Book Basics & Beyond
The Bible is split into two halves. This second half tells the story of Jesus and the early church.
What is the New Testament?
Jesus’s earthly life started when Mary and Joseph traveled to this little town.
What is Bethlehem?
Jesus famously preached a giant message on a hillside known as the Sermon on the...
What is the Mount?
At a wedding celebration, they completely ran out of drinks, so Jesus turned water into this.
What is wine?
Saul’s life changed forever when Jesus spoke to him from a bright light on the road, causing Saul to temporarily lose this sense.
What is his sight (or vision)?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John make up this group of four books that document Jesus's time on Earth.
What are the Gospels?
When Jesus was 12 years old, his parents lost him on a trip. They finally found him doing this in the temple.
What is listening/teaching/talking to the teachers or priests of the temple?
In one of Jesus’s stories, a son runs away, blows all his money, and comes home to a giant welcome-back party. He is known as the "this" son.
What is the Prodigal Son?
Jesus fed a massive crowd of 5,000 people using just five loaves of bread and two of these.
What are fish?
Before he was the greatest church planter in history, Paul hunted down Christians and went by this name.
Who is Saul?
"Treat others the way you want to be treated" is a famous teaching of Jesus known by this shiny two-word name.
What is the Golden Rule?
Jesus was baptized in a river by this man (who was known for wearing scratchy clothes and eating bugs). Extra points for naming the river
Who is John the Baptist?
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Jesus told a story about a man who stopped to help a badly beaten traveler when no one else would. He is known as the Good...
What is Samaritan?
Jesus was taking a nap on a boat when his disciples woke him up in a panic. He stood up and told this to be quiet.
What is the storm (or the wind/waves)?
While traveling across the sea as a prisoner, Paul survived one of these terrifying disasters.
What is a shipwreck?
To help solve conflicts and encourage people, Paul sent lots of these to churches all over the world.
What are letters (or epistles)?
Immediately after his baptism, Jesus spent 40 days fasting and being tempted in this dry, lonely place.
What is the wilderness (or the desert)?
The short stories Jesus made up to teach spiritual lessons—like the Prodigal Son or the Good Samaritan—are called by this "P" word.
What are parables?
To get their paralyzed friend to Jesus in a super crowded house, four dedicated friends had to get him through this.
What is the roof?
Even when Paul was locked up in one of these awful places, he didn't give up; he just kept writing letters to encourage the church.
What is a prison (or jail)?
The very last book of the Bible is called Revelation. In it, John describes a vision of a new Earth and a new one of these.
What is Heaven?
When Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit came down from the sky looking like this gentle bird.
What is a dove?
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught about how to follow him, including how to act as his followers, and also taught a very famous prayer that starts with these two words.
What is "Our Father"? If you say the Lord's prayer, I'll take it.
Jesus wept before calling this friend’s name and raising him from the dead after he had been in a tomb for four days.
Who is Lazarus?
Paul wrote many of his famous letters to the churches while in this incredibly powerful capital city of the ancient world. This was also where he was decapitated.
What is Rome?