accuracy
 
 b) Ever proven anything about the Bible to be false
 
 c) Been conclusive enough to determine anything
15.  Scholars agree that Jesus Christ fulfilled:
 
 a) 101 prophecies that only the Messiah could fulfill
 
 b) 110 prophecies that only the Messiah could fulfill
 
 c) 109 prophecies that only the Messiah could fulfill
 
 d) 150 prophecies that only the Messiah could fulfill
16.  The Messianic prophecies that Jesus Christ fulfilled were written:
 
 a) At least 10 years after Jesus death
 
 b) At least 25 years after Jesus death
 
 c) At least 250 to 400 years prior to the birth of Jesus
 
 d) At least 25 years prior to the death of Jesus
 
 e) At least 125 years prior to the death of Jesus
17.  The greatest evidence for the truth claims of Jesus Christ is the sign of His resurrection which Jesus himself predicted in Matthew 12 and called the sign:
 
 a) Of the times
 
 b) Of Jonah
 
 c) Of signs
 
 d) Of all time
18.  Critics and skeptics have numerous theories they claim prove that Jesus Christ never rose from the dead. All four of these theories have been proven false and include:
 
 a) The wrong tomb theory
 
 b) The wrong body theory
 
 c) The stolen body theory
 
 d) The impersonation theory
 
 e) The swoon theory
 
 f) The hallucination theory
 
 g) The illusion theory
 
 h) The invisible body theory
 
 i) The identical twin brother theory
19.  Perhaps the two greatest pieces of evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ include:
 
 a) The over 500 eye-witnesses
 
 b) The fact we celebrate Easter
 
 c) The eye-witnesses that signed their testimony in blood by being killed instead of denying they saw the risen Savior
 
 d) The over 500 books that have been written about the resurrection
20.  Universal consent for the existence of God is exhibited through:
 
 a) The number of protestant churches in the world
 
 b) The number of Bibles in the world
 
 c) The moral law that is written on the heart of every man
 
 d) The world church
21.  God gave us the moral law, according to Romans 3:19, 20, so:
 
 a) We could live by it and be saved
 
 b) It could serve as the school master to bring the knowledge of sin and the need for repentance
 
 c) God could use it to justify our condemnation
22.  The ultimate reason man is not to murder, cheat, steal, lie, commit adultery or commit any other sin is because:
 
 a) The Bible says we are not to
 
 b) Our parents told us not to
 
 c) Our pastor tells us not to
 
 d) Our grandparents told us not to
 
 e) It goes against the character and nature of God
23.  We know the virgin birth is a miracle because:
 
 a) It is a biological impossibility
 
 b) It has only happened a few times
24.  Romans 3:23 says:
 
 a) Everyone sins so don't worry about it
 
 b) There have been a few humans that have not sinned
 
 c) All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God
25.  The power of salvation through Jesus Christ can be seen through:
 
 a) Righteous living
 
 b) Large church attendance
 
 c) Big church buildings
 
 d) Workers of iniquity being transformed into followers of Jesus Christ
26.  What separates Jesus from all other religious world leaders is:
 
 a) He was and is the sinless savior
 
 b) He rose from the dead
 
 c) He fulfilled 109 specific Messianic prophecies
 
 d) He was and is the true Messiah
27.  Where in the Bible did Jesus say, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the father but through me"?
 
 a) John 6:14
 
 b) John 14:6
 
 c) John 1:1
28.  What separates Jesus from every other world religious leader?
 
 a) He was Jewish
 
 b) His name
 
 c) Jesus is alive and they are dead
29.  Jesus is not a story about a man that lived and died but:
 
 a) Died and lives
 
 b) A man that lived a good life
 
 c) A man that taught many important things before he died
30.  Today, people don't choose a religion because it is true but because it:
 
 a) Works
 
 b) Is the one they like the best
 
 c) Is 100% trust worthy
31.  What do Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius and Joseph Smith all have in common that separates them from Jesus?
 
 a) They live
 
 b) They are all dead
 
 c) They could save themselves
32.  Buddha said:
 
 a) I don't even know if there is a God and I am still searching for the truth
 
 b) I have found the truth
 
 c) Jesus is the truth
33.  Jesus Christ made the claim to be the Savior of the world:
 
 a) But He could not prove it
 
 b) But He did not even try and prove it
 
 c) And He backed it up
34.  One of the convincing proofs for the miracles of Jesus was:
 
 a) That even His enemies confirmed his miracles
 
 b) That His disciples confirmed His miracles
 
 c) That His followers confirmed His miracles
35.  Not one first century eyewitness denied:
 
 a) Jesus was God
 
 b) Jesus could do miracles
 
 c) Jesus was the only way
36.  When the skeptics and critics met concerning the miracles of Jesus, what were they discussing?
 
 a) How Jesus did His miracles
 
 b) Whether His miracles were staged
 
 c) How to stop Jesus from performing miracles
37.  Nicodemus, a ruler of the Pharisees, said no one can do the things Jesus did unless:
 
 a) He is from Satan
 
 b) He is from God
 
 c) He is a magician
38.  Men wrote the Bible as:
 
 a) They were led by their feelings
 
 b) They secretly met in a committee to piece together their stories
 
 c) A way to deceive people into following the Christian faith
 
 d) They were led by God
39.  The skeptics of Jesus day did not deny His ability to do miracles but instead claimed He did them by the power of:
 
 a) God
 
 b) Illusion
 
 c) Satan
40.  The two most attacked miracles in the history of the Christian church are:
 
 a) Turning water into wine
 
 b) The resurrection
 
 c) The virgin birth
41.  The virgin birth was necessary in order:
 
 a) To make Mary someone to be worshipped
 
 b) To guarantee the sinless nature of Jesus
 
 c) To make Christianity more believable
42.  Jesus not only claimed to be the Savior of the world but He claimed:
 
 a) To be one of many saviors
 
 b) To be one of many ways to God
 
 c) To be the sinless Savior
43.  Mohammad, in the Koran, said:
 
 a) I can save myself
 
 b) I can save myself and you can save yourself
 
 c) I am in need of forgiveness
44.  Religious leaders are countless:
 
 a) And sinless saviors only come along every now and then
 
 b) But only a few were really able to save
 
 c) But there was only one sinless Savior