Inspired Weirdness
The Bible's most X-rated book.
What is the Song of Songs?
Being associated with nobility, priests, and royalty, this was the colour of the rare dye in the fabric fragment found in Timna and dating to ~1,000 BC.
What is purple?
Also known as the "Do No Harm" rule, this ethical standard comes in second place to the Golden Rule.
What is the Silver Rule?
The formal study of UFO sightings.
What is UFOlogy?
The Bible version of which Jonah Hanley has become absolutely obsessed and will probably have read at his wedding (Elizabeth willing).
What is the Hawaiian Pidgin Bible?
The fuel used to cook Ezekiel's bread.
What is animal poo?
(Ezek. 4:12-15)
The Jewish king and the prophet whose names appear on 8th-century BC seals found in an ancient Jerusalem dump site.
(100 points each)
Who are (1) King Hezekiah and (2) the Prophet Isaiah?
The two reasons mentioned for why the preaching of the cross of Jesus Christ would have been "a stumbling block" to the Jews.
(100 points each)
What are (1) executed Messiah means defeated Messiah, and (2) crucified Messiah means divinely cursed Messiah?
UFO and UAP are abbreviations for these terms.
(100 points each)
What are (1) unidentified flying object and (2) unidentified aerial phenomenon?
The English translation of the Latin phrase Ratio Christi.
What is "Reason of Christ"?
A future event prophetically dramatized by a group of 2,000 demon-possessed swine.
What is the final defeat/judgment of Satan and his demons?
(Matt. 8:28-34 | Mark 5:1-10 | Luke 8:26-39)
(see esp. Matt. 8:29; cf. Rev. 20:10)
While there are many creation models for understanding Genesis 1-11 in light of science (and/or vice versa), these are the three broad creationist positions in the debate on creation, evolution, and the age of the earth.
(100 points each)
What are (1) young-earth creationism, (2) old-earth creationism, and (3) evolutionary creationism?
Two ways in which the Christian gospel radically diverges from other worldviews' assessments of the human predicament and its solution.
(150 points each)
What are (1) a radically pessimistic view of humanity (i.e., sinful nature), and (2) a radically optimistic view of God's grace (i.e., salvation)?
Three main lines of scientific evidence against the existence of life on other planets.
(100 points each)
What are (1) the origins of life, (2) habitable planets, and (3) Fermi's Paradox?
The three lecturers at this year's Faith Seeking Understanding Symposium.
(100 points each)
Who are (1) Heather Steeves, (2) Robert MacDonald, and (3) Amy MacArthur?
The prophet whose prophecy the Psalmist refers to in the famous "down with the babies" Psalm.
Who is Isaiah?
(Ps. 137:7-9; Isa. 13:16)
While there are many things (e.g., frauds, false interpretations) which can skew or distort our understanding of archaeological data, these are the four main factors that increasingly limit our archaeological understanding of the past as it relates to the Bible.
(100 points each)
What are the number of (1) remains to be discovered, (2) ancient sites surveyed, (3) known sites meaningly excavated, and (4) biblically relevant data?
The four major points of uniqueness in Christianity which are suggestive of its truth.
(100 points each)
What are (1) the person/character of Jesus Christ), (2) the ethical standard of the Golden Rule, (3) the symbol of the cross, and (4) the message of the gospel?
The four categories of evidence for extraterrestrial life.
(100 points each)
What are (1) life on other planets, (2) UFO/UAP sightings, (3) alien abductions, and (4) alien artifacts?
The topic on which Danny Loe spoke when he guest-led one of our fall discussions.
What is the importance of cultural intelligence in evangelism?
The number of young men mauled by she-bears after making fun of Elisha for being follicularly challenged.
What is 42?
(2 Kings 2:24)
The 1st-century marble slab which might provide possible indirect evidence for Jesus' empty tomb.
What is the Nazareth Decree?
The four points of uniqueness in Jesus' character which together point to the truth of his identity.
(125 points each)
What are his (1) supreme moral character, (2) unsurpassed brilliance, (3) paradoxical leadership, and (4) exalted self-understanding?
Five observations which are common to the handful of well-attested yet unexplained UFO/UAP sightings.
(100 points each)
What are (1) no two sightings alike, (2) no radar detection, (3) no radio response, (4) no aerial fire response, and (5) no problems with Earth conditions?
The names of this year's Prof Talk interviewees.
(100 points each)
Who are (1) Daniel Goodwin, (2) Merrill Greene, (3) Mark Hanson, (4) Mark Lee, and (5) Alexander (Alexi) Chantziantoniou?