Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy

The Bible in Context

Acts 15 "The Decision of James"

 

January 13, 2008 -- 9:30 a.m.

 

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

 

1.         Barnabas and Saul were contradicted by :

 

            a.         Influential women

            b.         Pharisees

            c.         Men from Judaea

            d.         Alexandrian Christians

 

2.         The principal disagreement was over :

 

            a.         eating with Gentiles

            b.         circumcision

            c.         the doctrine of the Incarnation

            d.         kosher practices

 

3.         Peter described the Law as  :

 

            a.         a road to salvation

            b.         a light to the Gentiles

            c.         food for children

            d.         an oxen's yoke

 

4.         James quotes from :

 

            a.         Leviticus

            b.         Isaiah

            c.         Amos

            d.         Habakkuk

 

5.         Gentile Christians were instructed to :

 

            a.         keep the Law in every detail

            b.         be circumcised

            c.         abstain from blood

            d.         follow their conscience

 

 

(read Galatians, chapter 2)

 

 

6.         When Paul reports the council meeting, which decisions does he quote?

 

            a.         that Christians should not eat food sacriced to idols

            b.         that Christians should be chaste

            c.         that Christians should not eat blood

            d.         that Christians should not eat what has been strangled

 

(read I Corinthians 8 and 10)

 

7.         Paul commanded the Christians at Corinth to:

 

            a.         never eat food offered to idols

            b.         not eat food offered to idols if it upsets "the weak"

            c.         eat anything in the market

            d.         when invited to dinner, eat anything offered

 

8.         Who was sent to Antioch by the Jerusalem Church?

 

            a.         Peter

            b.         James

            c.         Judas

            d.         Silas

 

9.         Paul suggested:

 

            a.         a mission to Athens

            b.         a mission to Rome

            c.         a mission to Spain

            d.         a return to recently formed churches

 

10.       Paul and Silas split, because Silas disagreed with Paul over :

 

            a.         the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception

            b.         eating with Gentiles

            c.         the meaning of baptism

            d.         the behavior of Mark