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Question 1

Atheism

Answer 1

A system of belief that asserts categorically that there is no God. Like agnosticism.

Question 2

Atonement

Answer 2

refers to God’s act of dealing with the primary human problem, sin. Covering over sin.

Question 3

Attributes of God

Answer 3

in General, an attribue is a characteristic or quality used to describe an object or person. When speaking of the attributes of God, theologians note that characteristics or qualities that are essential to our understanding of God as God relates to us as created beings

Question 4

Augustine

Answer 4

Western church theologian who integrated Platonic philosophy with theology. Seeing the complete sinfulness of humankind asserted that God predestines those who are enabled to repent and believe.

Question 5

Baptism

Answer 5

the practice of sprinkling with, pouring on, or immersing in water as an act of Christian initiation and obedience to Christ’s own commands.

Question 6

Baptismal regeneration

Answer 6

The belief that water baptism effects the saving work of the Holy Spirit in washing away original sin

Question 7

Barth, Karl

Answer 7

father of neo-orthodoxy

Question 8

Believers’ church

Answer 8

a theological conviction arising out of the Radical Reformation that emphasizes the church as comprising only those who through faith in Jesus Christ voluntarily gather together for the sake of worship, instruction, and doing good deeds.

Question 9

Biblical criticism

Answer 9

the method/s by which meanings of biblical texts are sought through the application of techniques used in interpreting various types of literature.

Question 10

Biblical theology

Answer 10

Biblical theology is the discipline that attempts to summarize and restate the teaching of a biblical text or of a biblical author without imposing any modern categories of thought on the text.