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ST, BT, and Exegetical Theo

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ST: 1) BT + 2) Construction/apologetics
BT: seeks to unpack not only the teachings of individual authors/sections of Scripture, but more importantly it seeks to unfold the historical unfolding of Scripture – “on its own terms” whole canon
ET: focuses on specific texts of Scripture (commentaries)

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Philosophy and ST

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metaphysics: the study of reality (Creator-creature distinction; created order)
epistemology: the study of knowledge (revelational knowledge; special revelation)
ethics: the study of morality (ground of ethics)

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apologetics and ST

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defense of what we believe–application of theology to unbelief

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reason/rationality vs rationalism in our use of reason in ST

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reason/rationality: full use of the mind– use reasoning abilities to draw conclusions from Scripture that don’t contradict Scripture
rationalism: human reason the final authority

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3 horizons

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textual: where we start with a text
epochal: where we are in the unfolding story
canonical: where the text fits in light of the whole canon

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pluralism and postmodernism

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postmodernism embraces pluralism

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intratextual vs extratextual

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in the biblical text vs within the canon

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contextualization

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engaging with contemporary culture

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ecumenical councils

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Nicea: 325 – deity of Christ– same substance as Father; rejected Arianism; homoousios
Alexandria: 362; ousia one essence; persona or hypostasis
Constantinople: 381; clarified nature of the Holy Spirit
Ephesus: nature of Christ’s personhood; rejected Nestorianism; Mary= “mother of God”
Chalcedon: 451; hypostatic union two natures; rejected monophysitism

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filioque clause

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“and the Son” added to the Nicene Creed; one of the reasons East and West divided

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incomprehensibility of God

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can know God truly but not exhaustively

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faith seeking understanding

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Systematic theology

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friedrich schleiermacher

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definition of theo: analysis of the religious consciousness, the feeling of absolute dependence
classic liberal theo: moral experience the key

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immanuel kant

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criticism of possibility of theology

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common grace

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grace for unbelievers

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progressive revelation

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because redemptive history is redemptive

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mystery vs contradiction

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mystery is reconciling to truths that do not contradict

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problems of God vs doctrine of God

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religious pluralism:
philosophical:
cultural:

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secular/secularization impact on doctrine of God

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secular: a mindset focused on here and now; secularization is becoming more and more secular; marginalizes God; no public discourse; privately engaging publically irrelevant; Sunday is for God the rest of the week is for other

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definitions and understandings of 5 other options

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atheism: denial of existence of God
agnosticism: impossible to know whether or not there is a God
polytheism: belief in many gods
deism: uninvolved transcendent Creator God; world operates on His established order
pantheism: God identified with creation; is everything; not transcendent or personal

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pantheism description

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process theism; postmodern

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People and impact on God–
Immanuel Kant:
Ludwig Feuerbach:
Friedrich Nietzsche:
Sigmund Freud:
Alfred N. Whitehead:
Charles Hartshorne:

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Immanuel Kant: concepts are empty without experience to give them content
Ludwig Feuerbach: master of suspicion; God is projection of all that humanity is
Friedrich Nietzsche: master of suspicion; death of God
Sigmund Freud: master of suspicion; God is an infantile illusion
Alfred N. Whitehead: science and the modern world; Christianity as a basis for science; process philosophy
Charles Hartshorne: father of process theology

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description and understanding of open theism and its proponents

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description: God not sovereign; relational; loving parent who chooses to relate to his creatures by experiencing things as they take place in history; self limited; limits providential rule
proponents: Clark Pinnock, John Sanders, William Hasker, David Basinger, Gregory Boyd, Richard Rice, etc. Recently, Thomas Jay Oord,

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libertarian freedom vs compatibilistic freedom

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free will vs biblical

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differences between open theism, process theism, and traditional Christian theism

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open theism: Creatio ex nihilo; self limited; orthodox trinity; open future; reduced view of sovereignty, redefined view of omniscience; will supernaturally intervene at times
process theism: open future;
traditional Christian theism: creatio ex nihilo

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basic arguments for open theism

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repentance texts; relational texts

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open theism vis-à-vis predictive prophecy, repentance texts, etc.

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open future, even for God, denial of foreknowledge; literal repentance

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anthropomorphism and anthropopathism

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God with human physical characteristics; God with human emotions

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analogical language vs equivocal and univocal language; literal vs non-literal

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analogical: biblical; similarity plus difference
equivocal: totally opposite language for God
univocal: exactly the same as creatures
literal: under analogical
non literal:

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30
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various arguments for the existence of God

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ontological: conceive of God, must be a God
cosmological: no infinite regress; contingent causal relations
teleological: seen in design
moral arguments: moral law requires a law giver, the author of the moral code

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Role of theistic proofs in traditional or classical apologetics

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prove there is a God then reason He’s the God of the Bible

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a priori vs a posteriori

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argument from the thing, argument from outside the thing

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Creator-creature distinction

