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Non-Biblical Quiz - 1

1. Fill in the blanks. Currently the world has 194 countries, out of which
(a)_________, an independent country chose not to become a member of UNO
and (b)___________ fails to be recognized by the international community as independent country, due to political reasons, even though it meets all the " status requirements of an independent country or state".

2. Is the father of Jesus, the God of Muhammad?

Answers: 1. a) Vatican, b) Taiwan
2. This is the title of a book published by Zondervan, Author: Timothy George. Price:$13, The theme of book: To understand the differences between Christianity and Islam and the recent events of religious violence.

"Fun only" Quiz - 1 (not to take seriously)

1. True or False. In the Bible we see a statement in Gal 5 as below;
God wants only 'spiritual fruits' and not 'religious nuts'.

2. How to reach God?

3. What is the acronym "B.I.B.L.E" stands for?

4. Who were the twin boys in the New Testament?

5. Where was Solomon's Temple?

6. What was Adam and Eve's phone #?

Answer:
1. False. The statement may be meaningful but it is not in the Bible.
2. Call Toll free, 1-800-HEAVENS, and ask Peter to transfer this urgent call to extension "GOD".
3. Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.
4. 1st Peter, 2nd Peter
5. On the side of his head
6. 8 1 2 (ate one too)

QUOTES - 1

1. William Phelps, called the most beloved Professor in America and one-time President of Yale University said:
"I thoroughly believe in a University education for both men and women, but I believe, a knowledge of the Bible without a college course, is more valuable than, a college course without the Bible". By Billy Graham
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2. Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master. Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher. Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. Had no army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet he conquered the world. He commited no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today. Feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Larry T Hedges, Retired 1st Sgt U.S Marine Corps
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Astronomy Basics - 1

The Astronomy Basics: Enjoy the beauty of God's amazing creation and the account of human experience on all matter and energy, including our Solar System and Galaxies, that exist in the vastness of space.

1. Who is the creator of Stars and who knows their names & numbers?

2. Compare Astrology, Astronomy and Astrophysics?

3. Which is larger in space?
a)A Star; b)A Solar System; c)A galaxy; d)The Universe/Cosmos

4. Constellations are groups of stars in particular regions of the sky. Which of the following is not a constellation?
a) Cassiopeia
b) Orion
c) Pleiades, also known as "The 7 Sisters"
d) Sun and the planets

5. A black hole is an invisible, highly dense celestial body with gravity strong enough to keep light from escaping. It is called a back hole because,
a) black holes were named after their discovery by a black man
b) It is a big, dark hole in space
c) It only attracts black objects
d) it always appears dark, and no light can leave it.

6. What does the universe include?
a) Everything that we see from the earth
b) Everything that exists in the Milky way, our galaxy
c) Everything that includes in our solar system
d) Everything that exists in the space

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Answers:
1. God (Gen 1:16, Ps 147:4)

2. Astrology: 1. The study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the celestial/heavenly bodies (movements and positions of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars) on human behavior/affairs, and terrestrial events/world events. 2. Astrology, unlike astronomy, is not a scientific study and has been much criticized by scientists. 3. The astrology-related evidence in the Bible indicates that it is an ancient profession, though the Bible condemns it.

Astronomy: The scientific study of the universe and the objects in it, including stars, planets, nebulae, and galaxies. Astronomy, a branch of physics, describes the position, size, motion, magnitudes, composition, energy, and evolution of celestial objects. Astronomers analyze not only visible light but also radio waves, x-rays, and other ranges of radiation that come from sources beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

The Hebrews were devout students of the wonders of the starry skies(Amos 5:8; Ps. 19). In the Book of Job, which is the oldest book of the Bible in all probability, the constellations are distinguished and named. Mention is made of the "morning star"(Rev. 2:28; comp. Isa. 14:12),
the "seven stars" and "Pleiades," "Orion," "Arcturus," the "Great Bear" (Amos 5:8; Job 9:9; 38:31), "the crooked serpent," Draco (Job 26:13), the Dioscuri, or Gemini, "Castor and Pollux" (Acts 28:11). The stars were called "the host of heaven" (Isa. 40:26; Jer. 33:22).

