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In the care for creation article by Daniel Spencer, how does the author describe the obligation that Christians have to care for the earth?

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He explains that we all have a specific role in caring for creation and just because sometimes we think we are more important than other creation, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take care of it

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According to bell in the “everything is spiritual vid” what are th patterns in the genesis creation story?

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“It was morning, then it was evening, the first day” etc..
God saw that it was good
“In the beginning”
3, 7, 10s

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What is bells analogy with the dials?

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They are each set to a perfect number to make life on earth possible. God is responsible for the dials and if any of them were a tiny bit off, we wouldn’t be here today

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What is the marker trick? How does this help explain the relationship between faith and science?

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Your perspective on the marker changes every time you lol at it. Though faith and science are different perspectives, they are the same object.

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What is bells analogy with “flatland”?

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People just live in 2 dimensions. We are similar to those analogy because we have so many unknowns. Our 4th dimension is spirit.

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What does bell mean when he says we are “trapped in a half dimension of time”?

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He means that our time only moves forward. If it were 1 dimension of time, we would be able to travel back in time.

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What is the primary difference between the creation story in genesis and other early world creation stories?

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God spoke the world into existence, he isn’t violent, he made it on purpose, he loves the humans, and he didn’t create it to serve himself

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What does bell mean when he says that God is “being” that cannot be trapped by physical space?

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He means that God is so powerful and so great that he can not be characterized by physical space. He is capable of much more than a physical being.

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What does bell mean when he says that every act is a spiritual act?

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He means that absolutely everything we do is spiritual. Most of the time we are not aware that what we are doing is spiritual. WE ARE SPIRITUAL, THEREFORE EVERYTHING WE DO IS SPIRITUAL

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10
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Which is not a Lenten discipline?
A. Alms giving
B. Hospitality
C. Fasting
D. Prayer
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Hospitality

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Genesis was written as

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Symbolic and figurative poetry

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The relationship between God and Adam symbolizes that

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God intended humans to be in a relationship with him

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Before sin, Adam and Eve were In a state of “original holiness” which is

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Having direct communion with God

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The relationship between Adam and Eve symbolizes that

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God intended for people to relate to each other with honest and respect

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What did God do to Adam to cause him to have life

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He breathed life into Adam

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16
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How was Eve created?

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From Adams rib

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What does the relationship between Adam, Eve, and creation symbolize?

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That they cared for creation and subdued it

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What animal tempts Eve to eat the fruit?

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A serpent

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19
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Traditionally, a covenant was

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An agreement between 2 kings

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The covenants In the Old Testament are unique because

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They were between God and a person

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All of the following people in the old testament had a specific covenant with God except
A Moses 
B Jonah
C Noah
D David 
E Abraham
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Jonah

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In all of the covenants found on the old testement, the Israelites promised to:

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Worship God alone

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23
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The five first books of Hebrew scripture are called

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The Torah

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In the covenant with David, God promised that the messiah would

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Come from the lineage of David

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Under the influence of ______, the Israelites had leader selected by God to lead the people when they needed to defend their land from outside invasions.

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The judges

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One central ruler for the Israelites that had more authority than a judge

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The monarchy

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Gods spokesman who challenged the people and their king to correct their ways

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The prophets

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The prophets not only spoke about how to live as gods people, but they also

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Spoke of the coming of the messiah

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The men of the Old Testament who had covenants with God are called

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Patriarch

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30
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In the story of Juan and the fishbowl, jeans character parallels the character of Christ by

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Providing the insight behind the “why” of Jesus’ incarnation

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31
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Notable person that lived/ died in the proximity of Jesus’s life

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King xerxes (died 10 yrs before Jesus was born)

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32
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The annunciation refers to

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When Gabriel spoke with Mary about being the mother of Jesus

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Greek word meaning “God bearer” and a name given to Mary

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Theotokos

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34
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2 characteristics of Mary

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She had no choice in the matter if being Jesus’ mother

She told Gabriel that she needed time to think about gods offer

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35
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When Joseph learns that Mary is pregnant his initial decision was to

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Divorce her quietly

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36
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Joseph has a dream and an angel tells Joseph:

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Name the child Jesus

Mary is carrying the messiah and her pregnancy is from God

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37
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Gods plan of salvation:

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Begins with people cooperating and trusting God

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38
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To help Christians think about the nature of Jesus, he is sometimes referred to as

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True God and true man

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39
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The study of the person of Christ and his nature

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Christilogy

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40
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Through the person of Jesus, gods plan was to reconcile the world. What does that mean?

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To bring God and humanity back together

41
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In Hebrew, the name Jesus means

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God saves

42
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In Greek Christ means______ , which is Hebrew for________.

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Messiah, anointed one

43
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Jesus’s title “son of God” communicates

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That Jesus is God himself and shares in gods divinity

That Jesus is both God and man, and will be the mediator between heaven and earth

44
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During Jesus’s time, the title lord was

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A title given to landowners and a sign of respect

45
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Describe the socioeconomic class of the elites in Jesus time

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Luxurious
Powerful
Owned land
Minority

46
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Describe the socioeconomic class of the non elites in Jesus time

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Majority
Little power
Little land
Poor

47
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Which socioeconomic class was Jesus born into? Why was this interesting?

