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Study Guide for Tawawa 2017 ages 13-18 Bible Bowl-AME Challenge Game boards will be populated by questions drawn from this content. Each game board will include 25 questions ranging in difficulty from 100 point to 500 point levels. Bible passages are from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) unless otherwise noted. Categories for Study Old Testament & Social Justice New Testament & Social Justice AME Church History & Social Justice AME Church Now & Social Justice Our World Today & Social Justice Old Testament & Social Justice Leviticus 19:15 - 15 You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor. Isaiah 1:17 learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. Zechariah 7:9-10 - 9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; 10 do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. Psalms 82:3 - Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. Proverbs 31:9 - Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Jeremiah 22:3 - Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place. Micah 6:8 - He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? 1 Amos 5:11-15 - Therefore because you Isaiah 58: 6-12 - Isaiah 58:6-12New trample on the poor Revised Standard Version (NRSV) and take from them levies of grain, 6 you have built houses of hewn stone, Is not this the fast that I choose: but you shall not live in them; to loose the bonds of injustice, you have planted pleasant vineyards, to undo the thongs of the yoke, but you shall not drink their wine. to let the oppressed go free, 12 and to break every yoke? For I know how many are your 7 transgressions, Is it not to share your bread with the and how great are your sins— hungry, you who afflict the righteous, who take a and bring the homeless poor into your bribe, house; and push aside the needy in the gate. when you see the naked, to cover them, 13 and not to hide yourself from your own Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such kin? a time; 8 for it is an evil time. Then your light shall break forth like the 14 dawn, Seek good and not evil, and your healing shall spring up quickly; that you may live; your vindicator[a] shall go before you, and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be the glory of the Lord shall be your rear with you, guard. just as you have said. 9 15 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; Hate evil and love good, you shall cry for help, and he will say, and establish justice in the gate; Here I am. it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, If you remove the yoke from among you, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, 10 Proverbs 31:8-9 if you offer your food to the hungry Speak out for those who cannot speak, and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, for the rights of all the destitute. then your light shall rise in the darkness Speak out, judge righteously, and your gloom be like the noonday. defend the rights of the poor and needy. 11 The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. 12 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in. 2 Name a place in the Old Testament where we see that the human person is made in God's own image or that he or she is created with dignity. Genesis 1:27 So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Name 2 places in the Old Testament law books (such as Exodus, Leviticus, or Deuteronomy) where the people of God are commanded to help those who are poor or vulnerable. Exodus 23:6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits. Leviticus 19:10 You shall not strip your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the alien: I am the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 15:11 Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, “Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.” Find 2 places in which one of the prophets (Isaiah, Amos, Jeremiah, etc.) tells the people that God cares about their actions toward the hungry, oppressed, widow, stranger, or orphan. Isaiah 58:10 if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday. Zechariah 7:10 do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. Name one passage from the Old Testament that could help us to recognize why we should care for creation. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 3 New Testament & Social Justice Luke 10:30-37 - 30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii,[a] gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” Matthew 7:12 - 12 “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 16:18 18 And I tell you, you are Peter,[a] and on this rock[b] I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. Romans 12:15-18 - 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly;[a] do not claim to be wiser than you are. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. 18 If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. John 3:17-18 - 17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. In what book, chapter and verse in the Gospels does Jesus proclaim the following? "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, / because he has anointed me / to bring glad tidings to the poor. / He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives / and recovery of sight to the blind, / to let the oppressed go free, / and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord." Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 4 Name 3 of Jesus' parables that are about the way we should treat others. Please provide book, chapter, and verse and summarize the parable. Luke 10:25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus.[j] “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” 29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.