ENGLISH BIBLE EXAMFor Elder/Pastor Candidates

OLD TESTAMENT QUESTIONS

1) Which of the following is not an aspect of the cultural mandate given by God to humans in Genesis 1? Choose one answer. a. Work b. Worship c. Marriage

2) Where is the account of the fall of the human race? Choose one answer. a. Genesis 1 b. Genesis 3 c. Genesis 2 d. Genesis 4

3) Where is the promise of the seed of the woman bruising the head of the seed of the serpent to be found? Choose one answer. a. Genesis 3 b. Genesis 2 c. Genesis 4 d. Genesis 5

4) Who was not a son of Noah? Choose one answer. a. Shem b. Japheth c. Seth d. Ham 5) Which chapter focuses on the covenant made with Abraham? Choose one answer. a. Genesis 12 b. Genesis 25 c. Genesis 22 d. Genesis 17

6) Who was not a son of Abraham? Choose one answer. a. Ishmael b. Isaac c. Jacob

7) Who as the mother of Isaac? Choose one answer. a. Leah b. Rebekah c. Sarah d. Rachel

8) The mother of Jacob was Rebekah.

Answer: True False

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9) Where is the account of Moses and the burning bush? Choose one answer. a. Exodus 1 b. Exodus 5 c. Exodus 7 d. Exodus 3

10) Which chapter contains the Ten Commandments? Choose one answer. a. Exodus 21 b. Exodus 20 c. Exodus 19 d. Exodus 25

11) The theme of Leviticus is holiness.

Answer: True False

12) Which book contains Israel’s journey from Sinai to Moab? Choose one answer. a. Leviticus b. Numbers c. Deuteronomy d. Exodus

13) In addition to Exodus the Ten Commandments are also found in Deuteronomy.

Answer: True False

14) Which chapter(s) in Deuteronomy contains the blessings and curses of the covenant? Choose one answer. a. Deuteronomy 29 b. Deuteronomy 27 c. Deuteronomy 28-29 d. Deuteronomy 28 e. Deuteronomy 27-28

15) What major event of redemptive history is recorded in the Book of Joshua? Choose one answer. a. The conquest of the land of Canaan b. The giving of the law on Mt. Sinai c. The exodus from Egypt d. The Babylonian captivity

16) Where is the account of the spies and Rahab? Choose one answer. a. Joshua 3 b. Joshua 4 c. Joshua 1 d. Joshua 2

17) Joshua chapters 3-4 tell the story of the crossing of the Jordan.

Answer: True False

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18) Where is the covenant renewal ceremony described? Choose one answer. a. Joshua 3-4 b. Joshua 23-34 c. Joshua 12-13

19) Who is not a judge of Israel? Choose one answer. a. Othniel b. Samson c. Gideon d. Barak

20) The Song of Deborah is recorded in Judges 6.

Answer: True False

21) Naomi was one of David’s ancestors from Moab.

Answer: True False

22) Which of the following was not a king in the united monarchy? Choose one answer. a. Saul b. David c. Solomon d. Asa

23) What significant event occurred in 2 Samuel 7? Choose one answer. a. God makes a covenant with David b. God disciplines David c. David dies d. David defeats Goliath

24) Who was the first king of the southern kingdom? Choose one answer. a. Solomon b. Rehoboam c. Saul d. Jeroboam e. David

25) Who was the first king of the northern kingdom? Choose one answer. a. Ahab b. Jeroboam c. Joash d. Rehoboam

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26) What was the name of Jezebel’s husband? Choose one answer. a. Manasseh b. Omri c. Ahab d. Ahaz

27) Where did Elijah meet the prophets of Baal? Choose one answer. a. Mt. Moriah b. Mt. Zaphon c. Mt. Carmel d. Mt. Zion

28) In what year did the northern kingdom fall to the Assyrians? Choose one answer. a. 587 BC b. 605 BC c. 515 BC d. 722 BC

29) In what year did Jerusalem fall to the Babylonians? Choose one answer. a. 515 BC b. 587 BC c. 605 BC d. 722 BC

30) Which king of Judah was the most notoriously wicked? Choose one answer. a. Ahab b. Zedekiah c. Jeroboam d. Manasseh

31) Which king in Judah instituted a series of reforms in 620 BC? Choose one answer. a. Josiah b. Jehoiakim c. Joash d. Jehoash

32) Which king in Judah received unqualified praise? Choose one answer. a. Jehoshaphat b. Hezekiah c. Uzziah d. Jehoram

33) The following are in the correct order: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings.

