Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Lay Academy -- The Bible in Context
March 29, 2009
9:30 a.m.
Philippians Chapters 3-4
“I Want to Know Christ”
Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".
Note: All quotations are from the NIV, except where noted
1. Paul warns his readers against -- :
a. heretics
b. pagans
c. demons
d. dogs
2. Paul writes that technically he is a -- :
a. Sadducee
b. Pharisee
c. Essene
d. Zealot
3. Paul hopes to “attain to” -- :
a. salvation
b. sanctification
c. beatification
d. resurrection
4. Paul uses the image of –:
a. a soldier
b. an athlete
c. a shepherd
d. a seaman
5. The god of the “enemies of Christ” is --:
a. Mithras
b. Apollo
c. Zoroaster
d. the stomach
6. Paul pleads with Euodia and Syntyche to -- :
a. agree with each other
b. give up heresy
c. tithe their earnings
d. be church wardens
7. What “transcends all understanding”?
a. the Mind of God
b. the Spirit of God
c. the Peace of God
d. the Love of God
8. In “the early days” the only church that supported Paul financially was --
a. Antioch
b. Philippi
c. Thessalonika
d. Jerusalem
9. Paul received gifts from Philippi delivered by :
a. Epaphras
b. Ephradoditus
c. Timothy
d. Tychichus
10. Paul sends greetings from the house of --:
a. Caesar
b. Lydia
c. Philemon
d. Epaphras