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Trumbull Quiz Meet Reminders!

1. Families are welcome to attend and watch the Quizzes. (But if you plan to stay for lunch, you should have ALREADY informed Jim!!!)
2. Every Quizzer is asked to bring a bottle of soda and a desert
3. Please also bring $5 for lunch (we're hoping to bring in Subways)
4. The Quiz Meet is on Luke 1-21, and will focus on Luke 17-21
5. Things will probably end about 1 PM, but please plan to stay after to help us clean up!

WEEK 26: Study Luke 21

This week (February 26 thru March 4), please study Luke 21.

If you want to read the chapter online, click here. (Free website Biblegateway.Com)

DOWNLOAD: Click here to download the MP3 for Luke 21. (Password is "quizpad" without the quotes.)

If you'd like to read a commentary on the chapter, click here. (Free website, Biblegateway.Com)

Study Tip: Are you making use of all of the tools available to you as a quizzer? We know everyone has a Bible. Are you also downloading the MP3s each week? Are you reading thru the commentary? Are you completing the puzzles? And most of all, are you getting your friends and families involved with your studying regimen? If you're not using everything at your disposal, you're probably not getting the best results.

Upcoming Events:
Saturday, February 28: Quiz Meet - Trumbull, CT (Remember, we need you at the church by 8:15 AM on Saturday to help with setup!)

Watch out!

Are Christian filmmakers changing Hollywood?

It is unlikely you missed the impact of the movie Fireproof, along with such Christian-themed movies such as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Passion of the Christ. Now, Hollywood itself is taking note of Christian filmmakers and their influence on the culture.

Instead of just complaining about sex and violence, Phillips says, Christians must make films that reflect their own values. He says he started the film festival five years ago when he realized that Christians were losing the hearts and minds of the young.

"What is the single biggest influence on our families?" he asks. "I wish I could tell you the biggest single influence were churches, but that regretfully is not the case. The truth of the matter is, it is the media the people take in which are shaping and forming ideas."

Copying the Bible By Hand

For thousands of years, scripture was copied not by printing press or by inkjet, but by hand as rabbis, scribes, and monks painstakingly transcribed the Bible from papyrus to parchment to vellum by hand. It was a meticulously detailed process as workers looked to exactly duplicate old copies before they wore out. Now, Bible Across America tour is looking to bring that experience to the average American Christian.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version of the Bible, the publishing house Zondervan is inviting people across the U.S. to copy a verse in their own hand.

"What better way than to let everyone participate?" said Moe Girkins, chief executive of Zondervan, the North American publisher of the NIV Bible, as it's commonly known. "Anywhere people love the Bible, we want to go."

The six-month Bible Across America tour is visiting 90 cities and will include contributions from all 50 states.

Not many people can say that they have studied a single book of the Bible, and fewer still can say they have read the Bible from cover to cover. How many can claim to have hand-copied scripture?

Reference Questions for Luke 20

Remember, the full list of Reference Questions can always be found in the sidebar or at this link.

Question: According to Luke 20:1, he was teaching where?
Answer: One day he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel

Question: According to Luke 20:17-18, what is written?
Answer: Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone '? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."

Question: According to Luke 20:25, give to whom?
Answer: He said to them, "Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."

Question: According to Luke 20:27, who came to Jesus?
Answer: Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.

Finish the Verse Questions for Luke 20

Remember, the full list of FTV's can always be found at this link.

Question: FTV: But in the account...
Answer: ...of the bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive." (Luke 20:37-38)

When a picture WON't last longer...

WEEK 25: Study Luke 20

This week (February 19 thru February 25), please study Luke 20.

If you want to read the chapter online, click here. (Free website Biblegateway.Com)

DOWNLOAD: Click here to download the MP3 for Luke 20. (Password is "quizpad" without the quotes.)

If you'd like to read a commentary on the chapter, click here. (Free website, Biblegateway.Com)

Study Tip: Did you know that when you sleep, your mind continues to work on whatever you were thinking about last before you fell asleep? If you are working through an especially difficult passage of scripture, sometimes it can be helpful to study it and work with it right before bed. Then your subconscious can work on it as you sleep (warning, you may dream about quizzing!) and when you wake up, you may find the passage more deeply ingrained into your mind.

