Exam # 1 Study Guide

Question 1

Goal of apologetics

Answer 1

Stimulate thinking of unbeliever, hopefully to the faith

Strengthen faith of believers

Question 2

Orthodoxy

Answer 2

Right belief

Question 3

Heresy

Answer 3

Wrong belief

Question 4

Theist

Answer 4

One that believes in a god

Question 5

Definition and historical usage

Answer 5

Branch of theology having to do with defense and proofs of Christianity

Question 6

Atheist

Answer 6

One that doesn’t believe that a God even exists

Question 7

Agnostic

Answer 7

One who claims no knowledge as to whether God exists

Question 8

Fideism

Answer 8

Faith seeking understanding

Question 9

Rationalism

Answer 9

Gives priority to reason over faith

Question 10

Pantheism

Answer 10

Equates God with the forces and laws of the universe

Question 11

Work of an apologist

Answer 11

Show that the chieftain faith is reasonable once the evidence has been gathered

Prove that the assumptions of Christianity can be defended

Question 12

Cite Matthew 22:37

Answer 12

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.

Question 13

Scriptural cornerstone: key verse

Answer 13

1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear

Question 14

Four types of faith

Answer 14

Emotional
Intellectual
Volitional
Heart

Question 15

Existence of God

Answer 15

Cosmological: universe,world

Technological: design, end, purpose ( biblical references this the most)

Ontological: The idea of a perfect being, reality, being,