Midterm Flashcards
Soft authority
The power to influence and persuade others because of a person’s knowledge or out of an earned respect
Hard authority
The power or right to give orders and demand obedience with the threat of punishment
Secular humanism
A worldview that values human reason above anything else, and thinks that anything religious is Bologna
Relativism
The belief that truth, knowledge, and morality are relative to the individual, society, and historical context
Epistemology
That branch of philosophy that seeks to understand the nature of knowledge
Derek
A direction-filled life, or “the way”
Destiny
What happens next?
Morality
How should we live?
Meaning
What is real and true, and how do we know?
Identity
Who are we?
Origin
Where did we come from?
Sheeple
People who don’t think for themselves
Self-refuting claim
A statement that attempts to affirm two opposite propositions at the same time and in the same sense
Subjective-Truth claim
A claim regarding a dependent fact about a subject
Objective truth claim
A claim regarding an independent fact about the world
Correspondence Theory of Truth
The view that the truth of a proposition is determined by how accurately it describes the facts of reality
Scientism
The philosophical belief that reliable knowledge is obtained solely through the scientific method
Knowledge
A justified truth belief
Inerrancy
The doctrine that the Bible is without error
Dead Sea scrolls
The oldest surviving collection of Jewish canonical texts written three to four hundred years before the birth of Christ
Special Revelation
God’s unique revelation about himself through the Scriptures, miracles, and Jesus
General revelation
God’s universal revelation about himself and morality that can be obtained through nature
Revelation
The act of making something known that was perviously hidden or unknown
Anarchy
A society that exists without government control
Authority
The power to command or the expertise to influence others
Canon
The collection of biblical writings commonly accepted as genuine and authoritative
Essence
defining attributes that give an entity its fundamental identity
Internal evidence
From within
External evidence
From without
Textual variants
Differences between particular words, phrases, or passages within multiple copies of the same ancient manuscript
Lost Gospels
A collection of 52 texts discovered in 1945
Gnosticism
A 2nd century heretical Christian movement
Derived authority
Authority that has been ordained or permitted by God
Modalism
The belief that the trinity is composed of one God who has presented himself in different forms
Hersey
Any belief that is contrary to orthodox Christian doctrine
Tritheism
The belief that the trinity is composed of three separate and distinct Gods
Doctrine of the trinity
The orthodox Christian belief that God is one being in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Grace
Receiving what one does not deserve
Mercy
Not receiving what one deserves
Philos
The Greek word for “brotherly/family love”
Eros
The Greek word for “sexual love”
Agape
“Selfless love”
Deism
The belief that God exists and created the world but currently stands aloof from his creation
Pantheism
The belief that everything in the universe is ultimately divine
Transcendent
An attribute of God that describes him as being both above and outside his creation
Immanent
An attribute of God that describes him as being both within and among his creation
Omnipresent
God’s unique ability to be present in all places and at all times
Omnipotent
God’s unique ability to do anything that can be done
Questions about the fall
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?
Who was the serpent?
Satan
What was the nature of temptation?
Knowledge of good and evil
What were the consequence?
Separation from God
What was the nature of sin?
Sin is an act of unbelief
Sin is a desire autonomy
Sin is an act of irresponsibility
Sin is an act of rebellion
What were the results of sin?
Crazy/ human beings begin to fall apart
False assumptions about sin
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
Humans have a good nature
We have a sin nature
Society and its Institutions are responsible for the evil we do and the evil in the world
We are personally accountable for our actions
Mental health can be restored to those who experienced guilt
Guilt is real not fake
Major covenants about the Bible
Creation covenant
Noahic covenant
New covenant
Creation covent
God gave us life
Noahic covenant
Covenant made with Noah
New covenant
Covenant God made with us
Six acts
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
Six important takeaways from the Biblical Creation Account
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
Three aspects of God’s nature
God is self-existence
God is spirit
God is personal
God is self-existence
Aseity
God is spirit
He is a pure spirit not material
God is personal
Not a cosmic force
Five attributes of God
God is love God is holy God is eternal God is present everywhere God is merciful and gracious
God is love
He wants the best for us
Communicable
God is holy
Holy
In communicable
God is eternal
Eternal, everlasting
In communicable
God is present everywhere
Omnipresent
In communicable
God is merciful and gracious
Mercy and grace
Communicable
Four things about the trinity from scripture
God is essence
The father is God
Jesus is God
The Holy Spirit is God
God is essence
Deut 6:4
The Father is God
1 corthians 8:6
Jesus is God
Titus 2:13
The Holy Spirit is God
Acts 5:3-4
Three objections to the Authority of the Bible
The Bible was written by human beings
The Bible has been corrupted
Important books have been left out of the bible
The Bible was written by human beings
It was inspired by God
The Bible has been corrupted
That people corrupted the Bible
Important books have been left out of the Bible
No it was not the case, maybe it was for a reason
Three criteria used to decide which books were received as scripture
Aposlicity
Orthodoxy
Pedigree
Aposlicity
That if an scripture is written by an apostle or an associate with an apostle like mark
Orthodoxy
Does it go along with the teachings of the Bible
Pedigree
Did the early church accept it
Three ways the Bible claimed authority for itself
Jesus asserted authority
Jesus is the Bible’s authority
Jesus confirms authority on his disciples
Jesus assorted authority
God’s spokesmen
God in the flesh
Jesus is the Bible’s authority
Jesus trust what the Bible says
Jesus confirm authority on his disciples
They have authority