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yup

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transcendence and immanence in relation to doctrine of God

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yup

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viewpoints related to the doctrine of the Trinity:

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monarchianism and its forms: dynamic monarchianism or adoptionism= God is one, Jesus adopted
modalism/Sabellianism: God is one, jesus is God; modes Father in OT, Son in Gospels, Spirit Acts on
Patripassianism: Father suffered with Christ
Arianism: Jesus and Spirit created by Father; not co equal
Subordinationism: Son was eternal and divine but not equal

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Homoousios vs homoiousios

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homoi: similar to the Father
Homooul; same as Father

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nature and person definitions related to Trinity

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nature: essence, substance; what a thing is, full complex of attributes
person: hypostasis; the who of a thing

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inseparable operations in Trinity

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all three persons inseparably act through the same divine nature, yet according to the person’s eternally ordered relations and personal mode of existing

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eternal relations of origin vs modes of subsistence

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paternity, filiation, spiration;

39
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ad intra vs ad extra

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attributes in God attributes expressed from God

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Biblical evidence for the doctrine of the Trinity

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yup

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Immanent (=ontological) and Economic Trinity

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God apart from the world; and God coming to save the world

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eternal relational authority submission view of the Son/Spirit to the Father

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definition: one in essence; persons only distinguishable by relations to one another AND by functional roles of authority and submission; three wills; authority is only for the Father

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perichoresis in relation to the Trinity

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each is eternal each is within the other each is unoriginated each is unconfused

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understanding and biblical basic of attributes of God:

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aseity:
simplicity:
immutability:
omnipresence:
holiness:
divine love:
Etc.:

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essential vs accidential predication in relation to divine attributes

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divine attributes of God cannot be set aside– they are essential to Him

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classical theism

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is the historic view of God identified with pro-nicene trinitarian orthodoxy, chalcedonian christology, and the great tradition

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via causalitatis, via negationis related to arguing for God’s existence/attributes

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from effect to cause; by way of negation

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classification of divine attributes

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natural and moral; absolute and relative; incommunicable and communicable

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concept of a miracle

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divine action; God’s mighty signs, not breaking natural laws

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opera ad intra vs. opera ad extra

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opera ad intra (=works that terminate within God’s own being) and opera ad extra (=works that terminate outside God’s own being).

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efficient causation; extraordinary vs ordinary providence

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got it

52
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panentheism (=process theism) and their conception of divine action

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got it

53
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divine decree; foreordination, predestination, election, reprobation

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foreordination: God’s plan with respect to his overall plan
Predestination: God’s plan related to the eternal condition of moral agents
election: God’s positive choice of individuals to salvation
reprobation: God’s choice of some to suffer eternal lostness

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open theist vs Arminian vs Calvinism view of divine providence

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open theist: God has given up his sovereignty
Arminian: God cannot predetermine what free creatures will do; all based on foreknowledge
Calvinism: God’s plan encompasses everything

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lapsarian debate

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supralapsarian: elects some to live and some to die
infralapsarian: elects some to eternal life and others to death after fall
sublapsarian: provide salvation sufficient to all, chose some

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aspects of divine providence

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preservation, concurrence, government

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immediate vs mediate agency; remote vs proximate agency

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Got it

58
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asymmetrical relation of God’s planning of good and evil

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got it

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middle knowledge vs timeless knowledge vs simple foreknowledge

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middle knowledge: molinism; knows all the possible scenarios and chooses the best one
timeless knowledge: outside of time; sees it all in the eternal now; knowledge dependent on Creation
simple foreknowledge: God knows what’s going to happen; can’t guarantee His will

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theodicy; logical vs religious vs evidential problem of evil

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logical: logical incoherence with Christian doctrine of God i. If God exists, then there is no evil.
ii. There is evil.
iii. So, God does not exist (from 1 & 2).
religious: why is this happening to me?
evidential: inductive problem– probable God doesn’t exist based on the evidence of evil’s existence

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dualism, Gnosticism, and other views of Origins

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naturalism: material universe is eternal
pantheism: creator=creation
Dualism:two distinct co-eternal substances; material and spirit
creation from eternity: always creating God
Gnosticism: ot God and nt God different; creation by lesser God; dualism between creation and salvation; creation created bad

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Creatio ex nihilo

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out of nothing

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neo-orthodox vs liberal view of Gen 1-3; reasons for the historical nature of Gen 1-11

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gap theory; theistic evolution; progressive creationism; literary framework hypothesis

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macro vs microevolution; irreducible complexity

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day-age theory

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67
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cultural-creation mandate

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68
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image vs likeness; views of the image of God; Roman Catholic view of image/likeness

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theological anthropology

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structure vs function distinction in Hoekema; Psychosomatic unity

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Greek dualism; Cartesian dualism; Physicalism – reductive vs non-reductive

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complementarianism vs egalitarianism

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dichotomy; trichotomy; traducianism; creationism; pre-existence of the soul

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72
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intermediate state

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