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February 10, 2010
News Quiz: Praying for the New President
How closely were you paying attention during Inauguration Week?
1
What was
not
said in an inauguration week prayer?
“We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right.”
“I humbly ask this in the name of the one who changed my life, Yeshua, Isa, Jesus [Spanish pronunciation], Jesus, who taught us to pray: Our Father . . .”
“O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will bless us with tears.”
“Bless us with compassion and generosity, remembering that every religion’s god judges us by the way we care for the most vulnerable.”
“The only thing that we did wrong — we stayed in the wilderness a day too long.”
2
Why does John Piper say the pro-life movement couldn't sustain passive resistance the way the civil rights movement did?
Americans found any discussion of abortion too distasteful.
Not enough people were jailed for “rescuing,” sitting around abortion clinics to prevent women from entering.
Pro-life people got “mouthy.”
Pro-life activists were too involved in other stereotypically conservative causes.
All of the above
3
David Iglesias, an evangelical Christian attorney, was found to have been fired from the justice department for political reasons under the Bush administration. What is his new job?
Prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay
Peace Corps volunteer
CNN commentator
Attorney General of Panama
4
South Koreans have revived what method of getting gospel tracts into North Korea?
They release
giant bunnies
near the border with gospel tracts tied around their necks.
They release tract-filled balloons with time-release mechanisms near the border.
They blare Christian talk shows and praise music over loudspeakers near the border.
They pile tracts on remote-controlled motorboats and direct them up the Imjin river.
All of the above
5
The Illinois supreme court ruled that a state law requiring a moment of silence in public schools was unconstitutional.
True. The judge said it was a thinly veiled attempt to institute religion.
False. The judge said it was really just a moment of silence and the principle of church and state division had no bearing.
6
According to Freedom House's annual report, which country is least free?
Cuba
Mongolia
Pakistan
Russia
South Africa
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