Apologetics

Question 1

1 Peter 3:15

Answer 1

In you hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect

Question 2

Romans 1:20

Answer 2

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities— His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

Question 3

Psalms 19:1-2

Answer 3

The heavens declare the glory of God;the skies proclaim the work of His hands Day after day they poor forth speech, night after night they reveal knowledge

Question 4

How is a worldview a type of faith?

Answer 4

It is a hypothesis about ultimate reality, a personal philosophy, and a believe in a system of thought

Question 5

Does faith assume you have no evidence for believing what you do?

Answer 5

No, you can’t believe in something unless you have evidence or reasons of why something is true

Question 6

How can abductive reasoning help us determine the origin of the universe ?

Answer 6

We see the effects of the universe, so we can trace it all back and hopefully find the cause

Question 7

Redshift and Hawkins solutions to the “field equations if regenerate relativity” which suggests a beginning point to both space and time (For God)

Answer 7

Creatio ex Nihilio

Question 8

Oscillating Universe Theory

Answer 8

Discovery of background radiation: remnant energy that comes from hot, super condensed mater- energy that would not be present if this theory were true (Against God)

Question 9

Not enough mass in the currently expanding universe to cause a gravitational re-collapse. Besides the expansion is accelerating, not slowing (Against God)

Answer 9

Steady state theory

Question 10

What is the most compelling evidence for the intelligent design of the universe?

Answer 10

The fine tuning of the laws and physics and chemistry

Question 11

How many conditions must be just right in order for human life to be possible? What are some?

Answer 11

35 (Gravity and expansion rate of the universe)

Question 12

What are the odds that a single functional protein could come together by chance?

Answer 12

10^164

Question 13

You can’t have natural selection without life

Answer 13

Prebiotic natural selection

Question 14

About how many proteins does it take to make up the simplest single-celled organism

Answer 14

250-400

Question 15

Based on facts rather than feelings or opinions

Answer 15

Objective

Question 16

Subjective

Answer 16

Based on feeling or opinions rather than facts

Question 17

Virtue ethics

Answer 17

Morality stems from God’s character and how He designed human beings to function best

Question 18

Methodological naturalism

Answer 18

Only materialistic theories allowed

Question 19

Describe “Theistic Virtue Ethics”

Answer 19

Gods rules are a reflection of his own character, reflect how he designed humans to function best, reflect His love for people

Question 20

What do materialists believe about human free will?

Answer 20

There is none, we are genetically programmed

Question 21

Situates

Answer 21

When a story’s detailed help pinpoint its actual historical setting

Question 22

Biblical Nihilism

Answer 22

Biblical narratives have no historical basis (all fiction)

Question 23

Biblical Minimalism

Answer 23

Biblical narratives, though loosely based on real people or events are mostly fiction

Question 24

Detailed match between the biblical and archeological records

Answer 24

Specificity

Question 25

Goshen

Answer 25

Egypts Nile Delta area where the Israelites settled after Joseph’s time

Question 26

What 3 tests are used to determine the reliability of an historical document?

Answer 26

Bibliographic (Is the text we now have saved as what was originally?)
Internal evidence (is the original record reliable?)
External evidence (is the content of a document supported by other sources?)

Question 27

A complete manuscript of the book of Isaiah was among the documents discovered, when was it determined to have been written?

Answer 27

125 B.C.

Question 28

What do the writers of the OT claim about the source of their writing? What evidence di we have to support this claim?

Answer 28

Speaking for God.

Unity of the bible and fulfilled prophecy

Question 29

What is if question #2?

Answer 29

Is the bible reliable? Who is God?

Question 30

What are some precise details given in the bible that situate it in the Middle Bronze Age?

Answer 30

Covenants, Social Customs, Slave prices in Law codes, Personal names

Question 31

Describe two archeological discoveries that provide evidence for the presence of Isreal in Canaan?

Answer 31

Israelite house- 4 room pillars house plan in Averis Egypt

Merenptah Stele-records of an attack on canan by Pharaoh Merenptah

Question 32

Describe the archaeological evidence we have for the Israelite 40 years of wilderness wandering

Answer 32

Egyptian temple inscription- migration of Israelites from Egypt to Canan about the middle of the 15th century (exodus)

Question 33

What 2 archeological discoveries situate Jericho’s fall around the biblical date of 1400 BC

Answer 33

Cypriot pottery and scarabs