The oldest divisions of time were mainly based on the observation of the movements of the heavenly bodies, the "ordinances of heaven" (Gen. 1:14-18; Job 38:33; Jer. 31:35; 33:25). Such observations led to the division of the year into months and the mapping out of the appearances of the stars into twelve portions, which received from the Greeks the name of the "zodiac." The word "Mazzaroth" (Job 38:32) means, "the twelve signs" of the zodiac. Astronomical observations were also necessary among the Jews in order to the fixing of the proper time for sacred ceremonies, the "new moons," the "passover," etc. Many allusions are found to the display of God's wisdom and power as seen in the starry heavens (Ps. 8; 19:1-6; Isa. 51:6, etc.)

Astrophysics: Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties (luminosity, density, temperature, and chemical composition) of celestial objects such as stars, galaxies, and the interstellar medium, as well as their interactions. The study of cosmology is theoretical astrophysics at the largest scales where Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity plays a major role.

Because astrophysics is a very broad subject, astrophysicists typically apply many disciplines of physics, including mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, relativity, nuclear and particle physics, and atomic and molecular physics. In practice, modern astronomical research involves a substantial amount of physics. The name of a university's department ("astrophysics" or "astronomy") often has to do more with the department's history than with the contents of the programs. Astrophysics can be studied at the bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. levels in "aerospace engineering, physics, or astronomy" departments at many universities.

3. d.
The Universe is very big, very very big, really big. It is everything of everything.

Star: (Everybody knows this) It is a glowing ball of Hydrogen and Helium in space, usually visible as a small bright point of light in the night sky. Stars are born from clouds of gas and dust. Our Sun is an example of a star. Stars can appear red, orange, yellow, blue, or white according to their masses and effective temperatures. Stars live for millions or billions of years, depending on their masses, and die sometimes spectacular deaths. Stars usually exist in very large collections called galaxies.

Solar System: It is a group of celestial bodies orbiting a star. Our Sun is a Star. Our Sun, its planets, and all the other objects in the space together are called the Solar System.

Galaxy: It is a huge group of at least hundreds of millions of Stars. Milky Way, our galaxy, has over 200 Billion Stars.

Universe:
1. The sum of everything that exists anywhere in the cosmos including time and space; 2. All physical matter, energy, and space, including the Solar System, the galaxies, and the contents of the space between the galaxies. Current theories of cosmology suggest that the universe is constantly expanding which means it is impossible to figure out the edge or end of the universe even with Powerful telescopes'(like America's "Hubble Telescope"), ability to look far deep into the distant reaches of the visible universe.

Astronomers estimate that there are about 125 Billion or more galaxies in the Universe. Can you imagine the bigness? In a nutshell, this means the Universe is huge, very very huge.

Even our super brainees couldn't figure out how big is the Universe. It is impossible even to estimate with near accuracy. I doubt you can imagine how big is even our Solar System, because just the small ex planet, Pluto is 4500 billion miles away from our Sun and orbiting around this Sun. This Solar System is only a dust particle when compare with the Universe. Technically, our Solar System itself is not a small matter. It is very very big. Our Sun is 93 million miles away from earth. It will take 8 minutes for the Sun light to travel from Sun to earth, when calculated with the speed of light @ 186000 miles per second. There are objects as far as 10 Billion miles away and still orbiting our Sun. Is this "power of gravity" or "power of God?"

With the aid of giant telescopes and radio telescopes, like Hubble space telescope NASA launched in 1990, Astronomers estimate the Universe is expanding without an end for space. That means it is beyond the understanding of humans.

Who can fathom God's wisdom?
Can we conclude that "Faith in God begins when our ability stops"?

4. d

5. d

6. d

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Mar Thoma Church - 1

1. What are the home address, web address, and email address of Mar Thoma Church?

2.What is the full denomination name of Mar Thoma Church, Who started the reformation and when?

3. Fill in the blanks: The Mar Thoma Church is, Apostolic in origin, Catholic in nature, Orthodox in faith, Evangelical in principle, Ecumenical in outlook, Oriental in worship, (a)_________ in function, and (b)_________ in character.

4. Where are all the original Mar Thoma Christians?

5. Who is the 1st Metropolitan of the reformed branch of Mar Thoma Christians(ie.Mar Thoma Church) and the governing period?

6. Name all Metropolitans after him and the governing periods?

7.What year did Mar Thoma Church celebrate her Triple Jubilee(150th anniversary) of the reformation in the Malankara Church(St Thomas Christians of Malabar)?

