May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah ...
... You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalm 83:18
Lot's wife looked back longingly toward Sodom, and became a pillar of this mineral
Salt
(Genesis 19:26)
Paul suggests that this biblical figure was not deceived
Who was Adam?
(1 Timothy 2:14)
One of the richest and wisest people ever to live.
Who was Solomon?
(1 Kings 3:12, 13)
Who is Dr. Theron Williams
What better place to start than the Beginning
What is Genesis?
In this Book of the Bible you will find this verse: "His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters."
What is Revelations 1:15?
A true friend shows love at all times ...
... and is a brother who is born for times of distress
Proverbs 17:17
Why were Adam and Eve expelled from Eden
They disobeyed Jehovah by eating of the forbidden fruit.
(Gen 3:6)
I was called the "beloved physician"
Who is Luke?
(Colossians 4:14)
My name means "dove"
Jehovah gave me a lesson in mercy
I had an encounter with a fish
Who was Jonah?
(IT 98)
I am full of music and songs
What are Psalms?
a song about a king who fell in love with a simple country girl but she loved a shepherd boy - so the king lost out
What is Song of Solomon?
[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ...
Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:7,8
Jehovah gave this as a sign he would never again destroy the earth by a flood.
The Rainbow (or Rainbow Covenant)
(Genesis 9:13)
Pilate set him free in place of Jesus
Who was Barabbas?
(Matthew 27:26)
In 1987, Dr. Rebecca Cann and her team of geneticists, discovered the mitochondria DNA of this biblical person in Southern Africa 100,000+ years ago confirming the African lineage of the mother of humanity.
Who is Eve
I offer wisdom and discipline
What are Proverbs?
Integrity under trial
What is the book of Job?
Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and ...
... do not rely on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
The last days end with this global event
What is Armaggedon
I ate locusts and wild honey
Who was John the Baptist?
(Matthew 3:4)
I said, "Look! Jehovah's slave girl"
Who is Mary?
(Luke 1:38)
This continent has more Hebrew descendants than any other place in the world.
What is Africa
The number of books of the bible
What is 66
The book after Psalms
What is Proverbs
Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And ...
... he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.
Revelation 21:3,4
The number of stones David put in his pouch when confronting Goliath?
What is 5?
(1 Samuel 17:40)
I was not a prophet nor the son of a prophet; but I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore fig trees.
Who was Amos?
(Amos 7:14)
I warned people to turn away from bad but they did not listen until the day of the deluge - but then it was too late
Who was Noah?
(Luke 17:27; 2 Peter 2:5)
The last book of the Hebrew scriptures (some call them the "Old Testament"
What is Malachi?
Faith without works is dead
James
(specifically 2:17)
And no resident will say: “I am sick.” The ...
... people dwelling in the land will be pardoned for their error.
Isaiah 33:24
Jesus saw me under the fig tree
Who is Nathaniel?
(John 1:48)
I liked smooth stones, and was really good at slinging them.
Although I made some major mistakes and suffered for them, I am known primarily as a righteous man, agreeable to Jehovah's heart.
Who was David?
(IT 585)
This famous scholar said this: the Negro is born with a veil and gifted with second-sight in this American world,- a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this is the sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness, - an American, a Negro two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength keeps it from being torn asunder
Who is W.E.B. DuBoise
Known for saying "order in the court"
What are Judges?
Everything is vanity and a chasing after the wind
What is Ecclesiastes?
The meek will possess the earth, and ...
... they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.
Psalm 37:11?
Why did Jephthah weep when he saw his daughter?
Jephthah vowed to give the first person to greet him to Jehovah
(Judges 11:30-35)
My name means "Gift of Jehovah"
I was known as Levi
I use to be a tax collector, but then I was chosen by Jesus.
Who is Matthew?
(IT 352)
My wife was a nag. And a really bad hair stylist.
Who was Samson?
(Judges 16:16-19)
In the recent PBS Series, The Black Church, it was said that the Martin Luther King Jr was so influenced by this African American Theologian that he carried around his book, 'Jesus and the Disinherited."
Who is Howard Thurman
These are the Synoptic Gospels
What are Matthew, Mark, and Luke?
Expresses grief at the siege, capture, and destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar
Full of regret and sorrow
What is Lamentations?
All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial ...
... for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness.
2 Timothy 3:16
The 5 world powers foretold by Daniel
(hint, Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Iron/clay)
Gold: Babylon
Silver: Medo Persia
Copper: Greece
Iron: Rome
Iron/clay: Anglo-America
Beautiful and Bold
Who is Esther?
(IT 761)
I was Jacob's second wife.
Joseph and Benjamin's mother.
Who was Rachel?
(IT 726)
In the recent PBS Special the Black Church, it was mentioned that this woman was the first authorized female preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1817.
Who is Jarena Lee
Book of the Law
What is Leviticus?
My name means "Jehovah is God"
Who is Joel?
Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations...
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit.
Matthew 28:19
After Korah rebelled, Jehovah made Aaron's rod blossom with flowers, buds, and ripe ___
almonds.
(Numbers 17:8)
I said: “Here I am! Send me!”
Who was Isaiah?
(Isaiah 6:8)
I was a faithful daughter-in-law.
I married Boaz, and became an ancestress of Jesus.
Who is Ruth?
