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Book that is like part 2 of Luke’s Gospel

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Acts of the Apostles

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Last book of the Bible

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Revelation/Apocalypse

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What is the Acts of the Apostles about?

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How Peter, Paul, and the other disciples founded the first Christian communities; movement of Christianity from Jerusalem to Rome

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Who wrote most of the letters in the New Testament?

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Paul

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What are the letters about?

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How to apply the message of Jesus to daily life

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Another name for the letters

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Epistles

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Book that uses symbols to encourage persecuted Christians

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Revelation / apocalypse

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First Gospel written

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Mark

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Last Gospel written

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John

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Where symbols from the evangelists come from

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Openings of each Gospel

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Evangelist who wrote for Jewish converts

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Matthew

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What features indicate the fact that Matthew wrote for Jewish converts?

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Quotes from the Hebrew Scriptures show Jesus fulfills them; 5 sermons reminds us of the Pentateuch (the Torah or the Law); portrait of Jesus as the new Moses

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Gospel means

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Good News

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4 accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus by the 4 evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

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Gospel

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Gospels are documents of _____________.

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Faith

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Represent God’s saving action in the _____, ______, and _____________ of Jesus.

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Life, death, and Resurrection

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Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, who revealed the Father’s love for us and saved us.

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Message of the Good News

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Gospels were written for 3 different reasons:

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The apostles were going to die
They wanted stories about Jesus not to be forgotten or changed
Faith could be spread through these written accounts

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The New Testament books were finished being written by ________.

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A.D. 125

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The Gospel writers got their information from

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The oral accounts from the apostles and from a collection of sayings and events from Jesus’ life.

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Writers or proclaimers of the Good News/Gospel

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Evangelists

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The evangelists of the Gospels were

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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

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First Gospel written

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Mark

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Two middle Gospels

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Matthew and Luke

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Matthew and Luke used two sources:

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Mark and the “Q”

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Who’s Gospels are synoptic?

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Mark, Matthew, Luke

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Last Gospel written

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John

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John’s Gospel takes the form of a

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Deep religious poem

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John’s Gospel includes

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Discourses

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Mark’s Gospel

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Symbol- Lion
Opening- John the Baptist calling for repentance in the wilderness
Audience- persecuted Christians
Jesus- man of action, man of suffering

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Matthew’s Gospel

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Symbol- Man
Opening- Jesus' family tree
Audience- Jewish converts
Characteristics- quotes from Old Testament
Jesus- teacher, New Moses
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Luke’s Gospel

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Symbol- ox
Audience- Gentiles
Jesus- Savior and friend of sinners, poor women, and Samaritans

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John’s Gospel

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Symbol- eagle
Audience- Christians defending their faith
Characteristics- poetic, includes symbols and discourses
Jesus- Son of God, Giver of Life

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Author of the Bible

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God

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God __________ the evangelists to write.

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Inspired

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Action of God that moves people to communicate what God wants made known using your own words

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Inspiration

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Part of the Bible that talks about God’s love for his people before Jesus came down to earth

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Old Testament

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How many books are in the Old Testament? New Testament? Whole Bible?

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46, 27, 73

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What does the Acts of the Apostles tell about?

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The early church and how it moved from Jerusalem to Rome
The Spirit coming on Pentecost
Peter is the “hero” who recognizes Jesus’ church for all people

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