How to Read Your Bible
What are the two major parts of the Bible and what is the difference between the parts?
Old/New Testament
New Testament centers around Jesus
This is the name of the man God tests the faith of in the Old Testament
Job
What town was Jesus born in?
Bethlehem
Why was David an unlikely king?
He was the youngest son/shepherd
Define a genre and state 3 major genres in the Bible
A type of writing
History/Poetry/Parables/Gospels/Letters/Prophecy
Name 2 Old Testament Books and 2 New Testament
So many options
Christ was a marginalized person in his time. He was oppressed by ____ for being ______
Rome for being Israeli
Why did David lose favor with God?
Cheating with a woman/killing her husband
Marc once said that the Old Testament is a _____ story between God and Israel
Love
First book of the Bible
Genesis
A common theme throughout Jesus's life can be summed in this quote "The ____ shall be _____, and the _______ shall be ______."
First shall be last, and the last shall be first
Who was born from David's line?
Jesus
Name the theoretical model Methodists use to navigate theological truth
Wesleyan Quadrilateral
This parable about a shepherd tells of how God calls us to leave who we are comfortable with to show love to those who need it
99 Sheep
Jesus asked this disciple to walk on the water, who is he and why couldn't he?
Peter couldn't because he doubted
Who was king before David?
Saul
Name the 4 parts of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral
Bonus Point: circle the one Wesley thought was the biggest
-Scripture (Biggest)
-Reason
-Tradition
-Experience
All Play (each 100):
List as many Parables as possible in 30 seconds
Boy there are a lot
All Play:
30 seconds to name as many miracles as possible
Whole lot
What is one theme we learn from the life of David?
-God raises the lowest of us high
-To have mercy even on our enemies
-Even those who follow God sin and make mistakes
Others?