Mid-Term

Question 1

What is now the universal way humanity relates to and interacts with his world?

Answer 1

Egoism is now the universal way humanity relates to his world. Pg.15

Question 2

What is the Divine-human relationship predicated on?

Answer 2

Human Freedom/Choice/Chance at Virtue. Pg.9

Question 3

What does egocentricity result in?

Answer 3

Egocentricity results in actual Sins, the litany of transgressions revealed to us in the Law. Pg.8

Question 4

What is the origin of evil?

Answer 4

Choice Pg.34

Question 5

Contrast secular humansim’s view of anthropology with Scriptures. Is this view livable/satisfying?

Answer 5

Pg. 8&9??? IDK, My BFF Jill.

Question 6

What are the ramifications of your view of anthropology and what concrete things in culture does it affect?

Answer 6

Ramifications have practical, political and personal implications. Our views on abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, environmentalism and human rights come directly from this! Pg.8

Question 7

What is the biblical paradigm of the hierarchy of creation and what are the contrasting notions of this in our culture?

Answer 7

In the cosmic scope of things, there is God, and then there is man, and then the rest of creation. Pg.9???????

Question 8

Does the Bible teach Soul Sleep?

Answer 8

No. Pg.10

Question 9

Are we a Trichotomy or Dichotomy according to Scripture?

Answer 9

Dichotomy. Pg.12

Question 10

Explain the two extremes that Dualism leads to in the church and what dangers there are around them.

Answer 10

1. 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

Question 11

How does the unity of the race speak to the church today?

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What is God’s primary offensive strategy to promote His agenda on the earth and how can the Church understand that and promote it?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What does the tree of the knowledge of good and evil symbolize?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

To eat the fruit is to declare what against God?

Answer 14

Independence or “Freedom”. Pg.36

Question 15

What 3 relationships did the fall affect?

Answer 15

God, others and self. Pg.36

Question 16

After the Fall what happens to man’s relationship to self?

Answer 16

No longer experiences authentic selfhood; instead becomes enslaved to egocentricity. Pg.37

Question 17

After the Fall what happens to man’s relationship to others?

Answer 17

People are not against you, they’re for themselves.”

“Loss of authority as serving” or This is where “objectification starts.” Pg.37-38

Question 18

After the Fall what happens to humanity’s relationship with God?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

How does Man fair in his role as vice-regent, tilling of the earth, creating culture, when left to his own resources?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Discuss the ongoing result of the fall and ongoing creation.

Answer 20

Cultural self destruction, Egoism destroys community, and Creation becoming unruly. Pg.41

Question 21

When humanity lost its “servant-ship” to God what else did they lose?

Answer 21

Losing his servant-ship man lost his Lordship. Pg.41

Question 22

Refute the Calvinism using Scripture by using TULIP as a point by point discussion.

Answer 22

Total Depravity
Unconditional Election(Grace)
Limited Atonement
Irresistible Grace
Perseverance of the Saints

Question 23

What is the logical conclusion of Calvinism?

Answer 23

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