8. What it means by diaspora?

9. Who is Thomas of Cana(Knaye Thommen)?

10. When did the Persian Missionary movement heavily influence the Mar Thoma Christians of Kerala?

11. What is the name of that Persian Church?

12. When the Nestorianism and their practices began to flourish Mar Thoma (St. Thomas) Christians, what language they were using in the Nestorian liturgy, and how long it lasted?

13. When and where Vasco de Gama landed in India?

14. What religion he forced into the Mar Thoma Syrian Christians?

15. By what year and by who and where, the Nestorian Mar Thoma Syrians were forced to accept the Roman Catholicism?

16. What was the famous event "Declaration of Independence" and How did the Mar Thoma I was born?

17. Who are Jacobites, and how did the helping hand became Rulers of Mar Thoma Christians?

18. How many adherents(members who support the belief) are there in Mar Thoma Church
now(2008) worldwide?

19. What are the languages of Mar Thoma Church?

20. What is the title of the head of the Mar Thoma Church?


Answers:
1. a)Church head quarters at: SCS Campus, Tiruvalla, Kerala, India; b)Web address:
www.marthomasyrianchurch.org
c) sabhaoffice@marthoma.in
2. The official name is, Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church(Malankara Mar Thoma Suryani Sabha),
Palakunnathu Abraham Malpan of Maramon,
1836.
3. a) Democratic b) Episcopal
4. They are in several camps: Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox(Jacobite), Orthodox
Syrian(group allegiance to the Catholicose of the East), Reformed Mar Thoma
Syrian Church, CSI(Madhya Kerala Diocese), St Thomas Evangelical Church.
5. Mathews Mar Athanasius Mar Thoma XIII, 1843-1877
6. Thomas Mar Athanasius Mar Thoma XIV, 1877-1893
Titus I Mar Thoma XV, 1893-1910
Titus II Mar Thoma XVI, 1910-1944
Dr. Abraham Mar Thoma XVII, 1944-1947
Dr. Juhanon Mar Thoma XVIII, 1947-1976
Dr. Alexander Mar Thoma XIX, 1976-1999
Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostem Mar Thoma XX, 1999-2007
Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma XXI, 2007-Present
7. 1986
8. a)1. the settling of scattered colonies of Jews outside Palestine after the
Babylonian exile; 2. the area outside Palestine settled by Jews; 3. the Jews living
outside Palestine or modern Israel. b) the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland b: people settled far from their ancestral homelands . c) the place where these people live.
9. He was a merchant and the leader of 400 families migrated to Kerala from Persia(East Syria) in 345 A.D.
10. In the 6th century.
11. Nestorian Church
12. a)Aramaic; b)till 15th century
13. a)1498; b)Kozhikod on the Malabar coast
14. Latin Version of Roman Catholicism.
15. a)1599; b)By Alexes de Menezes, the Roman Catholic Arch Bishop of Goa; c)Arch Deacon Geevarghese of the Syrian Christians was forced to sign a document at the Diamper Synod(Udayamperoor, near Ernakulam). This was a sheer cheating and game play of the Arch Bishop of Goa.
16. Offended and agonised under the Portughese-led Catholicism, Arch Deacon Thomas(also called Malankara Mooppen Thomas) mustered his people against Rome and the Portughese. In 1653, 25000 Christians and 633 clergy marched to Cochin Fort, Kerala. When they had to confront the Portughese Canons they withdrew wisely to the Church at Mattancherry and took the following die-hard pledge: "We and our children shall never be under Rome". This was the Coonen Cross (ie. Crooked Cross or Bent Cross) Oath, which was a declaration of Independence against foreign aggression over the sovereign right of the Christians of India. Arch Deacon Thomas was made a Bishop with the title, "Mar Thoma I", as the 1st Indian Metran(=Bishop) of the Church, by his supporters.
17. Other local Catholic churches' politics forced Mar Thoma I to seek the support of sister churches in Antioch, Babylon, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Abysinia. As a response to the appeal sent, Mar Gregorios, who belonged to Antiochian church known as Jacobites(ie. followers of Jacob Bardaeus, a monk from Syria) arrived from Jerusalem in 1665. He reconsecrated Mar Thoma I. In course of time, the church which declared freedom from Rome, gradually brought under the influence of Antiochian Jacobite church and eventually fell under the yoke of Jacobitism.
18. one million
19. Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Syriac.
20. "Mar Thoma", and is addressed as "Mar Thoma Metropolitan".

