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Adoption

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The event in which god adopts a person into his family by faith in christ alone, such that the person is an heir of God’s saving promises and is brought into ties of kinship with gods people

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already and not yet

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While God’s reign is already in effect over all creation, there is also more to come. The full effects of God’s kingdom will be seen at the return of Jesus the king, when all is restored in the new heavens and the new Earth, and the work of God is completed. In this sense, the kingdom is not yet fully realized.

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Ascension

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The act by which Jesus, having accomplished his redemptive work on Earth returned to the Father and began his mediatorial reign as King of kings at God’s right hand, where he is current reigning over all things and interceding for his people, and from where he will once again appear to judge the world in righteousness.

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Atonement

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The reconciliation and restoration of a relationship between previously alienated parties; in Christian theology, it usually has either a cosmic/ontological or a legal context in view.

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Baptism

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A nonrepeatable mean of grace done in water at the beginning of the Christian life that symbolizes cleansing from sin in which the sinner, in context of the church, publicly confesses faith in the Lord and prays for a good conscience and in which God declares to his people his promise to forgive and cleanse sins because of Christ’s redemptive work; it is associated with faith, conversion, and participation in the life of a local church

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Character Formation

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Gods work in a Christian’s life to develop godly, holy and righteous virtues.

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Communion

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A repeatable means of grace; a fellowship meal of bread and the fruit of the vine in the context of the local church in which God declares his new covenant presence to his people because of Christ’s redemptive work and Christians celebrate their new covenant relationship with God an done another and proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes; also known as the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist.

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Conquest

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The taking over of the land of Canaan by the Israelites, as recored in the biblical Book of Joshua

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Conversion

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The change from unbelief to belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

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Correspondence Theory

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The view that what makes a statement or belief true is that it matches or corresponds with reality. This is the theory of truth advocated by ancient Greek philosophers is assumed intuitively by most people and is essential for various academic fields of study including science history and theology.

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Covenant

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A relationship between two parties in which the greater extends grace with the expectation of loyalty and faithfulness. Covenants often involve promises and are formal in nature. They are often accompanied by signs that serve as visible reminders of the covenant relationship. Within the biblical storyline God, in grace, enters into covenant relationships with his people.

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Creation

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The first act of the biblical story in which God made everything that exists out of nothing.

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Cultural Relativism

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The view that moral right and wrong are determined by the customs and standards that are accepted by a majority of people in a particular cultural context and that no culture’s moral values are better than another.

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Depression

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An overwhelming, pervasive feeling of sadness.

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Disciple

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In the context of Christianity, a disciple is a person who chooses to follow, learn from, and take on the character, commitments, and qualities of Jesus

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Dominion

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The biblical description of humanity’s work and role as image bearers to take charge of the the earth and steward it.

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Empircism

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The view that emphasizes the importance of sensory experience and observation of the world for gaining knowledge.

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Evil

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Something that is immoral, bad, and/or causes harm.

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Exclusivity

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In Christianity, the belief that personal faith in Jesus is the only way one can be saved.

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Exile

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The removal of a people from their land; within the bible, god establishes a pattern of judgment of sin through exile. The is can be seen in Adam and Eve’s exile from the Garden of Eden and Judah’s exile to Babylon.

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Exodus

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A term meaning to go out, but, when applied to the Bible, it references God’s deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt.

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Fear of the Lord

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A response to God of reverent awe and trust when he reveals himself; the fear of the Lord is also described as the knowledge of God and the beginning of wisdom.

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Fear of the Lord

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A response to God of reverent awe and trust when he reveals himself; the fear of the Lord is also described as the knowledge of God and the beginning of wisdom.

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First-Order Points of Doctrine

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Theological beliefs that are essential to the Christian faith.

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Fruit of the Spirit

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The list of characteristics or attributes of the Holy Spirit’s work in a Christian’s life, found in Galatians 5:22–23—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control; the sense of the term refers both to the gradual, hidden work of the Holy Spirit to form Christian character and to the evidence of that work.

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General Revelation

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Refers to the means God has used to reveal himself universally to humanity through nature, history, science, and reasoning.

