Christian Belief (PowerPoint)

Question 1

is a conversation about Scripture: about how to read and interpret it better, about how to understand the Bible as a whole and imagine a way of life that is faithful to the God whose Word this is”

Answer 1

“Christian theology defined by Jones

Question 2

“the process of taking the grand truth of the scriptural witness to Jesus Christ and applying it to the present-day context”

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theology defined by Maddix and Leclerc

Question 3

three instances where theology was mentioned and scripture, through the apostles interpretation

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• Luke 24:25-27 Jesus with two followers after his resurrection
• Luke 24:44-45 Jesus then speaking to all the disciples
• Acts 8: 27-31 The Ethiopian Eunuch

Question 4

the epicenter of _____ faith is the ______ _____

Answer 4

Christian risen Christ

Question 5

theology is defined a faith seeking understanding but what are some scripture that may question this

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“While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering… (Luke 24:41)
“When they saw him, they worshipped him, though some had doubts” (Matthew 28:14)

Question 6

James K. A. Smith
the ____ is our primary organ
_____ is our primary mode of being and interacting with the world
_____ is what orients us and changes us

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heart
desiring
love

Question 7

according to James K. A. Smith Mind — Thinking (____) V.S. Heart —- Longing (_____)

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knowledge
loves

Question 8

according to James K. A. Smith we are heading toward what we ____ or ____ - what we love

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crave or desire

Question 9

According to James K. A. Smith, our loves orient and propel us toward our telos/aim which results in

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• a vision or picture of the “good life”
• a “kingdom”- a social vision

Question 10

according to James K. A. Smith how do we acquire our love?

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By imitating and practicing activities (following liturgies)​ and We form habits and tastes through immersion and repetition​

Question 11

____ are formative cultural practices that shape our love

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Liturgies

Question 12

According to James K. A. Smith, how is love learned

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(made into a habit) through what we practice in our environment, day to day.

Question 13

James K. A. Smith calls us to pay attention to what we do, because….

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those things do something to us,
Those day to day liturgies (what we regularly do) shape and misshape our loves, thus changing the trajectory of our lives (our telos).

Question 14

Christian “discipleship is a ____ of your loves”
- “Our beliefs must be put into practice, and faithful practice matters for what we believe”

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rehabituation

Question 15

God Reveals through Story or Drama​ This way of thinking about narrative unity reads Scripture as one story with four big movements:​

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creation, fall, redemption, and glory

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in which we see God’s original good intentions and purposes​

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creation

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in which sin and death enter the world, distorting the goodness of creation

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fall

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in which God’s work in Israel is fulfilled in Christ the Lord, who brings salvation and healing​

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Redemption

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in which God’s final good intentions and purposes are realized for all of creation

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glory

Question 20

these four major points in the plotline of Scripture show us what? Theologian Robert Jenson puts it well: “Not only is Scripture within the church, but we, the church, are _____ _____ —that is, our common life is located where?

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a great deal about God and ourselves and offer us an entryway into the story of Scripture, which becomes our story
within scripture, inside the story Scripture tells.

Question 21

“God’s revelation to us fits with the kind of creatures we are”

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accommodation

Question 22

How God makes Godself known through the created world, including human conscience​

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General revelation​

Question 23

How God has acted in time and space to make himself known through Israel’s history, Jesus Christ, and Scripture

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Special revelation

Question 24

what happens to grace in special revelation

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builds on and interprets creation rather than fighting it.​

Question 25

Calvin imagines the Scriptures as a pair of glasses that allows us to see nature properly.