Mid-Term Flashcards
What is now the universal way humanity relates to and interacts with his world?
Egoism is now the universal way humanity relates to his world. Pg.15
What is the Divine-human relationship predicated on?
Human Freedom/Choice/Chance at Virtue. Pg.9
What does egocentricity result in?
Egocentricity results in actual Sins, the litany of transgressions revealed to us in the Law. Pg.8
What is the origin of evil?
Choice Pg.34
Contrast secular humansim’s view of anthropology with Scriptures. Is this view livable/satisfying?
Pg. 8&9??? IDK, My BFF Jill.
What are the ramifications of your view of anthropology and what concrete things in culture does it affect?
Ramifications have practical, political and personal implications. Our views on abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, environmentalism and human rights come directly from this! Pg.8
What is the biblical paradigm of the hierarchy of creation and what are the contrasting notions of this in our culture?
In the cosmic scope of things, there is God, and then there is man, and then the rest of creation. Pg.9???????
Does the Bible teach Soul Sleep?
No. Pg.10
Are we a Trichotomy or Dichotomy according to Scripture?
Dichotomy. Pg.12
Explain the two extremes that Dualism leads to in the church and what dangers there are around them.
- Body doesn’t matter, either leads to unhealthy hedonism where we ignore the body and just indulge our physical urges, or to asceticism where we deny the body any pleasures. 2. Either result creates a negative impression of the physical pleasures which God has given to humanity to enjoy (e.g. sex, food, etc.). Pg.13
How does the unity of the race speak to the church today?
Gen. 1:26-27 All are a descendant of Adam and Eve, who were created by God, in God’s own image. Humans, all humans, are God’s Children. Pg.27
What is God’s primary offensive strategy to promote His agenda on the earth and how can the Church understand that and promote it?
God wants to use humanity as a primary offensive strategy to promote His agenda on the earth. The church can understand and promote that as Families and the importance therein. Pg.29
What does the tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolize?
Gives insight into the fundamental issue of humanity. To eat = reject “creatureliness” and become ones own sovereign or no longer determined by the will of God. Pg.35
To eat the fruit is to declare what against God?
Independence or “Freedom”. Pg.36
What 3 relationships did the fall affect?
God, others and self. Pg.36
After the Fall what happens to man’s relationship to self?
No longer experiences authentic selfhood; instead becomes enslaved to egocentricity. Pg.37
After the Fall what happens to man’s relationship to others?
People are not against you, they’re for themselves.”
“Loss of authority as serving” or This is where “objectification starts.” Pg.37-38
After the Fall what happens to humanity’s relationship with God?
Can no longer live in the presence of God, because the only basis for it was the Creator-creature relationship, which has been rejected. Pg.38
How does Man fair in his role as vice-regent, tilling of the earth, creating culture, when left to his own resources?
Cain, the city builder, produces civilization that are a twisted mockery of the Creator’s Eden. Two lines emerge; those seeking covenant and those who are not. Pg.41
Discuss the ongoing result of the fall and ongoing creation.
Cultural self destruction, Egoism destroys community, and Creation becoming unruly. Pg.41
When humanity lost its “servant-ship” to God what else did they lose?
Losing his servant-ship man lost his Lordship. Pg.41
Refute the Calvinism using Scripture by using TULIP as a point by point discussion.
Total Depravity Unconditional Election(Grace) Limited Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the Saints
What is the logical conclusion of Calvinism?
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