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God the Son

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The second Person of the Trinity; it expresses both Jesus’s divine nature and his Trinitarian relation as the only begotten Son of the Father.

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Gospel

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Good news; the gospel as a message is an announcement of good news; the Gospel, as a book of the Bible, is an account of Jesus’s mission, ministry, and message.

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Gospel

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Good news; the gospel as a message is an announcement of good news; the Gospel, as a book of the Bible, is an account of Jesus’s mission, ministry, and message.

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Guilt

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Remorse over an action or even a thought.

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Holiness

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Related to creatures, it refers to devotion or consecration to God and his purposes in every area of life; allows one to enter God’s presence; and is often associated with the temple, sacrifices, the priesthood, worship, and prayer.

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Hypocrisy

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The dichotomy between one’s faith and one’s actions.

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Identity

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The true nature of a person; for the Christian, identity is connected to one’s union with Christ, which means they are a new creation in Jesus.

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Idolatry

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The act of ascribing ultimate value or worth to anything other than God, which, within the Christian worldview, is to prioritize anything more than God.

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Image of God

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The biblical description of humanity in the creation account, found in Genesis 1:26 as well as later revelation throughout Scripture; the sense of this phrase shows that humanity is God’s representative in his creation.

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Incarnation

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The incarnation is the second Person of the Trinity’s act of taking on a human nature that is like our human nature in all ways, yet without sin (cf. Hebrews 4:15; John 1:14).

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Judges

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A political office in ancient Israel found in the Book of Judges; the judges in Israel were primarily rulers and military leaders who were raised up by God to lead the people out of bondage under foreign oppressors.

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Justification

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The event in which God regards a sinful human being as righteous on account of their faith in the work of Jesus Christ, which was done on their behalf; it is the final, end-time verdict of not guilty declared to the sinful person now.

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Kingdom Of God

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The reign and rule of God over his creation as he dwells with people, redeeming them and restoring creation to his wise way of order and design; (New Testament emphasis) God’s redemptive reign over his people centering on Jesus Christ, the King of God’s kingdom, and God’s continual presence among his people through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. In the New Testament, while the kingdom has concrete social and political dimensions, it chiefly refers to God’s governance of the human heart.

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Loneliness

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An unwanted and painful feeling of being isolated and lacking friendship and love.

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Means of Grace

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A gift of God to his people through his Spirit that strengthens and confirms their faith in Christ and enables them to worship him in the right ways.

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Metanarrative

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The overarching story and theme of God’s redemptive work in history that is carried throughout all the stories within the Bible.

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Mission of God

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God the Father sent the Son; the Father and Son send the Spirit; and the Father, Son, and Spirit send the church to the world to bring healing and restoration to individuals, communities, and the world through the gracious rule of God who did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life for others (Matthew 20:28).

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New Covenant

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The final and everlasting covenant God made with his people, promised in the Old Testament and fulfilled in an inaugurated sense by Jesus’s death; it is better than God’s first covenant with Israel because it is based on better promises, such as the final forgiveness of sins and the gift of a new heart within God’s people.

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New Creation

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The event in which God creates anew, whether in a personal or cosmic sense, on the basis of Christ’s redemptive work; in a personal sense, it chiefly refers to God’s gift of a new worldview, new desires or affections, and a new will in which a person is freed from their slavery to sin and is freed to live in new ways for God’s glory.

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New Creation

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The event in which God creates anew, whether in a personal or cosmic sense, on the basis of Christ’s redemptive work; in a personal sense, it chiefly refers to God’s gift of a new worldview, new desires or affections, and a new will in which a person is freed from their slavery to sin and is freed to live in new ways for God’s glory.

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Nihilism

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This comes from a Latin word meaning “nothing,” and when applied to the concept of truth or knowledge, suggests that there is no truth or meaning in the world to be discovered.

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Objective Truth

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This view holds that truth is independent of one’s mind, beliefs, personal preferences, and mental activities. Whatever is true, according to this view, is true regardless of what people believe about it.

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Omnipotent

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To be all-powerful.

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Omnipresent

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To be all-present.

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Omniscient

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To be all-knowing.

