Stand on the Word with Tony Perkins

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Bible Reading: 1 Timothy 3-4 Nov 18, 2025

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1. What does Paul mean when he says that both overseers/pastors and deacons should manage their families well (see 3:5, 12)?

Provide spiritual leadership
Provide oversight and direction
Provide discipline and correction
All of the above

2. What did Paul tell Timothy about those who looked down on him because of his youth and how he should live in response (see 4:12)?

Bible Reading: 1 Timothy 1-2 Nov 17, 2025

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1. How did Paul compare himself with other sinners (see 1:15)?

More righteous than some
Worse than most sinners
Worst sinner of all
None of the above

2. Who should top our prayer list and to what end (see 2:1-4)?

Bible Reading: Colossians 3-4 Nov 14, 2025

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1. What does Paul say about our work life (see 3:23-24)?

If we have a terrible boss, do the minimum.
If we have a low-paying job, cut corners.
If customers are ungrateful, slack on the job.
None of the above.

2. What did Paul encourage about our speech (see 4:6)?

Bible Reading: Colossians 1-2 Nov 13, 2025

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1. How is Christ described in 1:15-19?

Image of the invisible God and Creator of all things
Head of the church
Firstborn from the dead and fullness of God
Reconciler of all things through the cross
All of the above

2. How did Christ cancel "the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands" (see 2:14)?

Bible Reading: Philippians 4 Nov 12, 2025

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1. Instead of being anxious, what does Paul tell us to do, and what is the result (see vv. 6-7)?

2. What did Paul tell us he could do through Christ in His strength (see v. 13)?

Nothing
Some things
All things
None of the above

Bible Reading: Philippians 3 Nov 11, 2025

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1. After Paul takes us on a journey through his "trophy case" of personal attributes and accomplishments, compared to his relationship with Christ, what did he call it all (see vv. 1-8)?

2. What is the goal we should press toward that Paul sums up as the "upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (see vv. 10-14)?

To know Jesus
To experience the power of His resurrection
To become more like Jesus, even to the point of suffering and death
All of the above

Bible Reading: Philippians 2 Nov 10, 2025

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1. What does it mean to have the mind or attitude of Christ (see vv. 5-11)?

2. How did Paul describe his "brother," Epaphroditus, who risked his life for the gospel (see vv. 25-30)?

Fellow worker
Fellow soldier
Messenger
Minister to my need
All of the above

Bible Reading: Ephesians 6 Nov 07, 2025

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1. What special parenting instructions are specifically given to fathers (see v. 4)?

2. What does the armor of God allow us to do (see vv. 11-14)?

Take our stand against the devil's schemes
Stand our ground when the day of evil comes
Stand firm
All of the above

Bible Reading: Ephesians 5 Nov 06, 2025

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1. Based on the analogy Paul gives, what does it mean to be "filled with the Spirit" (see v. 18)?

2. How is the marital relationship like the relationship between Christ and His church (vv. 25-33)?

Wives are to submit to their husbands like the church to the Lord.
Husbands are to love their wives like Christ loved the church and gave Himself sacrificially for it.
Both of the above.
Neither of the above.