Random Quiz - 1

1. The Bible is the word of _______ in words of men.

2. What is the famous Golden Rule according to Matt 7:12 / Lk 6:31

3. What is the Royal Law and where is it mentioned?

4. What is the Christ’s new commandment and where is it?

5. Jesus Christ quotes from ____ OT books, ______ times in 4 gospels
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Answers:1-5

1)God;
2)Whatever you want others to do for you...(The designation "Golden rule" is not in the Bible);
3)Love your neighbor as yourself, James 2:8/Rom 13:9;
4)Love one another, John 13:34-35;
5)22, 70;
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6. At His baptism, Who saw the spirit of God descending like a dove?

7. Multiple choice. In the song of songs, we read about: a) only a man b) only a woman c) a man and a Woman d) one man and many women

8. In which book Paul described the “the whole armor of God” that would
protect Christians against the schemes of the devil?

9. Which two books in the Bible begin with "In the beginning...."?

10. God commanded the Hebrews to establish and celebrate annually three national feast days. Which was not one of those days?
a)Passover b)Pentecost c)Feast of Tabernacles d)Hanukkah
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Answers:6-10

6)John, John 1:32;
7) d;
8)Eph 6: 11-18;
9)Genesis & John
10)Hanukkah;
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11. How many books of the Bibles' original manuscripts still exist?

12. What is Apocrypha?

13. How many Books are in the New Testament?

14. In what language, the New Testament was originally written?

15) In what language, the Old Testament was originally written?
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Answers:11-15

11) No original manuscripts exist in OT or even NT. All the ancient sources are hand made copies of copies;
12) The Apocrypha, meaning things hidden, is a collection of 7 Jewish books dating from the period 150 BC to 70 AD which are traditionally included in the Old Testament of Catholic Bibles, but are excluded or put in a separate section of Protestant Bibles. The names of the Books are: Tobit, Judith, 1st Maccabees, 2nd Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach(Ecclesiasticus), and Baruch;
13) 27. The 27 New Testament books were formally adopted by the Synod of Carthage in 397 AD;
14) Greek. Although Jesus and his disciples probably spoke Aramaic, the NT books were written in Greek, the commonly used language of writing at that time;
15) Most of the OT was written in Hebrew, but parts of the books of Daniel, Ezra, Jer 10:11(one verse only) were written in Aramaic, the commonly spoken language of Palestine;
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16) What is Pentateuch?

17) What is the meaning of the word "testament" in ancient times?

18) Was Moses a Jew?

19) Fertility was very important if the blessings were to be passed down from generation to generation, yet most of the women in Genesis were initially barren. Who was not barren?
a) Sarah, b) Rebekah, c)Rachel, d) Tamar

20) Who buried Moses?
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16) Pentateuch is a Greek term meaning 5 volumes and refers to the 1st five books of the Old testament. Jews call it "Book of the Law", or simply "The Law";
17) The word "testament" comes from Latin 'testes' or testicles. It derives from the ancient Near Eastern custom of placing one's hand on the other party's testicles in making a solemn pledge, conveying not only the trust of the two parties but also that the pledge is binding on the future generations that will come from the seed of each man.
18) No. Moses is the descendant of Levi. The descendants of Judah became known as Jews;
19) Tamar was not barren. Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel became pregnant after God's caring intervention;
20) God (Deut 34:6).

MY INSPIRATION TO PUBLISH "My Bible Quest"

In addition to own aspirations, my greatest inspiration, direct and indirect, to create this program is from my wife, Thankamma, and my son, Sunil, both are my great friends, loving critics, prejudiced supporters and prayerful partners.

The circumstances to write the Chapter 1. What is a Fellowship meal, and some other context and questions in our Church encouraged me to create this publication.

Conclusion of my Research:
After spending a good deal of time publishing these blogs, I learned quite a bit, but still not enough to answer everything correctly. My personal view is that nobody can ever master the literal and spiritual meanings of the whole Bible.

What is a Fellowship Meal?

The biblical and traditional views are given below.