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Passover

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One of Israel’s annual festivals; commemorated and celebrated God’s deliverance of Israel out of their bondage in Egypt by means of great acts of judgment and the sacrifice of the Passover lamb; also anticipated God’s greater deliverance of his people out of their bondage to sin.

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Patriarchs

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A term used to describe the early Israelite fathers of the faith, namely Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Penal Substitutionary Atonement

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The atonement theory that Jesus died on the cross in place of sinners in order to pay the penalty for their sin and to free them from God’s judgment and reconcile them to God.

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Prayer

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A form of communication between God and humanity, and Jesus taught that God is the focus of prayer. The Christian worldview teaches that God hears and answers prayers.

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Propitiation

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The act by which God’s righteous and just judgment against sin is averted.

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Protoevangelion

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The first gospel, or message of good news, which appears in Genesis 3:15.

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Rabbi

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A Jewish religious leader and teacher.

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Redemption

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The purchase of something or someone out of bondage by a greater party; the action of Jesus redeeming or buying people back from the bondage of sin by paying the penalty for sin through his death and resurrection in order to set them free from sin for relationship with him.

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Relative Truth

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This view holds that truth is either relative to the preferences or beliefs of individual people (subjectivism) or that it is relative to a particular culture or period of time in history.

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Religious Pluralism

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The view that holds that all religions hold a piece of the puzzle.

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Repentance

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The inward turning away from sin, in recognition of sin’s heinousness and idolatrous character, which is expressed outwardly in righteous actions; it is definitive at conversion and then is ongoing in a Christian’s life.

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Restoration

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When people have been freed from sin to new life, Jesus continues to work in their lives, healing the scars of sin and brokenness and making them new. They become restored to wholeness, and their lives become marked by grace and love. God is not only restoring individuals but also all of creation, fixing brokenness in the world. This process will continue until the eventual restoration of all things when everything is made new—new heavens, new Earth, and new bodies for people.

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Scientism

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The view that the hard sciences—such as physics, biology, or chemistry—are the only legitimate ways to gain knowledge about reality.

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Secularism

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The reduction of the influence of spiritual and religious thought on various segments of life such as education, morality, politics, business, marriage and family, and entertainment.

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Self-Refuting

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A statement that sets up a standard for meaning or acceptability but then violates that standard.

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Shame

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A feeling of worthlessness; a self-inflicted judgment of being irredeemable.

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Special Revelation

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Refers to the means God has used to reveal himself specifically to people through the Bible, the person of Jesus Christ, and to individuals as they seek him in prayer and devotion.

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Spiritual Formation

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A vibrant, Holy Spirit-led transformation of every Christian into the likeness of Jesus in thought, word, heart, and behavior; ongoing expression of the direct connection between salvation received from Jesus and the sanctifying relationship shared with Jesus as the Christian grows and matures in life.

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Subjective Truth

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This view, also known as subjectivism, holds that truth is relative to individual persons, that it is personal and private, and that it depends solely on the mental activity of the individual person.

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Suffering

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Pain or agony that can be experienced physically, mentally or spiritually.

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Syncretism

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The blending together of diverse and sometimes opposing or contradictory beliefs into one system of thought and/or practice.

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The Fall

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A theological expression that speaks to the second act of the biblical story in which Adam and Eve did not believe God and sinned when tempted by the devil.

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Theodicy

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The Christian defense of God’s infinite goodness and power despite the presence of evil and suffering.

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Transcendence

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An experience that is beyond the four dimensions of human life, beyond this universe to the spiritual realm of God. Comprehension of aspects of existence that cannot be apprehended through the senses, but only through the mind or spirit.

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Trinitarian

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Pertaining to the Trinity.

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Trinity

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The Christian understanding of the one God as three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—sharing a single divine being.

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Union with Christ

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The relationship and fellowship a Christian has with Jesus through the Holy Spirit by faith alone in which a Christian belongs to Jesus such that Jesus’s redemptive benefits belong to the Christian.

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Word of God

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That special revelation from God that reveals God’s character and actions in history; it can refer to Jesus as the living Word or the Bible as the written Word.

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Worship

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Ascribing ultimate value or worth to something. Within the Christian worldview, worship should only be given to God.

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Absolute Truth

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The view that some things are true at all times and for all persons, regardless of context.

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