In the July-August edition of the Bible Quiz Newsletter, we neglected to announce the 33rd Annual Gold Cup Tournament just a few miles south of Dallas, Texas. If you are looking for a strong, early-season competition, be sure to contact Lori Sullivan and get your team registered.
Quick refresher for everyone heading to Nationals 2016. Here are the official corrections from the 2015–2016 Acts Scripture Portion as found in earlier editions of the Coaches Connection.
First 7 words in Unique Word list are repeated twice. Delete first 7 words.
Acts 1:23 Behind Joseph, insert the words, (Barsabbas, Justus)
Acts 3:12 Questions-should be “we HAD made this man walk? HAD not have (Scripture Portion-Correct)
Acts 7:49–50 Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be? Has not my hand made all these things? Phrase says the Lord must be inserted. (Scripture Portion-Correct)
Acts 13 Bar-Jesus and Elymas are considered two different individuals. (This information came from the National Bible Quiz Coordinator)
Did you spot an error we missed? Have a question? Drop a comment below!
JBQ creator and BQ legend George Edgerly went home to be with the Lord at 6:05PM CST on May 20, 2016.
In reading posts from his friends and family, I wanted to share two of them with you.
In my years of coaching, I’ve been blessed to work with some remarkable young people. In Bible Quiz, typically the rules limit the lower end of this scale to 11-or 12-year olds. On rare occasions, an opportunity arises to work with a younger quizzer. This year I have been blessed to work with the best young quizzer I have ever seen.
Tim McDaniel has accomplished a remarkable feat. Yesterday he recorded his 200th edition of the Bible Quiz Podcast. Keeping a free resource like that regularly available is no easy task, so he deserves a lot of respect. I’d encourage everyone to check out the podcast, listen to the 200th show, and take some time to check out the archives.
There are a lot of great shows, and there are some that include me, but don’t hold that against Tim. The podcast is a labor of love, and Tim has done an amazing job and I am glad to have had a front row seat for the ride.
I don’t recall ever posting about this subject, primarily because it doesn’t really matter very much. It’s much like the Master Memorization Award, in that it appears impressive, but it doesn’t necessarily translate into effective team quizzing. However, it is a part of quizzing, and there are a few ways coaches can help their quizzers do well.
Earlier this week, I was at the dentist and noticed the Newsweek magazine pictured to the right. As I started reading the cover story, carefully and cleverly written by a famous agnostic, I was completely unshaken by the doubt and uncertainty he was injecting into the Christmas story. I was unshaken because I knew the real story.