Upcoming Events:
Saturday, February 28: Quiz Meet - Trumbull, CT

Quiz Team cancelled because of weather

Tonight's Quiz Team practice is canceled due to the weather. We'll see you next week.

Great Art from Luke 19

The Conversion of Zacchaeus


Entry Into Jerusalem

MP3 for Luke 19

We're a bit later than usual, but the audio for Luke 19 has arrived. You can download it here. As always, the password is "quizpad" (without the quotes). Enjoy!

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Reference Questions for Luke 19

Remember, the full list of Reference Questions can always be found in the sidebar or at this link.

Question: According to Luke 19:5, I must what?
Answer: I must stay at your house today. (your/Zacchaeus)

Question: According to Luke 19:10, the Son of Man did what?
Answer: The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

Question: According to Luke 19:26, I tell you what?
Answer: I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

Question: According to Luke 19:38, blessed is whom?
Answer: "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!"

Question: According to Luke 19:40, I tell you what?
Answer: "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."

Question: According to Luke 19:46, what is written?
Answer: "It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be a house of prayer' ; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

Question: According to Luke 19:47, he was teaching where?
Answer: Every day he was teaching at the temple.

Finish the Verse Questions for Luke 19

Remember, the full list of FTV's can always be found at this link.

Question: FTV: For the Son of Man came...
Answer: ...to seek and to save what was lost. (Luke 19:10)

Question: FTV: When he came near...
Answer: ...the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" (Luke 19:37-38)

Question: FTV: Some of the Pharisees...
Answer: ...in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." (Luke 19:39-40)

Question: FTV: It is written, he said...
Answer: ...to them, "'My house will be a house of prayer; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'" (Luke 19:46)


Question: FTV: Every day he was teaching...
Answer: ...at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. (Luke 19:47-48)

Hot enough for you?

WEEK 24: Study Luke 19

This week (February 12 thru February 18), please study Luke 19.

If you want to read the chapter online, click here. (Free website Biblegateway.Com)

DOWNLOAD: No MP3 download for now. We'll get it to you as soon as we have it. In the meantime, listen to the chapter here.

If you'd like to read a commentary on the chapter, click here. (Free website, Biblegateway.Com)

Study Tip: Tired of reading about complex tricks to improve your studying? Okay, let's keep it simple. How often are you reading the chapter for each week? If you answered LESS than "twice a day", then YOU ARE NOT doing the minimum. Every quizzer should be reading the week's chapter AT LEAST twice a day EVERY DAY. This simple commitment can change you from a useless quizzer to one who makes the difference between a win and loss for your team.

Upcoming Events:
Saturday, February 28: Quiz Meet - Trumbull, CT

A time and a place for everything

Quiz Meet is coming to Trumbull

Most months, we travel to the quiz meets in Essex Fells or Montgomery. This gives us a chance to get away and focus on quizzing. But sometimes, it is nice to enjoy a home-field advantage! On Saturday, February 28, the quiz meet will be in Trumbull! Families are welcome to watch and cheer.

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Reference Questions for Luke 18

Remember, the full list of Reference Questions can always be found in the sidebar or at this link.

Question: According to Luke 18:14, I tell you what?
Answer: I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Question: According to Luke 18:15, people were what?
Answer: People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them.

Question: According to Luke 18:17, I tell you what truth?
Answer: I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.

Question: According to Luke 18:19, what is good?
Answer: "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.

Question: According to Luke 18:29-30, I tell you what truth?
Answer: "I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life."

Question: According to Luke 18:32, he will be what?
Answer: He (he/the Son of Man) will be handed over to the Gentiles.

Question: According to Luke 18:42, your faith has what?
Answer: Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you."

Question: According to Luke 18:43, immediately what?
Answer: Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. (he/ a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging)

Finish the Verse Questions for Luke 18

Remember, the full list of FTV's can always be found at this link.

Question: FTV: Then Jesus told his disciples...
Answer: ...a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. (Luke 18:01)

Question: FTV: People were also bringing babies...
Answer: ...to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. (Luke 18:15-16)

Question: FTV: I tell you the truth,...
Answer: ...anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." (Luke 18:17)

Question: FTV: Jesus replied, "What is impossible...
Answer: ...with men is possible with God." (Luke 18:27)

Question: FTV: Jesus took the Twelve aside...
Answer: ...and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again." (Luke 18:31-33)

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WEEK 23: Study Luke 18

This week (February 5 thru February 11), please study Luke 18.