The dictionary meaning of the phrase, “fellowship meal or love feast”:
1) A meal eaten in common among the early Christians to express and deepen brotherly love.
2) A banquet or gathering of persons held to promote good feeling, restore friendly relations, honor a special guest etc.
3) A social gathering intended to create good will among the participants.
4) A religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship practiced by a number of Christian denominations.

Denominational outlooks: If you were to ask the ordinary Christian today, what a Christian meeting was like in the days of the apostles, you would probably get different answers. An Evangelical Christian would probably answer that, it consisted primarily of preaching and singing. A Charismatic/Pentecost Christian might reply that it primarily incorporated worship, praise, and the exercise of miraculous gifts/divinely inspired powers such as instantaneous healing, speaking in tongues, prophecy etc. An Anglican might reply that it was principally a celebration of Communion/Eucharist (a symbolic consecrated bread and wine eaten and drunk during the ceremony of communion). Of course all of these responses are partially right. However, a dominant part of apostolic worship that many Christians would think of today is that it centered around a meal. That’s right, a meal.

How did the love feast originate? Let us examine the scripture. For the origin of the love feast, we need to look no more than the Last Supper. The Lord’s Last Supper ordained at Passover was a full meal. While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying, “Take and eat, this is my body” (Matt 26:26). So the very first Communion was instituted by Jesus in the context of a meal. A meal continued to be the normal setting in which Christians met together for fellowship and worship which was also a command of Christ.

Acts 2:46 tell us, “Everyday they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts”. However, the phrase, “they ate together with glad and sincere hearts” would also imply that this was more than Communion and it was a meal.

Nowhere this practice is more clearly confirmed than in the Communion passage of 1 Cor 11:20-34. Paul begins there by saying, “When you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, for as you eat,….. another gets drunk”. Now this is obviously talking about more than just the Communion. Nobody gets drunk from the small amount of wine taken in Communion, nor is it credible that various persons would receive Communion before others, because they are hungry. No, Paul is certainly describing a full meal -the love feast- that preceded the actual Communion. So the Communion celebrated at the end of the love feast (or as part of it) is quite clear from the verses 23-30.

Acts 20:11, describes ‘eating’ as an integral part of a New Testament worship service. It says, “then he(Paul) went upstairs and broke bread and ate. Here, Paul didn’t preach, he ate for sure.

The well known and the only explicit NT reference to the love feast is found in Jude 12 where Jesus’ brother refers to “ those who are blemishes at your love feasts……”In the classic NT reference 1 Cor 11:17-34, Paul lamented the abuse of these meals by those who over-indulged.

Jesus’ response: In the stories of, feeding the 5000 and 4000 (Matt 14, 15, Mark 6, 8), Jesus asked the disciples to feed the large crowd of listeners just after teaching/preaching. Even though they told Him it was unnecessary, in both events Jesus provided them full meals. Here Jesus showed them that the food for a weak body is not declined after the spiritual food is served.

Early Christianity: The early Christians referred to this common meal or banquet (with plenty of food and drink) as the agape feast (a Greek word), referring to selfless love or God’s love for humanity. Such meals were widespread, though not universal, in the early Christian world.

What happened to the love feast? The love feast was an integral part of apostolic worship, but the pattern was eventually altered. Even though Jesus and His disciples handed down the model of having a common meal before the Eucharist, some churches began changing this after the apostles died. During the second and third centuries, the agape was eventually separated from the Eucharist. Churches began celebrating the Eucharist in the morning and hosting the love feast in the evening. Perhaps it might have deteriorated into merely an occasion for eating and drinking or for ostentatious displays by the wealthier members of the community, as happened in Corinth, drawing the criticisms of Saint Paul in the passage mentioned. If the original apostolic pattern of holding the love feast and the Eucharist together had not been broken, perhaps the lovefeast would have continued on down to our times.

The genuine agape feasts were of apostolic origin (2 Pet 2:13, Jude 12), but were often abused by hypocrites, even under the very apostolic eye (1 Cor 11:21). This was more or less same situation in the Galatian and Greek churches too. Different Councils like Laodicea, Carthage etc. legislated different Canons to restrict abuses. Even after the death of the apostles, the pre-Nicene church (ie. Before the Nicea Creed of AD 325) continued to practice the agape or love feast. Within a century or so after the first Christian Emperor Constantine’s conversion (AD 313) this important part of apostolic worship totally disappeared and then replaced by Eucharist liturgies with symbolic amounts of bread and wine only. The love feast of apostolic origin, eventually fell into disfavor and was ultimately forbidden to be held in the churches.

