Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy -- The Bible in Context

April 26, 2009 (postponed from April 19, 2009)

9:30 a.m.

Titus

“Appoint Deacons in Every City”

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

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

1.       Paul had left Titus in -- :

a.       Ephesus

b.       Philippi

c.       Antioch

d.       Crete

 

2.       An elder must -- :

a.       be able to read Greek

b.       be elected by his congregation

c.       have been baptised

d.       have obedient children

 

3.       A bishop must not be -- :

a.       heretic

b.       drunk

c.       lecherous

d.       nationalistic

 

4.  Paul quotes from -- :

a.      Plato

b.      Aristophenes

c.       Epimenides

d.      Euripedes

 

 

 

5.  Young men should -- :

a.      love one another

b.      defend the weak

c.       evangelize

d.      control themselves

 

6.       Have nothing to do with “a man who is factious” after admonishing him – how many times?

a.       twice

b.       seven times

c.       seventy times

d.       seventy times seven times

 

 

7.       Apollos was -- :

a.       re-educated by Priscilla

b.       opposed by James

c.       arraigned before Gallio

d.       shipwrecked

          (Hint: see Acts 18:24-28)

 

8.  Paul has decided to spend the winter  in -- :

a.      Nicopolis

b.      Thessalonika

c.       Capri

d.      Jerusalem

 

9.       Zenus was a -- :

a.       missionary

b.       bishop

c.       priest

d.       lawyer

 

10. (Advanced)  According to tradition, Titus -- :

          a.       Expelled snakes from Malta

          b.       Fought with the Romans at the Siege of Jerusalem

          c.       Was martyred with Paul

          d.       Had a long life as Bishop of Crete