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Cryptic Bible places quiz

Posted by Anne Witton on Thursday, August 10, 2023, In : Random stuff

It’s time for another slightly less serious blog post, so here are some cryptic clues to biblical place names. Enjoy!

Ms Hathoway, hot drink, Scottish exclamation
Back yard of Cornish project
Cartoon Tom’s companion with runner Sebastian’s surname
Occular portent
An infant meets the first part of the capital
Gymnast Tweddle, Comedian Mr. Mack, edge of a dress
Thank you kebab!
Water in Amman’s country
Go wandering
Country of affirmative head gesture
A clump of earth and a meditative noise
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Spiritual practices and habits

Posted by Anne Witton on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, In : Reflections

It’s been a really tough couple of years and I realised that I let other things and people take first place in my heart instead of God. It’s been a long and painful process coming back to him fully, but I realised that the only thing that’s going to replace idolatry in my heart is to pursue Jesus with everything I have and delight in him. That’s not always easy. In fact, I’ve found it very hard, but I’m encouraged that it’s not something I need to manufacture for myself. Even th...

Cryptic names and descriptions of God quiz

Posted by Anne Witton on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, In : Random stuff

1. Postman who does weights

2. Opposite of Cyclops

3. Posh yes, discover the mass

4. I am a Spanish waiter

5. Swedish supergroup

6. Hi third person singular

7. Monarch’s son of green vegetables

8. 1990s chat show

9. Eating flames

10. Like Greyfriars Bobby perhaps?

11. At the very top

12. Very old, periods of time

13. Unfit sock of Jerusalem’s land

14. Souvenir from Blackpool?

15. Winner of ‘One man and his dog’

16. Lots of money for finding a lost pet

17. An inhabitant of Stoke on Trent’s professio...

A few faith-based funnies

Posted by Anne Witton on Thursday, June 13, 2019, In : Random stuff

A minister decided to visit his church members one Saturday. At one particular house it was clear that someone was home, but nobody came to the door. The minister knocked several times and finally took out his card and wrote on the back:

Revelation 3:20 - "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him and he with me."

The next day the same card showed up in the collection plate. Below the minister’s message was another s...

Bible character collecting cards

Posted by Anne Witton on Thursday, August 23, 2018, In : Resources

I've always loved collecting things, especially fact cards, so I was really pleased to discover this free trading card creator. You can use one of their pre-made templates or create your own categories. The above example of Paul shows one I created to include information about when and where he lived, his role and family background, Bible books he appears in and wrote, major events in his life and a couple of famous quotes from Scripture.

They have ready-made templates for people, places, obje...
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Cryptic Christians Quiz

Posted by Anne Witton on Monday, July 24, 2017, In : Random stuff

Every now and again I like to post something a bit lighthearted on my blog, and this time I've written a series of cryptic clues to lead you to the names of famous Christians past and present. See if you can get them all without looking stuff up on Google!

Redeemed, eighth month, adolescent
Dad's Army's Mr Dunn, paper-fasteners, Oxford crime-solver
Mr Major has a bony foot deformity
Fairy take goat, Golden cereal
Ultimate, toilet, vehicle, uncooked-bread
Triple-jumping puritan theologian?
Mr Presco...

Newcastle 20s and 30s Formal

Posted by Anne Witton on Thursday, January 7, 2016, In : Events

Here's an opportunity for a great night out! The Newcastle 20s and 30s Formal is a night where 20s and 30s Church groups and their friends and families in the Newcastle upon Tyne gather together for a meal, music and quiz with the opportunity to make new friends.

Ticket prices are:
- £20 Students
- £25 Non-Students

You can order online through or type '20s and 30s Formal Newcastle' on www.eventbrite.co.uk
The closing date for ticket sales is: Monday, 18 January 2016

Ticket prices i...
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If students wrote the Bible

Posted by Anne Witton on Monday, October 5, 2015, In : Random stuff

Instead of God creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh, he would have put it off until the night before it was due and then pulled an all-nighter.
The Last Supper would have been eaten the next morning, cold.
The forbidden fruit would still have been eaten because anything is better than the food in halls.
Paul's letter to the Romans becomes Paul's e-mail to believers@romans.gov
Reason Cain killed Abel: they were living in the one bedsit and the dishes weren't getting done.
The t...

Biblical Top Trumps

Posted by Anne Witton on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, In : Random stuff

Whilst sorting through files on my computer, I came across a home-made set of Top Trumps based on Biblical characters that I devised about 12 years ago. The rules of the game are quite simple and are as follows:

Object: To win all the cards

Preparation: Deal the cards out so that each person has the same number. Pour yourself a drink and put some Twigletts in a bowl (optional)

Play: Each player holds their pack and only looks at the top card. Choose who starts first (an arm-wrestle is usually a ...