Answer: True False

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34) Where is the prophecy of the new covenant found? Choose one answer. a. Isaiah 53 b. Isaiah 35 c. Jeremiah 31 d. Jeremiah 13

35) Where is the prophecy of the Dry Bones found? Choose one answer. a. Ezekiel 13 b. Ezekiel 37 c. Isaiah 65 d. Isaiah 56

36) Which prophet focused his ministry on exhorting the people to rebuild the temple? Choose one answer. a. Hosea b. Zechariah c. Joel d. Obadiah

37) Which prophetic book is significantly different than the others? Choose one answer. a. Amos b. Jonah c. Joel d. Micah

38) Which prophetic book teaches a general resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous? Choose one answer. a. Amos b. Malachi c. Obadiah d. Daniel

39) Where is the Song of the Suffering Servant found? Choose one answer. a. Isaiah 54-55 b. Isaiah 53-54 c. Isaiah 51-52 d. Isaiah 52-53

40) Which description best captures the role of an Old Testament prophet? Choose one answer. a. Preacher of God’s law b. Predictor of the future c. Emissary from the Great King

41) Which is not a Minor Prophet? Choose one answer. a. Zechariah b. Nahum c. Haggai d. Daniel

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42) The following are in the correct order: Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel.

Answer: True False

43) The following are in the correct order: Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum.

Answer: True False

44) Which Psalm contains the following words: “He makes me to lie down in green pastures”? Choose one answer. a. Psalm 23 b. Psalm 2 c. Psalm 103 d. Psalm 32

45) Which Psalm contains the following words: “The Lord Almighty is with us, the God of Jacob is our fortress”? Choose one answer. a. Psalm 64 b. Psalm 32 c. Psalm 46 d. Psalm 23

46) Which Psalm contains the following words: “The LORD says to my Lord: ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet’”? Choose one answer. a. Psalm 2 b. Psalm 110 c. Psalm 51 d. Psalm 72

47) In which Psalm does David express his repentance over his sins of adultery and conspiracy to murder? Choose one answer. a. Psalm 55 b. Psalm 51 c. Psalm 15 d. Psalm 115

48) Which verse best articulates the theme of the Proverbs? Choose one answer. a. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life. b. He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. c. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. d. Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her.

49) Who was not one of Job’s “three comforters”? Choose one answer. a. Bildad b. Elihu c. Zophar d. Eliphaz

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50) In the end Job ended up with double of all that he had in the beginning.

Answer: True False

51) The Preacher’s two-fold conclusion at the end of Ecclesiastes is to fear God and keep his commandments.

Answer: True False

52) The following are in the correct order: Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs.

Answer: True False

NEW TESTAMENT QUESTIONS

53) Where is the Sermon on the Mount found? Choose one answer. a. Mark 5-9 b. Matthew 7-9 c. Mark 5-7 d. Matthew 5-7

54) Where is the parable of the sower found? Choose one answer. a. Mark 13 b. Matthew 13 c. John 13 d. Luke 13

55) Where is the Olivet Discourse found? Choose one answer. a. Luke 4 b. Mark 14 c. John 14 d. Matthew 24

56) Where is Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane recorded? Choose one answer. a. Matthew 14 b. John 14 c. Luke 14 d. Mark 14

57) Where is the “Great Commission” found? Choose one answer. a. John 22 b. Matthew 28 c. Mark 16 d. Luke 24

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58) In which gospel does the birth narrative proceed through a series of dreams given to one of the participants? Choose one answer. a. John b. Luke c. Mark d. Matthew

59) Which is not a key concept in the Prologue to John? Choose one answer. a. Jesus is the Life b. Jesus is the Word c. Jesus is the Light d. Jesus is the Way

60) Where is the miracle of the wedding feast of Cana found? Choose one answer. a. John 2 b. Luke 7 c. Luke 8 d. John 7

61) Where is Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus recorded? Choose one answer. a. John 3 b. John 4 c. John 8 d. John 2 62) Where is Jesus’s conversation with the Samaritan woman recorded? Choose one answer. a. John 8 b. John 4 c. John 2 d. John 3

63) Where is Jesus’ High Priestly prayer found? Choose one answer. a. Matthew 17 b. Luke 17 c. Mark 17 d. John 17

64) The following are in the correct order: Matthew, Luke, Mark, John.