If you want to read the chapter online, click here. (Free website Biblegateway.Com)

DOWNLOAD: If you want to download the MP3, click here (Password is "quizpad", without the quotes.)

If you'd like to read a commentary on the chapter, click here. (Free website, Biblegateway.Com)

Study Tip: Do read through the text of scripture and find at the end that you know barely more than you did at the beginning? Do you envy those who can read it once, and be able to quiz effectively? Different people learn in different ways. Some people can do it by simply reading, others by listening. But you may be a learner who needs to really engage the text. Consider taking notes as you read - note down really interesting sections, questions that the text raises, notable phrases, etc. At the end, you will have applied not only your eyes but all the parts of your brain, and the learning may very well be far more effective. Oh, and don't forget to call, e-mail, or speak to the coaches, your parents, or the pastors to get the answers to those questions you had.


Upcoming Events:
Saturday, February 28: Quiz Meet - Trumbull, CT

Delivering the Bible via the Newspaper

The Bible is God's message to the world, but even in America there are many who have never read it. Groups like the Gideons give out Bibles at schools, place them in hotel rooms, and bring them to prisoners. For the Superbowl, a group of Christians distributed Bibles via the newspaper to over 56,000 residents of Tampa.

The effort was spearheaded by a pair of local residents who raised about $127,000 from 15 area churches and 19 local businesses, including McNichols Co., AnazaoHealth Corp., Ferman Automotive Group, Idlewild Baptist Church, Florida Dental Centers and Bayshore Baptist Church.

The front cover of the 200-plus-page, paperback-sized edition features retired Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy and the Tampa skyline. The organization, based in Colorado Springs, Colo., has also released Path to Victory, a football-themed New Testament featuring testimonies from Dungy and Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner.

Message from Coach Phil of Clinton Corners

I thought quizzers and parents might be interested in a few upcoming opportunities that Coach Phil Walker of Clinton Corners has been very excited about this year.

Much of the anticipation is based on the first ever National Bible Bee for ages 7 - 18. If you live in the US and are not already involved in a local Bible Bee, I would strongly encourage you to look into it by checking out www.biblebee.org or calling them at (888)324-2532 and consider running a local Bible Bee for your area...

A 2nd exciting event is Scriptorium 2009, a celebration of Scripture April 24th - 26th as Scripture enthusiasts from all over converge on Hannibal, MO to quote through Scripture. Now in its 4th year, this Scriptorium will feature GENESIS, EXODUS, LUKE, GALATIANS, and REVELATION plus a special presentation from professional dramatist Marquis Laughlin who will bring us DANIEL 1-6. The Scriptorium is free (including food and lodging) to everyone who quotes at least one chapter. For more information contact pastor Jim Woychuk at (573) 795-9894 TreasureHisWord@sbcglobal.net or go to http://www.scripture-memory-support.org/scriptorium.html I hope to see many of you this year at Hannibal...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Scoreboard Reset

Every year, we have seen Midwinter Quiz as the potential for new motivation and focus for quizzers. It is our first chance to win a trophy, and it is the point in the year when everyone has figured out the best studying method for them. So, in order to give everyone a chance to make the Districts Starting 5, we are resetting the scoreboard as of today. If you study and work hard, you have a chance to start at Districts.

Reference Questions for Luke 17

Remember, the full list of Reference Questions can always be found in the sidebar or at this link.

Question: According to Luke 17:3, forgive him when?
Answer: If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Question: According to Luke 17:4, forgive him when?
Answer: If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him.

Question: According to Luke 17:15, who came back?
Answer: One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. (them/ ten men who had leprosy met him)

Question: According to Luke 17:19, your faith has what?
Answer: He said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well." (he/Jesus - him/Samaritan healed of leprosy)

Question: According to Luke 17:21, the kingdom of God is what?
Answer: Nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."

Question: According to Luke 17:24, the Son of Man will what?
Answer: The Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.

Question: According to Luke 17:27, people were what?
Answer: People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Question: According to Luke 17:28, people were what?
Answer: It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

Question: According to Luke 17:34, I tell you what?
Answer: I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.