(IT 828)
In Numbers 12:1, Moses married this woman from the land of Cush.
Who is Zipporah
I am actually not a book, but a letter written from Greece, most probably from Corinth
What is Romans?
My name means "God strengthens", and I am also called "son of man" over 90 times
Who is Jeremiah?
Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and ...
his righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you
Matthew 6:33
On the last day of Belshazzar's life, Jehovah wrote these words on a wall
What are "MEʹNE, MEʹNE, TEʹKEL, and PARʹSIN."
(Daniel 5:22)
Peninnah made my life miserable.
When Eli saw me pouring out my heart to Jehovah, he first accused me of drunkenness.
Who was Hannah?
(1 Samuel 1:6, 13)
My mother's name was Mary and her home was used as a meeting place.
Paul refused to take me along on his second missionary tour.
While I don't admit to it, most people say I left my garment behind and got away naked
Who is Mark?
(IT 320)
This renowned former slave and American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman said, "One and God is a majority."
Who is Frederick Douglass
I declare: that God is not partial
What is Acts?
My name means "My Judge is God"
Who is Daniel?
Whoever does not love has not come to know God, because ...
...God is love.
1 John 4:8
How long did it take for Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem's walls
52 days
(IT 486)
I asked Jesus how many times are we to forgive our brother?
Who was Peter?
(Matthew 18:21)
This was the first black church in America.
What is the First African Church or the First African Baptist Church.
I declare Paul to be "an apostle, neither from men nor through a man, but through Jesus Christ and god the Father" and it was written in "large letters with Paul's own hands"...
What is Galatians?
My name means "Object of Hostility", yet I was known for my integrity.
Who is Job?
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that ...
... everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
The number of Israelite men to cross the Red Sea in 1513 bc
about 600,000 men on foot, besides children.
And a vast mixed company also went with them, as well as flocks and herds, a great number of livestock.
(Exodus 12:37, 38)
I was daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor.
My brother’s name was Laban.
I was married to Isaac
Who was Rebekah?
(IT 756)
I was sanctified as a prophet before my birth.
I foretold the desolation of Judah and Jerusalem by Babylon, and I lived through it.
Who was Jeremiah?
(IT 30.6)
She was an African-American educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. Her speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping," at the 1900 National Baptist Convention in Virginia, instantly won her fame and recognition.
Who is Nannie Helen Burroughs
The shortest book of the bible
3 John
We were remembered for our faithful work, loving labor and endurance and because we became imitators of the Lord
What is 1 of Thessalonians?
This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and ...
... the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
John 17:3
When called to Ninevah, Jonah instead ran to this city
What is Tarshish
(Jonah 1:3)
When the angel said I would have a son, I thought he was joking! I was WAY too old.
One year later I became mother to Isaac. I was 90 years old and my husband was 100.
Who was Sarah?
(Genesis 18:12; 21:5)
I gave someone a nice warm drink, and a cold stake.
In 1961, Gardner Taylor, Ralph Albernathy, Martin Luther King Sr., Martin Luther King Jr., Benjamin Mays and some other 30 delegates from across the country broke away from the National Baptist Convention to form a new Christian Movement that was progressive, forward thinking organization that undergirded the civil rights movement.
What is the Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC)
The Pentateuch
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?
WRITTEN in the Plains of MOAB
What is Deuteronomy?
And stop being molded by this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over, so that you may ...
prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2
On the last night of Jesus' life, Peter cut off this man's right ear.
Who is Malchus (a slave to the high priest)
(John 18:10)
My name means "rebel"
I was known as a mighty hunter in defiance of Jehovah
I built the tower of Babel
Who was Nimrod
(IT 503)
Jehovah made me eat a scroll. It was delicious.
Jehovah made my "forehead" hard like diamond.
Among other amazing visions, Jehovah showed me his celestial chariot.
Who was Ezekiel
(Ezekiel 1:4-28; 3:3, 9)
The term "Hebrew" first appeared in what Book and chapter
What is Genesis 14:13
Bible books that start with the letter "Z"
What are Zephaniah and Zechariah?
I am one of Jesus half brothers and I wrote this book
Who was Jude or James?
But become kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, freely forgiving one another ...
... just as God also by Christ freely forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32
Daily Double! (two part question)
On the day of Atonement, one goat is sent away "for Azazel"...
Q1: That goat prefigured ____ (who)
Q2: That goat became the source for this common english term:
Q1: Jesus
Q2: Scapegoat
(IT 225, 226)
Arabian traditions claim that one of my sons was also the progenitor of the Chinese peoples.
I am one of Noah's sons
Shem and I covered my father with a garment
Who was Japheth?
(IT 1255)
I was father to Methuselah
I walked with God
I did not see death
Who was Enoch?
(IT 729.2)
In what Book of the Bible does the term "Jew" first appear?
What is Ezra 4:23 or Esther 2:5.
List the 5 "Poetic Books"
What are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon (or Canticles)
(Study bible introduction: Question 19)
List the 8 "Sections" of bible books
(hint, the first is "Pentateuch")
Hebrew Scriptures
1: Pentateuch
2: Historical books
3: Poetic books
4: Prophetic books
Christian Greek Scriptures
5: The Four Gospels
6: Acts of Apostles
7: Letters
9: Revelation
(Study bible introduction, Question 19)