What day is today?

If you answered "Halloween" or "All Hallows Eve", you are not wrong but also not right. Today is also Reformation Day. 492 years ago today, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses up on the door of the Castle Church and kicked off the Protestant Reformation, which eventually lead to the founding of the Evangelical Free Church of America and thus EFCA Bible Quizzing.

Whether you are out enjoying the more secular holiday - perhaps by stopping by Trunk or Treat tonight - take a moment to remember these Protestant Reformers who fought to bring the Bible back to the masses and restore the worldwide preaching of the gospel!

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WEEK 9: Study 1 Corintians 9

This week (October 30 thru November 4), please study 1 Corinthians, Chapter 9.

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

DOWNLOAD: Click here to download the MP3 for 1 Corinthians 9. (Password is "quizpad" without the quotes. Available for only 90 days.)

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

Study Tip: Looking for more study tips from a different source? Check out StudyTips.Org for other ideas for improving your studying of the Bible and in school.

Upcoming Events: Saturday, November 21: Quiz Meet - Essex Fells, NJ

Self Test for 1 Corinthians 8

Wondering if you have prepared enough for tonight's practice? Check yourself with these 6 questions. If you know all of these, then you probably are prepared. If not, you may want to read through the material a few more times.

QUESTIONS:
Regular : The man who loves God is what?
Reference: According to 1 Corinthians 8:1, we know that what?
Regular : So that I will not cause him to fall, I will never what?
Regular : Be careful that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to whom?
Regular : We know that we all possess what?
Regular : Food does not bring us where?

ANSWERS:
Known by God (1 Corinthians 8:3 )
We know that we all possess knowledge.
Never eat meat again (1 Corinthians 8:13)
The weak (1 Corinthians 8:9 )
Possess knowledge (1 Corinthians 8:1 )
Near to God (1 Corinthians 8:8 )

I am ready to serve!

From Finding Elim.

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Finish the Verse Questions for 1 Corinthians 8

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

Question: Yet...
Answer: ...for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (1 Corinthians 8:6)


Question: Be careful,...
Answer: ...however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. (1 Corinthians 8:9)


Question: When you...
Answer: ...sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. (1 Corinthians 8:12)

Reference Questions for 1 Corinthians 8

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

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 8:1, love (does) what?
Answer: Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 8:1, we know that what?
Answer: We know that we all possess knowledge.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 8:4, we know that what?
Answer: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 8:9, be careful that what?
Answer: Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

Please be patient

WEEK 8: Study 1 Corintians 8

This week (October 22 thru October 28), please study 1 Corinthians, Chapter 8.

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

DOWNLOAD: Click here to download the MP3 for 1 Corinthians 8. (Password is "quizpad" without the quotes. Available for only 90 days.)

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

Study Tip: Are you a morning person or a night owl? Do you find yourself happiest and most focussed early in the day, in the middle of it, or late at night when everyone else had gone to bed? Pay attention to these patterns in yourself, and try to study accordingly. If you are a morning person, consider getting up a half hour earlier and studying before school. If you are a night owl, you may want to make your studying the last thing you do before bed. Knowing your own rhythms can be of great help when trying to put God's word into your mind.

Upcoming Events: Saturday, November 21: Quiz Meet - Essex Fells, NJ

Self Test for 1 Corinthians 7

Wondering if you have prepared enough for tonight's practice? Check yourself with these 6 questions. If you know all of these, then you probably are prepared. If not, you may want to read through the material a few more times.

QUESTIONS:
1. Regular : She is happier if what?
2. Reference: According to 1 Corinthians 7:1, what is good?
3. Regular : Who does even better?
4. FTV: Circumcision...
5. Regular : I think that WHO have the Spirit of God?
6. 2 Part : His interests are divided why?

ANSWERS:
1. If she stays as she is (she/a woman, if her husband dies) (1 Corinthians 7:40)
2. It is good for a man not to marry.
3. He who does not marry her (1 Corinthians 7:38)
4. ...is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands is what counts. (1 Corinthians 7:19)
5. I too (I/Paul) (1 Corinthians 7:40)
6. (1) A married man is concerned about the affairs of this world-- (2) how he can please his wife (1 Corinthians 7:33)

Coach Mark's Photos from the Quiz Meet are UP!

Coach Mark's photos are uploaded and ready for your viewing. Click on the image below for the whole set.

