What Do You Really Know About The Bible?

I just found an interesting online Bible quiz called What Do You Really Know About The Bible? which was put out by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. While their intentions was to attack the Bible while showing that the Bible is a best seller that is rarely read, I think there is still some value to it as it shows how easy it is for people to read their view into the Bible. While its true that most of the “correct answers” are taken out of context, I still think its an interesting exercise to see how well one knows the “letter of the Scriptures” even though its ultimately spirit of the Scriptures that matter most in the end. Regardless take heart as regardless of what your score is should you decide to take it, remember that its more important to know the Author of the Scriptures than the obscure passages that this quiz focuses upon.

TBR 2008

I just learned about the TBR (To Be Read) Challenge site a few days ago and thought it would be a nice thing to pick up for the year even though its already April. Pretty much its a public challenge to make progress by naming 12 books to knock off one’s to be read pile in the year to come, with the option of also choosing alternative books. Sure I’m off to a slow start but that will just make it more of a challenge and I’m sure I can handle the increased pace.

1. The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer
2. Answering God by Eugene H. Peterson
3. The Spirit of The Disciplines by Dallas Willard
4. Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster
5. Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney
6. Ten Questions To Diagnose Your Spiritual Health by Donald S. Whitney
7. How Can I Be Sure I’m A Christian? by Donald S. Whitney
8. Simplify Your Spiritual Life by Donald S. Whitney
9. The New Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan with updated text by Judith E. Markham
10. The Sacred Way by Tony Jones
11. The Way of A Pilgrim And The Pilgrim Continues His Way by unkonwn - translated by R. M. French
12. Messy Spirituality by Michael Yaconelli

Alternatives/Extra Credit

1. Affluenza The All-Consuming Epidemic by John DeGraaf, David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor
2. The Book of Creation by J. Philip Newell
3. Listening For The Heartbeat of God by J. Philip Newell
4. Promptings From Paradise by J. Philip Newell