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4 ACTS OF THE BIBLE
- CREATION
- FALL
- REDEMPTION
- RESTORATION
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
THEOLOGICAL BELIFS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
ULTIMATE REALITY
CAN WE KNOW ANYTHING WITH CERTAINTY
DO WE HAVE TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING TO KNOW IT
ULTIMATE REALITY TO AN ATHIEST
THE EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS IS COMPOSED OF MATTER AND IS PART OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE
ULTIMATE REALITY TO A PANTHIEST
THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE IS JUST AN ILLUSION, REALITY IS SPIRITUAL OR MENTAL
ULTIMATE TO A CHRISTIAN
THE UNIVERSE IS PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL. THE UNIVERSE IS THE CREATION OF A TRIUNE, PERSONAL GOD WHO IS NOT A MATERIAL OBJECT
DIVINE REVELATION
WHO IS GOD? CHANGES TO “WHO HAS GOD REVEALED HIMSELF TO BE”
GENERAL REVELATION
NATURE
SPECIAL REVELATION
WORD OF GOD, THE BIBLE, AND JESUS
ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
- MORAL ARGUMENT- MORAL SUGGESTS A MORAL LAWGIVER
- DESIGN ARGUMENT: DESIGN SUGGESTS AN INTENTIONAL DESIGNER
- ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT: IF WE CAN CONCEIVE IT, IT MUST BE POSSIBLE
- CHRISTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT: GOD CAME TO EART
OMNIPOTENT
ALL POWERFUL
OMNISCIENT
ALL KNOWING
OMNI-PRESENT
ALL PRESENT
SOVEREIGN
IN CONTROL
HOLY
PURE, JUST, RIGHTEOUS
LOVE
MERCIFUL, GRACIOUS, FORGIVING
RELATIONAL
KNOWABLE
GOD IS A TRINITY
THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD. HE EXISTS AS GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT; 3 DISTINCT PERSONS IN A UNIFIED GODHEAD WHO ARE CO-ETERNAL, CO-EQUAL, AND CONSUBSTANTIAL
IMPLICATIONS OF THE TRINITY
-GOD EXISTS ETERNALLY IN UNITY, THE COMMUNITY, AND LOVE NEVER LONELY
- GOD DEMONSTRATES PERFECT UNITY AND DIVERSITY
- WE ARE MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE
- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRINITY IS LOVE
4 DIFFERENT VIEWS OF CREATIOIN
-YOUNG EARTH VIEW
-MATURE EARTH VIEW
-OLD EARTH VIEW
-THEISTIC EVOLUTION VIEW
4 DIFFERENT VIEWS OF CREATIOIN
-YOUNG EARTH VIEW
-MATURE EARTH VIEW
-OLD EARTH VIEW
-THEISTIC EVOLUTION VIEW
YOUNG EARTH VIEW
-DISAGREES WITH MAINSTREAM SCIENCE CONCERNING THE AGE OF THE EARTH AND BELIEVES IT IS 6,00-10,000 YRS OLD
-BELIEVES EARTH’S AGE CAN BE CALCULATED BY THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT AND GENEALOGIES DESCRIBES
-BELIEVES THAT THE ACCOUNT OF CREATION IN GENESIS 1 DESCRIBES SEVEN 24 HOUR DAYS
MATURE EARTH VIEW
-THE UNIVERSE, INCLUDING ALL OF LIFE, WAS CREATED BY GOD IN SIX 24 HR DAYS, BUT THAT THEY WERE CREATED MATURE AND ALREADY AGED
-MAINTAINS A LITERAL TRANSLATION TRANSLATION OF BIBLE
OLD EARTH VIEW
-AGREES WITH MAINSTREAM SCIENCE THAT THE UNIVERSE AND EARTH ARE BILLIONS OF YEARS OLD
- LIFE APPEARED IN STAGES AS GOD GAVE THE COMMANDS
-THE “DAYS” IN THE GENESIS CREATION ACCOUNT REPRESENT AGES. DAY-AGE THEORY