Answer: True False

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65) Which text best articulates the theme of the Book of Acts? Choose one answer. a. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” b. “The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.” c. “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” d. “Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”

66) In which chapter of Acts is the ordination of the first “deacons” found? Choose one answer. a. Acts 6 b. Acts 5 c. Acts 16 d. Acts 15

67) In which chapter of Acts is Paul’s conversion told for the first time? Choose one answer. a. Acts 19 b. Acts 20 c. Acts 9 d. Acts 10

68) In which chapter of Acts is Paul’s Areopagus address? Choose one answer. a. Acts 15 b. Acts 25 c. Acts 17 d. Acts 21

69) Where is “I am not ashamed of the Gospel for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” found? Choose one answer. a. Romans 12:1 b. Romans 6:4 c. Romans 3:23 d. Romans 1:16

70) Where is “Oh the depths of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and his paths beyond tracing out” found? Choose one answer. a. Romans 10:33 b. Romans 12:33 c. Romans 13:33 d. Romans 11:33

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71) Where does Paul write about Christ “emptying himself of divine prerogatives”? Choose one answer. a. Philippians 3 b. Colossians 3 c. Philippians 2 d. Colossians 2

72) What reference would you give in Romans which contain a partial statement of the ordo salutis? Choose one answer. a. Romans 2:9-10 b. Romans 8:29-30 c. Romans 9:2-3 d. Romans 3:9-10

73) Which major doctrine is addressed in Philippians 2:5-11? Choose one answer. a. Ecclesiology b. Christology c. Soteriology d. Eschatology

74) Which of the following aspects of the church is emphasized in Ephesians 4:1-7? Choose one answer. a. Apostolicity b. Unity c. Diversity d. Ethnicity

75) Who was Onesimus’s master? Choose one answer. a. John b. Luke c. Philemon d. Paul

76) Where does Paul speak of the church and the Christian life with the phrase “hidden with Christ in God”? Choose one answer. a. 1 Thessalonians 3:3 b. Colossians 4:2 c. Colossians 3:3 d. Revelation 2:2

77) Where are the words “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain” found? Choose one answer. a. 1 Corinthians 1:21 b. Galatians 1:12 c. 1 Corinthians 1:12 d. Philippians 1:21

78) What text in Colossians could you cite to prove that Christ embodies the fullness of deity? Choose one answer. a. Colossians 2 b. Colossians 3 c. Colossians 1 d. Colossians 4

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79) The following are in the correct order: Ephesians, Colossians, Phillipians.

Answer: True False

80) In which chapter of 1 Peter does Peter address the elders of the church? Choose one answer. a. 1 Peter 4 b. 1 Peter 3 c. 1 Peter 5 d. 1 Peter 2

81) In which chapter of 1 Peter does Peter address wives who have unbelieving husbands? Choose one answer. a. 1 Peter 3 b. 1 Peter 4 c. 1 Peter 1 d. 1 Peter 2

82) To which institution is Christ compared in the book of Hebrews? Choose one answer. a. The school b. The government c. The family d. The priesthood

83) In which chapter does the writer of Hebrews say that God has once for all spoken in His Son? Choose one answer. a. Hebrews 2 b. Hebrews 12 c. Hebrews 6 d. Hebrews 1

84) Where would you find, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”? Choose one answer. a. 2 John b. 3 John c. 1 John d. Hebrews

85) To which of the following doctrines does 1 John 4:10 relate? Choose one answer. a. Propitiation b. The two natures of Christ c. Sanctification d. Intertrinitarian relations

86) Where does John say that we can have confidence in God’s forgiveness? Choose one answer. a. 3 John 4 b. 2 John 1 c. 1 John 1:9 d. 1 John 3:3

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87) The following are in the correct order: Philemon, Hebrews, James.

Answer: True False

88) What type of literature is Revelation? Choose one answer. a. Apocalyptic b. Prophetic c. Anthological d. Historical

89) In which geographical area where the seven churches in Revelation? Choose one answer. a. Syria b. East Asia c. Asia Minor d. North Africa

90) Which chapter contains a reference to the 1000 year reign of Christ?Choose one answer.

a. Revelation 20 b. Revelation 22 c. Revelation 19 d. Revelation 21

91) Which millennial position interprets Revelation 20 as occurring (roughly) during the historical development of the church between the first and second comings of Christ? Choose one answer. a. Postmillenialism b. Amillenialism c. Historic Premillenialism d. Dispensational Premillenialism

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