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Question 1

What are the three kinds of religious authority?

Answer 1

1. Human reason
2. The church
3. God’s word

Question 2

What is “special revelation?”

Answer 2

A message carried only in the Bible

Question 3

What does it mean by the phrase “God-breathed?”

Answer 3

By divine breath and power the Holy Spirit moved the (human) authors of the Bible with such precision that the product accurately reflects the intention of God himself

Question 4

What is mechanical dictation and is this view a possibility with the Bible?

Answer 4

God spoke through human beings to the extent that their individual personalities were suppressed. —
No it is not possible with the Bible. They were not in trance and God did not just pick them at random to write.

Question 5

What is dynamic inspiration (or functional interpretation of inspiration?) What does this view propose?

Answer 5

It conceives of the Bible as not being intended to convey “propositional truth” about God himself. It proposes that God is unknowable.

Question 6

What does the Bible itself teach about the true manner of inspiration?

Answer 6

It emphasizes the actual inspiration of the writers

Question 7

List 5 of the 8 classifications of alleged discrepancies found in the Bible, according to J. W. Haley.

Answer 7

1. A failure to read exactly what the Bible says
2. False interpretations of the Bible
3. Wrong ideas of the Bible as a whole and failure to recognize that the Bible on occasion records the words of Satan and of evil people
   4.A failure to recognize that some accounts are condensations of what was said or done.
4. Apparent discrepancies in numbers

Question 8

What is “canon” and a “canonical book?”

Answer 8

The word “canon” means “a rule, a standard, a measuring rod.”
Therefore, a book considered canonical is a book that has met certain criteria, or standards

Question 9

List the four tests applied to books considered for canonization in the New Testament. Give the question that defines each test.

Answer 9

(1) Apostolicity: Was the book the product of an apostle or a close associate of an apostle?
(2) Universality: was the book widely accepted and used in the churches?
(3) Contents: Did the subject matter of the book appear to be on a plan with known Scripture?
(4) Inspiration: Did the book bear the special quality that speaks of divine inspiration?

Question 10

List 5 concepts that describe the nature (not names) of God and define each

Answer 10

1. Immutable – not susceptible to change
2. Chesed – faithful, steadfast
3. Emeth – reliable
4. Immanent – present and active within the universe
5. Infinite – without limit or limitation