Top 40 or "Oh, Lordy!"
If I only could I would make a deal with God, and I would get him to swap our places.
Pop Song: Kate Bush - Running up that Hill (A Deal With God)
This man lived until the ripe age of 969, making him the oldest recorded person in the Bible.
Methuselah - Genesis 5:27
“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay.”
Ruth to Naomi - Ruth 1:16
Talk about a tough crowd: This disciple refused to believe that Christ was risen until he could inspect Christ’s wounded hands personally.
Thomas (Didymus) - John 20:24-29
When a mob of youths mocked the prophet Elisha for his lack of hair, the boys met a grizzly end as result of what?
Two female bears - 2 Kings 2:23-24
“Your voice is warm and tender, a love I cannot forsake.”
Pop Song: Celine Dion - The Power of Love.
This prophet challenged the prophets of Baal to a contest on Mount Carmel, in which God demonstrated His power and authority against false idols.
Elijah
“As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua to Israel - Joshua 24:15
Before Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson began laying smackdowns in the WWE, this disciple received the same moniker from Jesus.
Simon-Peter - Matthew 16:18
To sabotage his Philistine enemies, this long-haired strongman tied 300 foxes together in pairs, fastened lit torches to their tails, and let them loose in the Philistine grain fields.
Samson - Judges 15:4-5
“Every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with weeping.”
Bible Verse - Psalm 6:6
King Solomon was more a lover than a fighter. He had 700 royal wives and 300 of these live-in lovers.
Concubines - 1 Kings 11:3
To Jesus: “What is truth?”
Pontius Pilate - John 18:38
Before following Jesus, this Gospel-writer (who was also known as Levi) was a publicanus, a tax collector for the Roman Empire.
Matthew - Matthew 9:9-13
This man must have thought his donkey was a pinata, because he kept hitting it with a stick. But instead of dropping candy, the animal began to yell at him with human words.
Balaam - Numbers 22
“Behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. Flowers appear upon the Earth, the time of singing has come.”
Bible Verse - Song of Solomon 2:11-12
Forgot something important? This story of a Jewish orphan who becomes royalty is the only book in the Bible that does not explicitly mention the name of God.
Esther
“Let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.”
Jesus - Luke 22:36
When Jesus asked how they might feed a great crowd of people, this disciple found a young lad who was carrying five loaves and two fish.
Andrew (Simon-Peter’s brother) John 6:8
A young man named Eutychus fell out of a third story window and died during a lengthy sermon by this apostle.
Paul - Acts 20:9-10
“I give you back my voice. From the womb my first cry; it was a joyful noise.”
Pop Song - U2 - Magnificent
The first five books of the Bible are also referred to as the _______. (Two acceptable Answers)
The Torah or Pentateuch
“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?”
The LORD to Jonah - Jonah 4:9
Oh no! We’re down to 11! This disciple was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot, as the new 12th disciple in Acts.
Matthias - Acts 1:23-26
Gross! David won the hand of King Saul’s daughter Michal by bringing back 200 of these gruesome battlefield trophies from the Philistines.
Their foreskins - 1 Samuel 18:25-27