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Question 0

Human concepts of God vary

Answer 0

• to some, God is distant or non-existent
• some people pray to a God of war and revenge
• expectations differ
• attitude to prayer differ
• reaction in crisis differ
• Some people are full of fear of God, gods, or evil spirits
• Some people believe that God is only God of their tribe, race, or people
• some people think that God only is on the winner’s side

Question 1

What verses in the bible say that there is only one true God?

Answer 1

Isaiah 45:5

Galatians 4:8

Question 2

Examples of nature regions

Answer 2

• old Nordic
• Early Vadic (Indian)
• Ba’al worship
• Traditional Greek-Roman religions
• American Indian religions
• Aboriginal religions

Question 3

Characteristics of nature religions

Answer 3

1. Polytheism
   - a god for each section of nature
   - easily develops into pantheism
2. Worship of rhythm of nature
   - leads to strive for unity with nature
   - develops into pantheism as unity with everything

Question 4

Characteristics of the Biblical God

Answer 4

1. Creator of the Nature
   - not a part of it
   - creation ex nihilo
2. Monotheism
3. A person, not a force (freedom of choice)
4. Lord of History
   - intervention, revelation

Question 5

Common characteristics

Answer 5

1. Creator
2. God as Lord of History
3. Eschatology

Question 6

Decisive Differences between Allah and God

Answer 6

1. The Concept of sin
   - Act or broken relationship
2. God and freedom
   - fatalism, historical determinism
3. Atonement and sacrifice
4. divinity of Jesus
5. Trinity

Question 7

Core elements of the Christian concept of God

Answer 7

1. Creator
   -The Creeds
   -the four main points
   ~creation, fall, cross, second coming
   -salvation history
2. The Trinity
   -the Creeds
3. Atonement, salvation and freedom
4. History and Eschatology

Question 8

Core Christianity

Answer 8

1. Creation
   -the sabbath
   -the nature of humankind
   ~no “god within”
   -health and education
   2.The Trinity
   -The Arian debate, Minneapolis 1888
   -Significance of Ellen White
2. Salvation and freedom
   -Sovereignty/freedom -assurance and faith
   -Freedom, kingdoms and judgment
3. View of History
   -the prophetic interpretations
   -the second coming

Question 9

Kavvwv

Answer 9

-A measure rod, a ruler
-Rule, prescript
~the holy books accepted as rule of faith by the Church

Question 10

Kavva

Answer 10

-Reed, rush, pipe, (tube)

~something round and hollow

Question 11

Canna

Answer 11

Reed, rush

Question 12

Canon

Answer 12

-a law of the church
~old English before 900
~borrowed from Latin and French
-a clergyman belonging to a cathedral or collegiate church (before 1200)

Question 13

Canonical

Answer 13

According to a rule

Question 14

Canonize (1384)

Answer 14

Accept into the holy group

Question 15

Canon

Answer 15

-“criterion, standard of judging”

~appeared in English in 1601

Question 16

Can(n)on

Answer 16

-big mounted gun
~from Anglo-French
~from Italian cannone, barrel, great tube
~from Latin reed
-Difference in spelling
~two "nn's" appeared by 1650
~firmly established around 1800

Question 17

Canyon

Answer 17

-from Mexican/Spanish
~Spanish canon, tube, pipe
-Perhaps from callon
~Spanish calle, narrow way
~ Latin callis, rough track, path

Question 18

Cannibal

Answer 18

-From canibal, or caribal (cf. Carib)
-Name of natives in the Caribean
~”Strong men”
~thought to be man eaters
~given by Columbus

Question 19

Communication process

Answer 19

Revelation -God reveals a message to an individual
Inspiration-The Holy Spirit guides that individual in writing
Illumination- The Holy Spirit helps you and me to understand the message today

Question 20

Inspired by the Spirit

Answer 20

Persons -not every word
With a purpose-specific and general
Role of Holy Spirit

Question 21

Revelation and Inspiration

Answer 21

1. Testifying to Jesus
   - main purpose of scripture
2. Old Testament in symbols, types, and prophecies
   - human ideal, perfect king, complete sacrifice
3. New Testament in person
4. Bible a coherent whole, a unity
   - Jesus in light of all of Scripture