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FTVs and Reference Questions 1 Corinthians 7

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

Question: Circumcision...
Answer: ...is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands is what counts. (1 Corinthians 7:19)

Question: A woman...
Answer: ...is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. (1 Corinthians 7:39)

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

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:1, what is good?
Answer: It is good for a man not to marry.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:2, each man should what?
Answer: Since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:5, do not what?
Answer: Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:17, each one should what?
Answer: Each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:19, what is nothing?
Answer: Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. (Keeping God's commands is what counts.)

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:20, each one should what?
Answer: Each one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:23, do not what?
Answer: You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:26-27, what is good?
Answer: I think that it is good for you to remain as you are. Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:32, who is concerned about the Lord's affairs?
Answer: An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:33, who is concerned about the affairs of this world?
Answer: A married man is concerned about the affairs of this world--how he can please his wife--

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:34, who is concerned about the affairs of this world?
Answer: A married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world--how she can please her husband.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 7:34, who is concerned about the Lord's affairs?
Answer: An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.

We're home

Entering the Merritt Parkway

Still on track for 3 pm.

Heading out. We should be home about 3 pm.

Pizza time!

Opening devotional

We have arrived

Gathering

You've got a little something there...

Saturday Quiz Meet Info

This Saturday, October 17, we will be traveling to Essex Fells, NJ for our monthly Quiz Meet. Here are your key data points if you are coming along.

When do we leave? We're departing the church parking lot at 7:00 AM. We recommend teens arrive at 6:45 AM. Seating in the vans is first-come, first-served, so arrive early if you want to choose your place.

What is the cost? Bring $10. ($5 for gas, $5 for pizza lunch).

What chapters are we covering? 1 Corinthians 1-6. All quizzes will be on these 6 chapters.

What are we doing after the Quiz? We had hoped to go to the Edison Museum in Edison, NJ, but it did not work out. So, we'll be home right after the Quiz.

What time are we getting home? We are usually home between 3 and 4 PM. Plan for 3:30 PM, and the kids will have a chance to call parents from the road when we cross into CT.

WEEK 7: Study 1 Corintians 7

This week (October 15 thru October 21), please study 1 Corinthians, Chapter 7.

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

DOWNLOAD: Click here to download the MP3 for 1 Corinthians 7. (Password is "quizpad" without the quotes. Available for only 90 days.)

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

Study Tip: Did you know that memories can be linked to aid in recall? Consider doing your studying to a specific piece of music (without lyrics). Then, when you need to recall the chapter for studying, humming the music may bring back the chapter to mind. Some even find that associating other keys, such as smells, can help their recall for difficult passages of scripture.

Upcoming Events: Saturday, October 17: Quiz Meet - Essex Fells, NJ

Self Test for 1 Corinthians 6

Wondering if you have prepared enough for tonight's practice? Check yourself with these 6 questions. If you know all of these, then you probably are prepared. If not, you may want to read through the material a few more times.

QUESTIONS:
1. Reference: According to 1 Corinthians 6:19, who is in you?
2. FTV: Flee...
3. Regular : I will not be mastered by what?
4. Regular : Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with WHAT?
5. Regular : Who will judge the world?
6. Regular : There is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute where?

ANSWERS:
1. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
2. ...from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. (1 Corinthians 6:18)
3. Anything (1 Corinthians 6:12)
4. A prostitute (1 Corinthians 6:15)
5. The saints (1 Corinthians 6:2 )
6. Between believers (1 Corinthians 6:5 )

FYI: Reference list updated!

The Reference Question list linked in the sidebar has been updated to include all chapters of 1st and 2nd Corinthians. Click thru to see the new, full list.

Cheerleaders reprimanded for using Bible Verses

We hear a lot about the "separation of church and state" when it comes to the Bible, but this is the first time I have heard of it being applied to cheerleaders. A squad from Georgia was using warrior-themed Bible-verses to encourage their football team, and now has been advised that use of the verses at a public high school is breaking the law... despite the fact that no one was complaining.

The verses were picked for their gridiron-friendly themes of pluck and pep: from I Corinthians ("Be men of courage; be strong"); from Ezra ("We will support you, so take courage and do it"); from Proverbs ("Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed").

There are a handful of non-Christian kids at LFO High, but for years, no one pointed out any church-state separation issues. Until this season...In a statement, Jackson said she wanted the school to be "protected from potential lawsuits" and wanted to head off "community division."

Supt. Denia Reese said Jackson told her the practice was breaking the law "and it needed to be stopped."

