We want to know those who paid attention in CRK class.
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You have 2 minutes to find all 17 new testament books of the bible in this puzzle.
Let’s see how you’ll do:
Questions
This is a question
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No long talk, show us that you know books of the Bible. You have 1 minute.
Let’s go:
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Nigerian politicians can be many things: dramatic as hell, disappointing and scandalous. Incidentally, so are a lot of Bible characters from a million generations ago. We can’t even be sure that Nigerian politicians aren’t directly taking inspiration from them.
In the spirit of Easter, we look at Bible characters that could very well make it as Nigerian politicians if they existed in 2022.
Peter
This man publicly denied Jesus Christ three times only hours after swearing they were going to be BFFs for life. You know he’s the type of Nigerian politician that would promise free education to get himself elected. Once in office, you can forget it because he’d deny he ever made that promise. Unless you can get a rooster to crow near him or something.
Methuselah
Methuselah lived 969 years on earth, and you just know Nigeria would have a Not-Too-Old-To-Run law if he was alive today. Just like Methuselah refused to die for a long time, Nigerian politicians don’t know when to stop. They can sit in the National Assembly for 20 years or keep running for the same presidential position for 30 years.
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Saul/Paul
Saul of Tarsus was extremely anti-Christian before his dramatic conversion to Christianity, which prompted his change of name to Paul. This makes him tailor-made for Nigerian politics where politicians jump from one party to the next.
A Nigerian politician — Saul today, Paul tomorrow
The difference between Paul’s time and now is that the defection process for Nigerian politicians doesn’t always involve temporary blindness. But that would be cool to see.
King Herod
A ruthless ruler whose military gets away with the massacre of innocent young people based on paranoia? King Herod wouldn’t find it hard at all to make it as a Nigerian politician.
Deborah
Deborah was kind of like a politician in her day. She’s the only female judge mentioned in the Bible, which makes her a rare breed. Thousands of years later, she’d have the same status in Nigerian politics where women are barely represented in public office. There’s never been an elected female governor, or president or vice president. Attempts to improve the representation of women in politics is also meeting a lot of resistance. But every now and then, you get a Deborah.
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Judas Iscariot
This man will stab you in the back while also kissing your cheeks. Definitely a bribe-taking Nigerian politician that claims to be your friend.
Ananias and Sapphira
Not much is known about Ananias and Sapphira other than that they were a couple that tried to cheat the Lord by holding back some of the proceeds of a sale. As Nigerian politicians, you just know they’re the type to award a ₦1 billion contract and pocket ₦700 million, preferably stuffed inside their babariga. And rather than the instant death they got in the Bible, they’d just keep
riggingwinning elections in Nigeria.*Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.
Joseph
It may look like this article is really just bagging on Nigerian politicians, but every now and then, you get a decent leader like Joseph. He’s visionary, has lofty dreams and saves for the rainy day. It’s such a shame others that’ll come after him will piss away his legacy. Also went to prison before he became a leader, just like some Nigerian politicians.
Jacob
Jacob’s deception of his father, Isaac, to receive the blessings meant for his brother, Esau, is one of the Bible’s earliest fraud stories. And Esau selling his birthright to Jacob in exchange for a plate of porridge reads exactly like the vote-selling that occurs around Nigerian elections today.
Eve
Eve’s hunger for power to be as knowledgeable as God convinced her to eat the forbidden fruit. And when she was caught, she didn’t take full responsibility for her actions. Instead, she blamed an animal for it. She has all the makings of a Nigerian politician that’d blame past administrations for her current failures.
#ItWasn’tMe
Samson
You can imagine Samson gets elected into office because he boasts he can solve insecurity on account of his six-pack. But the only thing he’s wrestling while he’s in office is the sin of the flesh. Safe to say he’s caught up in at least one sex scandal.
Lucifer/Satan
What does a Nigerian politician have that this entity does not possess? Is it the sweet mouth? The proclivity for self-sabotage? The cunning? The arrogance? Or the dashing personality? Give Lucifer public office and watch him create hell for the people that voted for him.
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“Follow me and I will make thee fishers of men.” Who made this statement? If you think it’s Simon Peter, you definitely haven’t been to church since 2002.
Prove us wrong:
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Do you know all the parables of Jesus, or you know a little here and there? Take the quiz to find out:
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Can you tell the real Bible verses from the fake ones?
Give it a try:
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Can you identify where these things happened in the Bible? Take the quiz:
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You have one minute to identify the 12 disciples of Jesus without their vowels. How fast are you?
Take the quiz:
The tax collector
The traitor
Son of Zebedee
The doubter
Also known as Nathanael
Too easy
The rock
Son of Alphaeus
The Zealot
You should know this
The Galilean
A man with three names
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How much do you actually read your Bible? We’ll catch you here:
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It’s one thing to be a Bible character, and it’s another to be a part of Jesus’s inner circle. Get ready to find out which of the disciples you would have been.
Oh, and happy Easter!
QUIZ: How Many New Testament Books Can You Name In 2 Minutes?
Bible scholars, get in here.
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A few weeks ago, we tested your Old Testament knowledge and you guys killed it. Now, we want to see how well you know the New Testament. From Matthew to Revelation, let’s see if you can name all 27 books in 2 minutes.
Note: If the text you’re typing turns red, then it’s either wrong or incorrectly spelt.
Also, for books with 2 or more parts, you can write it as 1 John or John 1.
Go ahead:
Name as many books from the New Testament as you can.
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If you paid attention in Sunday School, then you should have no problem naming the 39 books in the Old Testament, all the way from Genesis to Malachi. The real issue will be doing it before the timer runs out.
Note: If the text you’re typing turns red, then it’s either wrong or incorrectly spelt.
Also, for books with 2 parts, you can write it as 1 Samuel or Samuel 1.
Go ahead:
Name as many books from the Old Testament as you can.
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We know the bible can be pretty difficult to accurately interpret. Some people say the Old Testament laws don’t count anymore, but others think they still do. So we are asking the bible scholars for help here. We gathered some actions the bible bans both in the old and New Testaments and we’d like to know, are they still sins or not?
1. Checking babes out.
Matthew 5:28:
“But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
2. Braiding your hair.
1 Timothy 2:9:
“Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments.”
3. Owning expensive outfits.
1 Timothy 2:9:
“Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments.”
4. Wearing gold.
1 Timothy 2:9:
“Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments.”
5. Eating Bacon or Sausages.
Leviticus 11:4 reads:
“Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.”
6. Wearing fabric blends, so basically everything in your wardrobe.
Leviticus 19:19:
“You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.”
7. Gossiping about your colleagues.
Leviticus 19:16:
“Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD.”
8. Women speaking in church.
1 Corinthians 14:34:
“Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.”
9. Trimming your beard.
Leviticus 19:27:
“Neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.”
10. Eating suya; well, the fat.
Leviticus 3:17:
“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.”
11. Tattoos; Sorry, not even one of a cross or a bible verse.
Leviticus 19:28:
“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.”
12. Eating more than you have to.
Proverbs 23:2:
“. . . And put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.”
So were these laws specific to that time or do you think they still count? Please, sound off in the comments section.
