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Francis of Assisi feeds the birds
Paul,
the apostle of grace Follow the footsteps of the apostle who rocked
the Roman Empire to its foundations. Paul's radical gospel of grace lit the fire of the faith that would sweep across Europe and beyond. This video takes you to the places Paul visited.
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est your knowledge of civic figures in the Bible and church history.
- At the end of Romans, Paul sends greetings from Erastus, a city official. What position did Erastus hold?
a. emperor
b. proconsul
c. treasurer
d. head of chariot inspections division
- In the early 300s A.D. a Roman Emperor became a Christian, suddenly reversing a policy of persecution against Christians. Who was he?
a. Caligula
b. Constantine
c. Augustine
d. Ovaltine
- Just because a government leader is a Christian doesn't mean he's a good leader, as one reformer pointed out, saying that, as far as leaders were concerned, "Better a wise Turk than a Christian donkey." Who said this?
a. Francis of Assisi
b. Martin Luther
c. John Calvin
d. Calvin Klein
- This twentieth-century U.S. president openly said he was "born again," helping to make that term popular. (Clue: He also regularly taught Sunday school at a Baptist church in Washington. Who was he?)
a. Ronald Reagan
b. Jimmy Carter
c. Richard Nixon
d. Charlton Heston
(answers below)
1. proconsul 2. Constantine 3. Martin Luther 4. Jimmy Carter
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