CLED 450 Quiz 1

CLED 450 Quiz 1

CLED 450 Quiz: Dangerous Calling

Covers the Learn material from Module 3: Week 3.

1. Peter’s counsel to “humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God” was directed to whom?
2. Which of the following is not one of the ministry fruit’s of the awe of God?
3. Mediocrity is a ______ problem.
4. When you forget _______ , you begin to seek from the situations, locations, and relationships of ministry what you already have been given in Christ.
5. If Christ is the head of his body – and he is – then everything else is just what?
6. Every sermon should be prepared by a person whose study is marked by what?
7. The ultimate purpose of the Word of God is not theological information but what?
8. The greatest danger in my life exists _______ of me and not _______ of me.
9. When busyness intersects with _______ one of the first things that goes is private worship.
10. What passage does the author refer to as a summary of all that he has considered in this book?
11. Which of the following is not one of the dangerous results of thinking you’ve arrived?
12. Which of the following is not a result of a consistent, personal devotional life?
13. What gives a ministry its motivations, perseverance, humility, joy, tenderness, passion, and grace?
14. A pastor’s ministry is never just shaped by his knowledge, experience, and skill. It is always also shaped by the true condition of his:
15. Ministry success is primarily a reflection of the pastor’s outstanding leadership skills.
16. A proper response to fear is to deny its existence.
17. According to the author, it is normal for many pastors to throw their sermons together on Saturday evening; therefore, it is acceptable.
18. Although we are able to see the sin of others with specificity and clarity, we tend to be blind to our own.
19. Good things happen when maturity is more defined by knowing than it is by being.
20. If you are not feeding your soul on the realities of the presence, promises, and provisions of Christ, you will ask the people, situations, and things around you to be the messiah that they can never be.
21. If your heart is in functional awe of the glory of God, then there will be no place in your heart for poorly prepared, badly delivered, functional pastoral mediocrity.
22. A pastor who lives in “functional isolation” from the body of Christ can still have a healthy marriage.
23. There is no congregation the pastor needs to preach to more than himself.
24. Fear is never a good thing in your ministry.
25. As a pastor, your ministry is particularly difficult, you have been singled out for unique suffering, and your ministry situation, location and relationships are more difficult than what others face.

Set 2

1. Mediocrity is a ______ problem.
2. Every sermon should be prepared by a person whose study is marked by what?
3. If Christ is the head of his body – and he is – then everything else is just
what?
4. The greatest danger in my life exists _______ of me and not _______ of me.
5. Which of the following is not one of the dangerous results of thinking you’ve
arrived?
6. When you forget _______ , you begin to seek from the situations, locations,
and relationships of ministry what you already have been given in Christ.
7. When busyness intersects with _______ one of the first things that goes is
private worship.
8. Which of the following is not a result of a consistent, personal devotional
life?
9. A pastor’s ministry is never just shaped by his knowledge, experience, and
skill. It is always also shaped by the true condition of his:
10. Which of the following is not one of the ministry fruit’s of the awe of God?
11. The ultimate purpose of the Word of God is not theological information but
what?
12. What passage does the author refer to as a summary of all that he has
considered in this book?
13. What gives a ministry its motivations, perseverance, humility, joy,
tenderness, passion, and grace?
14. Peter’s counsel to “humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God” was
directed to whom?
15. No one celebrates the presence and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ more than
the person who has embraced his desperate and daily need of it.
16. Fear is never a good thing in your ministry.
17. Self-glory will cause you to parade in public what should be kept in private.
18. As a pastor, you should never confess your own struggles in public.
19. No one gives grace better than a person who knows he desperately needs it
himself.
20. There is no congregation the pastor needs to preach to more than himself.
21. Although we are able to see the sin of others with specificity and clarity, we tend to be blind to our own.
22. The New Testament indicates that the pastor’s private life at home and his
public ministry are two separate categories. He is two separate people.
23. Since the pastor is responsible for training God’s people for their member-to-
member ministry function, he is above a need for what the rest of the body
needs and does.
24. Self-glory will cause you to care too little about what people think about
you.
25. Good things happen when maturity is more defined by knowing than it is by
being.

Other sets

1. Every sermon should be prepared by a person whose study is marked by what?
2. What gives a ministry its motivations, perseverance, humility, joy, tenderness, passion, and grace?
3. Which of the following is not one of the ministry fruit’s of the awe of God?
4. The greatest danger in my life exists _______ of me and not _______ of me.
5. The ultimate purpose of the Word of God is not theological information but what?
6. Which of the following is not one of the dangerous results of thinking you’ve arrived?
7. When busyness intersects with _______ one of the first things that goes is private worship.
8. Which of the following is not a result of a consistent, personal devotional life?
9. Peter’s counsel to “humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God” was directed to whom?
10. If Christ is the head of his body – and he is – then everything else is just what?
11. When you forget _______ , you begin to seek from the situations, locations, and relationships of ministry what you already have been given in Christ.
12. Mediocrity is a ______ problem.
13. A pastor’s ministry is never just shaped by his knowledge, experience, and skill. It is always also shaped by the true condition of his:
14. What passage does the author refer to as a summary of all that he has considered in this book?
15. Although we are able to see the sin of others with specificity and clarity, we tend to be blind to our own.
16. The pastor’s identity and security should be based on what people think of him.
17. If you are not feeding your soul on the realities of the presence, promises, and provisions of Christ, you will ask the people, situations, and things around you to be the messiah that they can never be.
18. The New Testament indicates that the pastor’s private life at home and his public ministry are two separate categories. He is two separate people.
19. Awe reminds you that God is so glorious that it is impossible for you, as his ambassador, to have ministry standards that are too high.
20. Pastors should not expose themselves to the examination of others because the Bible is all they need in order to see themselves accurately.
21. As a pastor, your ministry is particularly difficult, you have been singled out for unique suffering, and your ministry situation, location and relationships are more difficult than what others face.
22. As a pastor, you should have a healthy fear of what may be exposed about you even though it has already been covered by the blood of Jesus.
23. If you are a pastor or ministry leader, you are free of sin and all its attendant dangers.
24. No one is more influential in your life than you are, because no one talks to you more than you do.
25. There are truths that you need to give to others that you don’t need yourself.
26. Since the pastor is responsible for training God’s people for their member-to-member ministry function, he is above a need for what the rest of the body needs and does.
27. It is only the fear of God that has the spiritual power to overwhelm all the horizontal fears than can capture your heart.
28. There is no congregation the pastor needs to preach to more than himself.
29. While there are good and godly kinds of fear, fear can also be an ungodly and dangerous thing.
30. Self-glory will cause you to care too much about what people think of you.
31. Self-glory will cause you to parade in public what should be kept in private.
32. The number of years you have served in ministry is an accurate measure of your spiritual maturity.
33. Ministry success is primarily a reflection of the pastor’s outstanding leadership skills.
34. Self glory will cause you to be quiet when you should talk.
35. It’s only when your identity is firmly rooted in Christ that you are free from seeking to get your identity out of your ministry.
36. No one celebrates the presence and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ more than the person who has embraced his desperate and daily need of it.
37. What captures the allegiance of your heart will shape your ministry actions, reactions, and responses.