Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy -- The Bible in Context

April 5, 2009 -- continued through 4/12/2009 and 4/19/2009

9:30 a.m.

I Timothy

“Some Will Renounce the Faith”

Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".

 Note:  All quotations are from the NRSV, except where noted

 

1.       Timothy should tell people not to study -- :

a.       theology

b.       genealogies

c.       agrapha

d.       music

 

2.       Paul writes that once he was a -- :

          a.       blasphemer

          b.       magician

          c.       pagan

          d.       rabbi

 

3.       Paul has been appointed a -- :

a.       herald

b.       apostle

c.       priest

d.       deacon

 

4.  Women should not wear -- :

a.      gold

b.      silver

c.       pearls

d.      pants

 

 

 

5.       Who should be married only once?

a.       bishops

b.       deacons

c.       teachers

d.       presbyters

 

 

6.       “Liars” will forbid -- :

a.       prophecy

b.       certain feasts

c.       marriage

d.       certain foods

 

7.       Timothy is -- :

a.       young

b.       old

c.       married

d.       single

 

8.       “Do not speak harshly”  to  --

a.       a young man

b.       an older man

c.       a young woman

d.       a child

 

9.       Christian slaves should -- :

a.       escape when possible

b.       buy their freedom

c.       pray to be released

d.       honor their masters

 

10.     Unusually, Paul mentions a non-Christian by name.  That is --:

a.       Caiaphas

b.       Marcus Aurelius

c.       Pontius Pilate

d.       Claudias Lysias