August 19, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Monday, August 19.
I love games. All kinds of games. Card games, board games, word games, puzzles, you name it! But in my twenties my favorite game was Trivial Pursuit. Maybe you've played it, too. It came out in 1981 and took the country by storm. Not as popular today, but I've still got one in my games closet and if you want to challenge me - just say the word!
It would be inappropriate and inaccurate to call the Word of God trivial. But, with respect, here are a few items that could be described as Bible trivia.
- It took over a thousand years to write the Old Testament, the New Testament was penned in less than 70.
- Women read the Bible more than men, older people more than younger, and African Americans more than any other race.
- China produces more Bibles than any other country.
- Esther is the only book of the Bible that never mentions the name of God.
- The name David is found over 1100 times in the Bible, second only to the name Jesus.
- There are six Mary's in the New Testament.
- Horses are mentioned 156 times in the Bible, dogs 41 times, cats . . . zero.
- 93 women speak in the Bible. Their words make up about 1% of God's Word.
- The word hate is found about 90 times in the Bible, but we read the word love more than 300 times.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
