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Midterm Flashcards

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Soft authority

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The power to influence and persuade others because of a person’s knowledge or out of an earned respect

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Hard authority

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The power or right to give orders and demand obedience with the threat of punishment

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Secular humanism

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A worldview that values human reason above anything else, and thinks that anything religious is Bologna

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Relativism

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The belief that truth, knowledge, and morality are relative to the individual, society, and historical context

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Epistemology

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That branch of philosophy that seeks to understand the nature of knowledge

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Derek

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A direction-filled life, or “the way”

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Destiny

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What happens next?

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Morality

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How should we live?

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Meaning

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What is real and true, and how do we know?

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Identity

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Who are we?

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Origin

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Where did we come from?

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Sheeple

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People who don’t think for themselves

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Self-refuting claim

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A statement that attempts to affirm two opposite propositions at the same time and in the same sense

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Subjective-Truth claim

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A claim regarding a dependent fact about a subject

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Objective truth claim

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A claim regarding an independent fact about the world

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Correspondence Theory of Truth

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The view that the truth of a proposition is determined by how accurately it describes the facts of reality

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Scientism

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The philosophical belief that reliable knowledge is obtained solely through the scientific method

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Knowledge

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A justified truth belief

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Inerrancy

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The doctrine that the Bible is without error

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Dead Sea scrolls

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The oldest surviving collection of Jewish canonical texts written three to four hundred years before the birth of Christ

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Special Revelation

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God’s unique revelation about himself through the Scriptures, miracles, and Jesus

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General revelation

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God’s universal revelation about himself and morality that can be obtained through nature

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Revelation

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The act of making something known that was perviously hidden or unknown

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Anarchy

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A society that exists without government control

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Authority

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The power to command or the expertise to influence others

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Canon

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The collection of biblical writings commonly accepted as genuine and authoritative

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27
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Essence

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defining attributes that give an entity its fundamental identity

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28
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Internal evidence

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From within

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External evidence

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From without

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Textual variants

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Differences between particular words, phrases, or passages within multiple copies of the same ancient manuscript

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Lost Gospels

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A collection of 52 texts discovered in 1945

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32
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Gnosticism

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A 2nd century heretical Christian movement

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33
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Derived authority

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Authority that has been ordained or permitted by God

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34
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Modalism

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The belief that the trinity is composed of one God who has presented himself in different forms

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Hersey

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Any belief that is contrary to orthodox Christian doctrine

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36
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Tritheism

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The belief that the trinity is composed of three separate and distinct Gods

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Doctrine of the trinity

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The orthodox Christian belief that God is one being in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

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Grace

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Receiving what one does not deserve

39
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Mercy

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Not receiving what one deserves

40
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Philos

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The Greek word for “brotherly/family love”

41
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Eros

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The Greek word for “sexual love”

42
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Agape

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“Selfless love”

43
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Deism

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The belief that God exists and created the world but currently stands aloof from his creation

44
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Pantheism

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The belief that everything in the universe is ultimately divine

45
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Transcendent

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An attribute of God that describes him as being both above and outside his creation

46
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Immanent

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An attribute of God that describes him as being both within and among his creation

47
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Omnipresent

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God’s unique ability to be present in all places and at all times

48
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Omnipotent

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God’s unique ability to do anything that can be done

49
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Questions about the fall

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Who was the serpent? 
What was the nature of temptation? 
What was the consequences?
What is the nature of sin? 
What were the results of sin?
50
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Who was the serpent?

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Satan

51
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What was the nature of temptation?

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Knowledge of good and evil

52
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What were the consequence?

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Separation from God

53
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What was the nature of sin?

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Sin is an act of unbelief
Sin is a desire autonomy
Sin is an act of irresponsibility
Sin is an act of rebellion

54
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What were the results of sin?

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Crazy/ human beings begin to fall apart

55
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False assumptions about sin

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Humans have a good nature
Society and its institutions are responsible for the evil we do and the evil in the world
Mental health can be restored to those who experienced guilt

56
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Humans have a good nature

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We have a sin nature

57
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Society and its Institutions are responsible for the evil we do and the evil in the world

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We are personally accountable for our actions

58
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Mental health can be restored to those who experienced guilt

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Guilt is real not fake

59
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Major covenants about the Bible

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Creation covenant
Noahic covenant
New covenant

60
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Creation covent

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God gave us life

61
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Noahic covenant

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Covenant made with Noah

62
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New covenant

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Covenant God made with us

63
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Six acts

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God creates his kingdom
Rebellion in his kingdom 
Promise to respiration; Israel's mission 
Kingdom restored; Jesus's mission 
Kingdom displayed; church's mission  
Consumption in God's kingdom
64
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Six important takeaways from the Biblical Creation Account

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The creation showcases God’s glory
The creation act establishes order
The creation account of paganism
The creation account establishes humans as a climax of creation
The creation account gives meaning to human humanity
The creation account gives meaning to sexuality

65
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Three aspects of God’s nature

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God is self-existence
God is spirit
God is personal

66
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God is self-existence

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Aseity

67
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God is spirit

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He is a pure spirit not material

68
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God is personal

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Not a cosmic force

69
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Five attributes of God

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God is love 
God is holy 
God is eternal 
God is present everywhere 
God is merciful and gracious
70
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God is love

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He wants the best for us

Communicable

71
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God is holy

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Holy

In communicable

72
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God is eternal

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Eternal, everlasting

In communicable

73
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God is present everywhere

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Omnipresent

In communicable

74
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God is merciful and gracious

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Mercy and grace

Communicable

75
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Four things about the trinity from scripture

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God is essence
The father is God
Jesus is God
The Holy Spirit is God

76
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God is essence

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Deut 6:4

77
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The Father is God

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1 corthians 8:6

78
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Jesus is God

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Titus 2:13

79
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The Holy Spirit is God

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Acts 5:3-4

80
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Three objections to the Authority of the Bible

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The Bible was written by human beings
The Bible has been corrupted
Important books have been left out of the bible

81
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The Bible was written by human beings

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It was inspired by God

82
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The Bible has been corrupted

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That people corrupted the Bible

83
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Important books have been left out of the Bible

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No it was not the case, maybe it was for a reason

84
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Three criteria used to decide which books were received as scripture

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Aposlicity
Orthodoxy
Pedigree

85
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Aposlicity

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That if an scripture is written by an apostle or an associate with an apostle like mark

86
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Orthodoxy

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Does it go along with the teachings of the Bible

87
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Pedigree

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Did the early church accept it

88
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Three ways the Bible claimed authority for itself

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Jesus asserted authority
Jesus is the Bible’s authority
Jesus confirms authority on his disciples

89
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Jesus assorted authority

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God’s spokesmen

God in the flesh

90
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Jesus is the Bible’s authority

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Jesus trust what the Bible says

91
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Jesus confirm authority on his disciples

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They have authority

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