Test #1 Flashcards
What you ______ determines ______ you think?
Believe, and How
What you ______ dictates _____ you do?
Think, and What
What you ____ dominates your life?
Do
What does the word apologia mean?
“to give a defense”
What does apologetics mean?
“The study and practice of giving answers for the reasonableness and truth of the Christian faith”
What verse reference says, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction”?
Proverbs 1:7
What verse reference says, “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how y ought to answer every man”?
Colossians 4:6
What verse reference says, “But sanctify the LORD God in your hearts: and be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear”?
1 Peter 3:15
What are three things that are done after we “sanctify the Lord in our hearts”?
1) Not from our own wisdom
2) Need to give God’s Word
3) Done in meekness and fear
T/F Faith is first, and then evidence supports?
True
T/F We are not presuppositional when it comes to evidence?
False
T/F We are putting God on trial?
False
We are not what in terms of faith first, then evidence supports?
Not evidentialist
What does God use to support His truth?
Works (evidence; miracles)
What two passages of scripture support that God uses works to support His truth?
John 10:25 and Acts 1:3
These works of God are designed to do what?
Point men to Christ
T/F God is revealed in the tangibles?
True
What passage of scripture supports that God is revealed in the tangibles?
Romans 1;20
T/F Christianity’s major doctrines are not founded in Genesis?
False
T/F Proper foundation provides answers to life’s questions?
True
Society’s questions are answered by what?
God’s word
What passage of Scripture supports the foundation of marriage in the Genesis?
Genesis 2:24
What passage of Scripture supports the foundation of clothing in the Genesis?
Genesis 3:21
What passage of Scripture supports the foundation of sanctity of life in the Genesis?
Genesis 1:26-28
What passage of Scripture supports the foundation of gospel in the Genesis?
Genesis 3:15
What passage of Scripture says, “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so?
Acts 17:11
What root word does science come from?
scire
What does the word “scire” mean?
“to know”
What is the study of God’s order and reasonableness in His physical universe?
Definition of science
T/F The “uniformity of nature” allows us to study science?
True
T/F The “uniformity of nature” is uniformitarianism
False
What is it when things are the way they have always been?
Uniformitarianism
What are the two types of science?
1) Operational science
2) Historical science
What 3 things must operational science be?
1) Observable
2) Repeatable
3) Falsifiable
What other two things does operational science use?
1) Scientific method
2) The senses
What is historical science used to explain?
Past events
T/F Direct observations can be made using historical science?
False
T/F Assumptions are used in historical science?
True
What are the 4 limits of science?
1) Limited to observations
2) Cannot prove
3) Cannot make value judgements
4) Affected by bias and presuppositions
Science is just a ______ that we can use to study God’s Word
Tool
What is a presupposition?
Something that we believe is truth/true, without proof
What is people’s beliefs and opinions concerning the existence, nature, and worship of deity or deities, and divine involvement in the universe and human life?
Religion
T/F Faith is not required for religion?
False
What is a way of thinking and behaving on one’s knowledge, beliefs, and experiences?
Worldview
What two things influence worldview?
1) Presuppositions
2) Bias
Bias is feed by our what?
Presuppositions
What is the Creationist’s ultimate presupposition?
The Bible is true
What is the Evolutionist’s ultimate presupposition?
There is no supernatural