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Born as a non elite
He is the son of God, divine being
People listened to Jesus despite his poverty

48
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Describe one passage in scripture where Jesus addresses wealth and poverty. What is his message?

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Matt 19: 16-24
Rich man wants to know how to gain eternal life, follows the Ten Commandments, has to give up all his belongings
We shouldn’t be selfish with our money

49
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In his article on the spokesman review, massy claims that humans are constantly fighting an inner battle between

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Self serving and self control

50
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Who was CS Lewis friends with?

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JRR Tolkien

51
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During WWII, how did CS Lewis communicate his defense of Christianity?

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Through a radio broadcast

52
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CS Lewis’s work that defends Christianity was complied and published into a book called

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Mere Christianity

53
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Two categories of humanity

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Atheists and believers

54
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Lewis divides believer into two categories:

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Pantheism

God is good

55
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Pantheism

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The belief that God is beyond good and evil

56
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Lewis argues the idea of pantheism with

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The painter and the painting

57
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Explain the analogy if the straight and crooked line. What does each represent?

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You only know that a line is straight because you have seen a crooked line. The straight line represents Christianity and God and the crooked line represents bad things and atheism.

58
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Explain Lewis’s point with the analogy of cancer? How does that help with his argument for Christianity?

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We call the cancer bad, because it kills a man, but you knight as well call a successful surgeon bad because he kills a cancer. Depends on the point of view. God who loves love and hates hatred wants us to behave in one way not another.

59
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The belief that knowledge, truth and morality exists in re,action to culture, society and historical context is called

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Relativism

60
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All of the following are arguments for relativism except:
A we are trained by our culture and the ooint of history in which we live
B we are all biologically different, therefore we make decisions differently
C we tend to be rebellious as we develop into adults
D our parents/primary care givers have raised us with particular beleifs and practices

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C we tend to be rebellious as we develop into adults

61
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Which analogy is the opposite of relativism?

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Straight line and crooked line

62
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Means when we allow personal opinions to decide what is right, what is wrong, and what we should do

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Moral relativism

63
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What’s the golden rule Lewis refers to whe he claims that Jesus didn’t preach anything new when it comes to morality?

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Do unto to others as others would have done unto you

64
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What Christian/human practice dies Lewis feel very strongly about and would consider it a non negotiable when it comes to living harmoniously?

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Charity

65
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According to Lewis, what did the Greeks and ancient Jewish world warm against in terms of building a society?

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Warned them about money lending

66
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How does Lewis feel about charging interest/ build ding a nation on money lending?

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He is unsure

67
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To be set apart for gods service, to live a morally good life, to be a person of prayer, and to reveal gods love to the world is called

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Holiness

68
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Consecrated

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To be set apart for gods service

69
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Tools to help achieve holiness

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The church
Grace
Self reflection
Intellect
Free will
70
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Tool that allows us to make independent decisions with our whole heart and mind is

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Free will

71
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Tool that allows us to weigh decisions and moral outcomes is

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Intellect

72
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Tool that supports its members by collectively trying to reach the he goal of holiness is

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The church

73
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The practice of self examining past spiritual triumphs and mistakes

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Self reflection

74
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Who had dominion over all other creation

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Adam

75
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Noah’s covenant

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God promised that he would never flood the earth again

76
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Abrahams covenant

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Descendants as numerous as the stars

77
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God gives Moses

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10 commandments

78
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Moses’s law

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10 commandments and rules for Hebrew living

79
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Arc of the covenant

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Place where 10 commandments are

80
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4 prophets

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Isaiah
Zachariah
Ezekiel
Jeremiah

81
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Incarnation

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Jesus fully man and God

82
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Jesus’ key teachings

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Sermon on the mount

83
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8 phrases that Jesus says that start with “blessed are the___”

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The beatitudes

84
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Phrase used in spiritual principles that represents one of the beatitudes that we need gods love, grace and respect

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Spiritual poverty

85
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Nation that ruled the Mediterranean area

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Rome

86
Q

Local ruler/authority

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King Herod

87
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Palestine Jewish court system

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The Sanhedrin

88
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Crime Jesus was accused of before the Sanhedrin

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Blasphemy

89
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Crime Jesus was accused of before pilot and the roman courts

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Treason

90
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2 religious groups enforcing the laws

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Pharisees and saducees

91
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C.S Lewis birthplace

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Ireland

92
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School that cs Lewis was a professor at

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Oxford

93
Q

1st chapter concerning morality by CS Lewis includes God acting as

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A parent. Stops you from having fun

94
Q

Two ways human machine can go wrong

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Internal error

Colliding into others

95
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Analogy the CS Lewis used to sow how the human machine can go wrong

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Fleet of ships

96
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Analogy to oppose pantheism

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Painter and the painting

97
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Types of prayer

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Praise
Petition
Intercession
Thanksgiving

98
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4 stages of lectio divina

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  1. Lectio (reading)
  2. Meditatio (meditation)
  3. Oratio (prayer)
  4. Contemplacio (contemplation)

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