WEB SITE FIGURES FOR LAST WEEK
At this time, the tracking software at our web host has failed so we are unable to provide those figures.  In recent weeks, the count of visitors has been 4.500 a week.

Hoping to install new visitor-count software soon.

MINISTERS AND SPEAKERS ON THE ROAD
A number of ministers and speakers are on the road in coming weeks and months. Get all the details at Special Announcements at the Church site:

http://www.intercontinentalcog.org/specialannouncements.shtml       

Cookeville, TN – cancelled for now - Sabbath Services - Kelly Pierson
Fulton, MS - 13 Feb - Sabbath Services - Mike Garrett
Atlanta-Douglasville, GA -- 22-23 May -- Pentecost Weekend -- Jim Josephsen

To have an announcement posted for guest speakers to your local area, fill out the posted form:

http://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/Forms/ministerspeakingengagement.htm             

WEEKLY BIBLE QUESTIONS – LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS

“Cities Great and Small” – Part 8 of 12

1] What city was said to have Christians that were neither hot nor cold?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a town.  Begins with the letter: “L.”
– “these things saith the Amen.”
– “I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
– “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.”
– “Because thou sayest, I am rich.”
– look in Revelation, the early chapters.

2] Where was Paul mistaken for the god Hermes or Mercurius?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a town.  Begins with the letter: “L.”
– account covers 15 verses.
– they thought Barnabas was Jupiter.
– they saw Paul and the chief speaker.
– they thought this after seeing a healing.
– Acts chapters 14-16

3] Where was King Josiah killed?

Hints:
– looking for the name of a town.  Begins with the letter: “M.”
– Josiah was king of Judah.
– Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt does the killing.
– his servants carried him in a chariot dead from this town and brought him to Jerusalem to be buried.
– Jehoahaz the son of Josiah becomes king after Josiah’s death.
– 2 Kings and chapters 23-end of book.

4] Where did Paul bid farewell to the elders of Ephesus?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a town.  Begins with the letter: “M.”
– this account covers 22 verses and the town you seek is in the first verse of the 22 verses.
– from this town he called the elders of the church and they came to him.
– She says, “Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia,…”
– “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God.”
– Acts and chapters 18-20

5] What was Jesus’ Hometown?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a town.  Begins with the letter: “N.”
– “wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?”
– His parents did not understand this saying you see in clue 2
– He was subject to His parents in this town.
– Jesus increased in wisdom and stature here.
– Luke and the first 3 chapters

6] What port was the site of Paul’s first European landing?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a town.  Begins with the letter: “N.”
– He saw a vision and endeavored to go into Macedonia.
– loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia and next to the city you seek.
– Acts and chapters 15-17

Answers to Cities Great and Small 8 of 12

1] Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22)
2] Lystra (Acts 14:6-20)
3] Megiddo (2 Kings 23:29)
4] Miletus (Acts 20:17-38)
5] Nazareth (Luke 2:51)
6] Neapolis (Acts 16:11)

Those who answered correctly “Cities Great and Small” Part 8 of 12:  Paul P. – Milford & Mary H. – John M. – Larry & Mary Ruth B. – Emmette & Jeanette M. – Carolyn M. – Maxine & Terri W. – Bob M. – Joy S. – Frederick T. – Wendy A & Denise C. – Trish G. – Lois C. and Linda P.

This Week’s Questions – Cities Great and Small Part 9 of 12

1] In what Syrian city did Elisha visit a sick king?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a city.  Begins with the letter “D.”
– the king was Benhadad.
– “the man of God is come hither.”
– “Shall I recover of this disease?”
– 2 Kings and chapters 7-9.

2] In what two cities did King Jeroboam erect his golden calves?
Hints:
– looking for the names of two cities.  One begins letter “B” and one  with letter “D.”
– “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem.”
– “And this thing became a sin.”
–  “the people went to worship before the one…”
– 1 Kings.  Chapters 11 or 12 or 13.

3] What was Jeremiah’s hometown?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a city.  Begins with the letter “A.”
– Jeremiah is the son of Hilkiah of the priest that were in this city.
– “in the land of Benjamin.”
– Jeremiah and the early chapters.

4] When the captive Paul was taken from Jerusalem to Caesarea, where did his guards stop for the night?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a city.  Begins with the letter “A.”
– “Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them.”
– “and brought him by night to…”
– On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him.
–Acts.  Chapters 23-25

5] What city was home to the harlot Rahab?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a city.  Begins with the letter “J.”
– Joshua sent two men to spy secretly in this city.
– the city belongs to God.

– no looting allowed after this city fell.
– Joshua and the early chapters

6] At what town was Saul publicly proclaimed king?
Hints:
– looking for the name of a city.  Begins with the letter “G.”
– “let us go to ______, and renew the kingdom there.
– “and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD.”
– “And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day.”
– 1 Samuel.  Chapters 11-13.

Have the answers? Drop me an e-mail: chriscumming@icgchurches.org               

Next time: Cities Great and Small Part 9 of 12

POINTS TO PONDER
Quotes on Gentleness:

--"Nothing is so strong as gentleness."

--"Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner."

--"Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty."

--"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."

--"I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit. "

--"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. "