Scripture
"By _____ Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice."
faith
What image or symbol, that appears all throughout the Bible, represents the powers of chaos, death, and evil that threaten to drag creation back into nothingness?
Chaos dragon / sea dragon / chaotic waters / ocean waters
When does violence appear for the first time in the Bible? What story?
Cain and Abel
When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Holy Week, while everyone was cheering, what was Jesus doing?
Crying
“To adopt the posture of ________ in forwarding the Kingdom of God is ultimately a betrayal of Jesus and everything that he stood for and it is a misreading of the Bible as a whole.”
violence
"The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s ______ cries out to me from the ground."
blood
In the Bible Project video, how did Jesus decide to resist and confront the "chaos dragon?"
By surrendering his life and dying
In the podcast, they talk about a part of the book of Revelation where Jesus arrives before battle, covered in blood. Whose blood do they say it is?
Jesus's
In the Maccabean revolt, what does Judas’ nickname “Maccabeus” actually mean?
The Hammer
“For Christians, nonviolence is not merely a tactical behavior but a person’s way of being, the attitude of one who is so convinced of God’s love and power that they are not afraid to tackle evil with the weapons of ______ and _______ alone.”
love and truth
"Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the _____ for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together."
lamb
In one of the videos Pastor Trocmé is quoted in saying: “The duty of the Christians is to resist the violence that will be brought to bear on their consciences through the weapons of ____ ________.
The Spirit
What popular science fiction novel do they compare Jesus’s unexpected arrival to?
Ender's Game
In Jesus’s day, what plant signified the national aspirations and independence for the Jews?
Palm branch
“There is no peace along the way to safety. For peace must be ______. It is the great venture.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
dared