Laughter in the Bible quiz, part 1: the questions
The crew takes a 10-question King James quiz on laughter in Scripture from christiansunite.com — Abraham laughing at 100, the psalmist's laughing Lord, Ecclesiastes on sorrow and laughter, Proverbs on the wise man and the fool. The radio audience is cut off at the break with a cliffhanger on the answers.
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