THIS WEEK: Study Acts, Chapter 11

This week (November 11 thru November 17), please study Acts, Chapter 11.

If you want to read the chapter online, click here. (Free website Biblegateway.Com)

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If you'd like to read a commentary on the chapter, click here. (Free website, ChristNotes.Com)

If you want to download the puzzle for this week, click here.

Study Tip: For some people, the best way to make the Bible a priority in your life is to put it at the start of every day. Rather than waiting for after homework, dinner, or whatever else you normally put before studying, consider setting your alarm 15 minutes earlier in the morning and spending that time reading thru that week's chapter. This can set the tone for your day, and give you a chance to apply the lessons of the chapter in your daily life.

Upcoming Events:
- December 5 - Christmas Party with Trumbull (in Monroe)

- January 17 - Midwinter Quiz Meet in Monroe, CT

CHAPTER REVIEWS: Acts 10

If you'll miss practice this week we don't want you to miss out on the review of the chapter.  You can download Coach Mark's lesson by clicking here, or on the image below.

BIBLE NEWS: Translating in the Face of Deadly Illness

Many Bible translators work under difficult conditions as they try to bring the gospel to remote and often hostile tribes. But some face difficulty in the comfort of their own homes.  Helen Sylliboy is working to finish translating the Bible into Mi'kmaq (a language of the Native Americans of Canada) in the face of extreme health problems which threaten to end her life before her work is done.

Diabetes left the 64-year-old blind in one eye and forces her to undergo kidney dialysis three times a week.
She also has arthritis that keeps her confined to a wheelchair.
Despite all that, she still spends 10 hours a day at her computer, translating...
Sylliboy also fears a heart attack could kill her.
"I want to be able to meet my creator and tell him I did my share of promoting my language and my prayers and my spirituality with others," said Sylliboy. 

MUSICAL INTERLUDE: Stand Up

WEEKLY COMIC: Emergency Blessing

FINISH THE VERSE: Acts 10

Remember, the full list of FTV's can always be found at this link. The // in the verse marks the minimum number of words you need from the FTV to uniquely identify it.

QUESTION:  And there came // a voice…
ANSWER:  …to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” (Acts 10:13-15)

QUESTION:  And he said to // them, …
ANSWER:  “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean. (Acts 10:28)

QUESTION:  So Peter // opened his mouth…
ANSWER:  …and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:34-35)

QUESTION:  And we are // witnesses of all...
ANSWER:  …that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. (Acts 10:39-41)

QUESTION:  And he commanded // us to preach…
ANSWER:  …to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. (Acts 10:42)

QUESTION:  To him // all the prophets…
ANSWER:  …bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” (Acts 10:43)

QUESTION:  And the believers // from among the circumcised…

ANSWER:  …who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. (Acts 10:45)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 10

Remember, the full list of Reference Questions can always be found in the sidebar or at this link.

QUESTION:  According to Acts 10:10, who fell into a trance?
ANSWER:  (He) Peter.  (cf 10:10; 22:17)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 10:23, who accompanied him?
ANSWER:  Some of the brothers from Joppa  (cf 10:23; 20:4; 20:38)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 10:25, who fell down?
ANSWER:  Cornelius.  (cf 5:5, 10; 10:25; 16:29; 20:9)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 10:28, you yourselves know what?
ANSWER:  How unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation.  (cf 2:33; 10:28; 20:18, 34)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 10:37, you yourselves know what?
ANSWER:  What happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed.  (cf 2:22; 10:28, 37; 20:18, 34)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 10:38, God was with whom?
ANSWER:  (Him) Jesus of Nazareth.  (cf 7:9; 10:38)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 10:39, we are witnesses of what?
ANSWER:  All that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.  (cf 2:32; 5:32, 3:15; 10:39)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 10:47, who received the Holy Spirit?
ANSWER:  These people (all who heard the word), just as we (believers who had come with Peter) have.  (cf 8:17; 10:47)