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Quiz about Famous Sermons
Quiz about Famous Sermons

Famous Sermons Trivia Quiz


Below are quotes from famous sermons by famous preachers and/or political figures. Who spoke these words?

A multiple-choice quiz by skylarb. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
skylarb
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
109,904
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South." Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away, Europe is the less . . . any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "My little sisters, the birds, much bounden are ye unto God, your creator, and always in every place ought ye to praise him, for that he hath given you liberty to fly about everywhere, and hath also given you double and triple raiment." Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "The God that holds you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire . . . You have offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince, and yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment . . . " Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. He wasn't a preacher, but he sounded like one when he said, "Let us pray for the salvation of all those who live in totalitarian darkness, pray they will discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do, let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual domination of all peoples of the earth--they are the focus of evil in the modern world." Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "My crime is that I will not go with the multitude to do evil. My singularity is that when I say that freedom is of God and slavery is of the devil, I mean just what I say. My fanaticism is that I insist on the American people abolishing slavery or ceasing to prate of the rights of man . . . The abolitionism which I advocate is as absolute as the law of God, and as unyielding as his throne." Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "I do not wish you to oppose anybody's religion, but everybody's wickedness. Perhaps there are fewer sure marks of the reality of religion than when a man feels more joined in spirit to a true holy person of a different denomination than to an irregular liver of his own." (Hint: He was an early American.) Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "You represent Him as mocking His helpless creatures by offering what He never intends to give...You represent God as worse than the devil--more false, more cruel, more unjust..." Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Apart from Jesus, who said, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South."

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech drew heavily upon the Old Testament prophets.
2. "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away, Europe is the less . . . any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

Answer: John Donne

John Donne was a poet and Anglican minister. From this sermon, Hemingway draws the title of his book, "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
3. "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon."

Answer: Jesus Christ

This quote may be found in the New Testament Gospels.
4. "My little sisters, the birds, much bounden are ye unto God, your creator, and always in every place ought ye to praise him, for that he hath given you liberty to fly about everywhere, and hath also given you double and triple raiment."

Answer: St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis believed in witnessing even to the animals.
5. "The God that holds you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire . . . You have offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince, and yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment . . . "

Answer: Jonathan Edwards

The most famous hellfire and brimstone sermon of all.
6. He wasn't a preacher, but he sounded like one when he said, "Let us pray for the salvation of all those who live in totalitarian darkness, pray they will discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do, let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual domination of all peoples of the earth--they are the focus of evil in the modern world."

Answer: Ronald Reagan

This speech was about the dramatic growth of communism and the danger posed by the USSR.
7. "My crime is that I will not go with the multitude to do evil. My singularity is that when I say that freedom is of God and slavery is of the devil, I mean just what I say. My fanaticism is that I insist on the American people abolishing slavery or ceasing to prate of the rights of man . . . The abolitionism which I advocate is as absolute as the law of God, and as unyielding as his throne."

Answer: William Lloyd Garrison

Garrison was a vocal abolitionist.
8. "I do not wish you to oppose anybody's religion, but everybody's wickedness. Perhaps there are fewer sure marks of the reality of religion than when a man feels more joined in spirit to a true holy person of a different denomination than to an irregular liver of his own." (Hint: He was an early American.)

Answer: John Witherspoon

He was the only minister to sign the Declaration of Independence.
9. "You represent Him as mocking His helpless creatures by offering what He never intends to give...You represent God as worse than the devil--more false, more cruel, more unjust..."

Answer: John Wesley

He was preaching against the Calvinist doctrine of predestination.
10. Apart from Jesus, who said, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."?

Answer: John the Baptist

He was herald to the coming Christ. Jesus had said this in Matthew 4:17.
Source: Author skylarb

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