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Finish the Verse Questions for 1 Corinthians 6

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

Question: Do you not know that the...
Answer: ...wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)

Question: "Everything...
Answer: ...is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"—but I will not be mastered by anything. (1 Corinthians 6:12)

Question: By...
Answer: ...his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. (1 Corinthians 6:14)

Question: Flee...
Answer: ...from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. (1 Corinthians 6:18)

Question: Do you not know that your...
Answer: ...body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

Reference Questions for 1 Corinthians 6

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

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:2, do you not know that what?
Answer: Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:3, do you not know that what?
Answer: Do you not know that we will judge angels?

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:9, do you not know that what?
Answer: Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God?

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:12, everything is permissible, but what?
Answer: "Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:13, the body is not what?
Answer: The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:15, do you not know that what?
Answer: Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:16, do you not know that what?
Answer: Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:18, flee from what?
Answer: Flee from sexual immorality. (All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.)

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:19, do you not know that what?
Answer: Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 6:19, who is in you?
Answer: Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

Autumnal Fashion

WEEK 6: Study 1 Corintians 6

This week (October 8 thru October 14), please study 1 Corinthians, Chapter 6.

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

DOWNLOAD: Click here to download the MP3 for 1 Corinthians 6. (Password is "quizpad" without the quotes. Available for only 90 days.)

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

Study Tip: Where do you do your Bible Quizzing studying? In our age of Multitasking, it is common for people to try to study with the TV or radio on. Others try to do it in the main thoroughfare of the house, where parents are cleaning, siblings are talking on the phone, and pets are running by. This is not optimal for memory or concentration. Try finding a quiet corner of the house, and do your studying without music or video paying. Focus can make an incredible difference in your memory retention.

Upcoming Events: Saturday, October 17: Quiz Meet - Essex Fells, NJ

Self Test for 1 Corinthians 5

Wondering if you have prepared enough for tonight's practice? Check yourself with these 6 questions. If you know all of these, then you probably are prepared. If not, you may want to read through the material a few more times.

QUESTIONS:
1. Regular : Get rid of the old yeast why?
2. 3 Part : Hand this man over to Satan when?
3. Regular : What business is it of mine to judge WHOM?
4. Regular : Who is our Passover lamb?
5. FTV : But now I am writing...
6. Regular : What (may be) saved on the day of the Lord?

ANSWERS:
1. That you may be a new batch without yeast--as you really are (1 Corinthians 5:7)
2. When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of o (1 Corinthians 5:4)
3. Those outside the church (1 Corinthians 5:12)
4. Christ (1 Corinthians 5:7)
5. ...you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or g (1 Corinthians 05:11)
6. His spirit (his/the man who did this-A man has his father's wife) (1 Corinthians 5:5)

Challenge 2010: UNDO

If you were at the Kickoff, we discussed two of the major events that the Bible Quiz Team takes part in - Midwinter and Districts. But if the team does very well, there is the possibility of an even bigger event. NATIONALS! The EFCA's National Youth Conference comes up every 2 years, and the top two quiz teams from each division of Districts get to compete there. This conference's theme is "Challenge 2010: UNDO" and will be held in Columbus, Ohio.

I have a lot of fun memories of my years as a teen at Challenge Conferences. Be thinking about whether this is something you may like to take part in, if the opportunity presents itself.

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Finish the Verse Questions for 1 Corinthians 5

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

Question: But now...
Answer: ...I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

Reference Questions for 1 Corinthians 5

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

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 5:1, there is WHAT among you?
Answer: It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 5:6, don't you know that what?
Answer: Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 5:8, let us what?
Answer: Let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

Question: According to 1 Corinthians 5:11, I am writing you what?
Answer: I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

Happy birthday, Old Man

WEEK 5: Study 1 Corintians 5

This week (October 1 thru October 7), please study 1 Corinthians, Chapter 5.

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

DOWNLOAD: Click here to download the MP3 for 1 Corinthians 5. (Password is "quizpad" without the quotes. Available for only 90 days.)

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

Study Tip: Ask yourelf, are you learning SCRIPTURE or QUIZ QUESTIONS? Bible quizzing is certainly a great competition, but our ultimate goal is to really learn the Bible verses we are studying. Be sure as you read through these books, you take the time to make sure you understand what you read. Are there terms you don't understand? Ask your parents, or the coaches. Are there concepts or stories referred that you have not read? Seek them out in the Old Testament! The more you understand what you read, the better you will be able to bring it back later when you need it.

Upcoming Events: Saturday, October 17: Quiz Meet - Essex Fells, NJ