Protestant revivals of the Practice: After the Protestant Reformation (a religious movement initiated by Martin Luther, Germany, in 1517) a move among some Christians brought back the lovefeast practices of the New Testament church to experience this historical form of Eucharist. Some other Christian churches after celebrating the Communion, now routinely participate in sharing of “light refreshments or light to full meal” eaten together while engaging in conversation that is functionally an agape. This post-communion gathering is often called “fellowship hour”, and is regarded by many clergy and pastors as a particularly opportune time for making casual interactions or to create new or restore friendships in an informal setting, or else it may be hard to happen in a busy community.

What the Scholars say about the love feast? An amazing thing is that nearly all biblical scholars, Catholic and Protestant, liberal and conservative alike, are agreed on this matter, that the NT worship consisted of the love feast followed by preaching and the Eucharist/Communion. In the opinion of great majority of scholars, the love feast (agape) meal had the double purpose of satisfying hunger and thirst, and giving expression to the sense of Christian brotherhood.

Who is responsible in the Church for this meal and meeting? How to conduct this ministry efficiently, what name this ministry should be called, who is in charge of ordering the food and selecting its items, how much cost efficient it should be, etc are all the choice of each Church management. The important matter is to share the meal and spend time together in peace, love, unity and fellowship.

Conclusion: The “Fellowship Hour”(or any name selected), is an important part of Christian character and it is a great opportunity for any church to incorporate and serve as a "ministry" of the church.

Complete Topical Index in Alphabetical Order

01/09-Anna
02/10-Assassinations
12/08-Elizabeth
12/08-Eve
12/08-Hagar
10/09-Leah
03/09-Lot's Wife
12/08-Mary, the Mother of Jesus
05/10-Menstruation
03/09-Money

06/09-Rachel
01/09-Rebekah
12/08-Sarah
05/10-Water Baptism
03/09-Woman of Samaria,The
01/09-Woman who lived a sinful life,The
02/09-Woman with the issue of Blood,The

Complete Topical Index, by Categories

How to Search a Topic?
Scanning through the "Blog Archive" by the date of publishing
eg:02/08-Name of Topic (means topic published in Feb 2008)
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CONTENTS:
1. Bible based Articles
2. Random Bible Quizzes - Basic or Literacy
3. Bible Quizzes by Categories & Topics(Topical Index)
4. Mar Thoma Church
5. Astronomy Basics
6. General Informations
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02/08-What is a Fellowship Meal?
03/08-Lent
03/08-Who is the perfect person in the Bible, the t...
03/08-Brother, Is it appropriate to call a fellow b...
04/08-Tetragrammation(YHVH)
04/08-Fellowship
04/08-Was Jesus the Son of God
12/09-Christmas

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05/10-Menstruation
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12/08-Introduction & the List of Women
12/08-Eve
12/08-Sarah
12/08-Mary, the Mother of Jesus
12/08-Elizabeth
12/08-Hagar
01/09-Anna
01/09-Rebekah
01/09-The woman who lived a sinful life
02/09-The Woman with the issue of Blood
03/09-Lot's Wife
03/09-The Woman of Samaria
06/09-Rachel
10/09-Leah
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4. MAR THOMA CHURCH
02/08-Mar Thoma Church:1
04/08-Mar Thoma Church:2
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5. ASTRONOMY BASICS
02/08-Astronomy Basics Quiz:1
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6. GENERAL INFORMATIONS, FUN QUIZZES, etc.
02/08-Complete List of Topics in this whole Blog, My Bible Quest
02/08- Complete List of Topics in this Blog, in Alphabetical order
02/08-My Inspiration to Publish "My Bible Quest"
02/08-Share Health Issues: Uncommon Health Problems, ...
02/08-Fun only Quiz:1
02/08-Non-Biblical Quiz:1
02/08-+ve Influence or Pleasant Experience with Church
02/08--ve Influence or Bad Experience with Church
03/08-About this Website
03/08-Bible Discrepancies or Contradictions:1
05/08-Inspirational Quizzes
03/10-Books of the Bible(66) ............ (print, cut and use as a Bible Flag)