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Theo section 2 Flashcards

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What does it mean that God created everything ex nihilo? Is this a commonly held belief among Christians?

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Creation ex nihilo is the doctrine that matter is not eternal but had to be created by some divine creation act. Ex nihilo means from nothing and it is a belief that is held by all Christians

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life on earth gradually evolved by change from random elements and natural selection over billions of years.

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Classical Evolution

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rapid mutation occurred in biological evolution in which a small group became isolated from its own species for unknown reasons radically changes, and was able to reproduce itself sufficiently before returning to commingle with previous ancestors.

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Punctuated Equilibria

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is against classical evolution, proposes that massive influences other planets, asteroids, or natural cosmic influences radically altered the atmosphere and created extraordinary changes in earths life forms.

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Catastrophism

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“Whether posited in Western panentheism or Eastern pantheism, the world is impelled through evolution to ever higher forms of life and consciousness as the expression of ‘Godself.’ The world either is God’s body (panentheism) or the world is in some sense divine, or ‘God’ (pantheism).”

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Panentheistic

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Are “Creationism” and “Intelligent Design” the same thing? What are they?

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Intelligent design is a type of creationism

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various forms of life began abruptly through an intelligent agency, and their distinctive features already intact.

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Intelligent design movement

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hold to macro evolution, giving preference to human scientific consensus. Some would argue at the expense of scripture. preference to human scientific consensus, some would argue at the expense of Scripture. Their views span a spectrum from (1) macro-evolution largely by means of natural law, to (2) explicit divine empowerment of the evolutionary process

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Theistic evolutions

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God created the earth in a relatively short period, if not six literal 24-hour days. Most adherents (not all) affirm a “mature creation” (as Adam), that God created the universe with the appearance of age

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Immediate creation/young earth

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Because of textual difficulties and tensions with science and similarities with ANE religious cosmologies opter for this view that says that understanding of the creation account that is the structure of Genesis 1 is more theological and artistic that literal.

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Hiatorico Literary Genre

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What did the Bible Project teach us about Genesis 1?

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That creation was an ordering of the cosmos. The earth was unordered and uninhabited but there physically.
- Day one: time
- Day two: ancient culture the sky as a physical dome
- Day three: more separation; god invites vegetation to come from the land
- Day four: gob bestows royal power on the lights to govern the day and nigh
- Day five: bird and sea creatures
- Day six: creatures and gods representatives
- Day seven: god rest in his sacred place the holy temple
o Goal of creation was peace and order
o All the 7s
o Gods purpose is to share creation with his images so they can rest and rule it with him forever
o Sets the stage for the rest of the biblical drama

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What is John Walton’s definition of “mythology”?

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Mythology seeks to explain how the world works and how it came to work.

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What is John Walton’s approach to Genesis 1?

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The adam and eve are historical figures but not necessarily the first humans. They are archetypal figures that represent humanity.

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What is material ontology vs. functional ontology?

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Functional ontology is saying that something exist because it has function. Material ontology says that something exist because it is material and is made of matter

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According to John Walton, days 1-3 of creation set up the foundational functions of life. What are they?

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They set up the basis of time, weather, and food.

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What are the implications of being made in the “image of God”?

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This implies that they are Gods representatives on earth. As such they are to carry out godlike functions such as ruling, over the earth and everything on it.

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According to Eric (me), the so-called “Fall” episode is better referred to as the

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story of lost opportunity

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In the Adam and Eve episode, does it seem like humans were created mortal or immortal?

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We said that adam and eve were created as mortal, and they had the opportunity of be made immortal by not eating the fruit from the tree of good and evil.

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What does the tree of the “knowledge of good and evil” represent? What does this “knowledge” lead to in the rest of the story (Gen 2-11)?

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The tree gives a knowledge of consciousness.

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What is true biblical wisdom (as discussed in class)?

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True wisdom comes from fear of the Lord. Wisdom is tied to Torah obedience.

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Which story comprises the center of the narrative that spans Gen 2-11?

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The flood, continues to demonstrate how the proliferation of sin and evil are intertwined with the development of culture

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What is the traditional understanding of the “Fall”?

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Adam and eve are perceived to be historical figures whose disobedience to God brough a real fall in time and space.

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Does Francis Collins of the Human Genome Project believe that Adam and Eve were the first human beings on earth?

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Collins does not believe that adam and eve were the first humans because we have a common ancestor with apes. He believes that there is no such thing as a first pair of humans

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What is Peter Enns’ take on the “Fall” account? How does he describe Paul’s understanding of the Fall (think “original sin” and the “origin of sin”)?

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He says that Paul directly caused original sin.

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What is John Walton’s understanding of the “Fall”?

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That adam and eve are historical figures, but not necessarily the first humans; and, they represent something bigger. (humanity and life)

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What is the class definition of “total depravity”?

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The corruption has extended to all aspects of a human’s nature, to their entire being ans total depravity means that because of that corruption there is nothing humans can do to merit saving favor with God.

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In the NT, it seems that Jesus’s suffering and death are crucial to his story as Messiah. What OT passages may have foreshadowed the Messiah’s suffering and death?

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Passover, the imago Dei passage, the suffering servant

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Why is Jesus’ resurrection important to the Christian faith?

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It is that he raises as the first fruit which is a promise that those after him will also bodily raise from the dead.

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What are the historical “facts” concerning the resurrection (as discussed in class)?

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  • A two ton stone slab was removed
  • Both jews and romans admitted that the tomb was empty
  • The roman guards were ordered to lie
  • The wrappings of the cloth were apparently intact
  • Later Jesus appeared to numerous witnesses
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What are the implications of Jesus’ resurrection?

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Proof of Jesus’ authenticity
Promise for believers’ resurrection

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What are the implications of Jesus’ ascension?

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  • Jesus’s ascension into heaven occurred on the 40th day after the resurrection, ten days before Pentecost.
  • Firstfruits of our corporeal presence in heaven
  • Jesus as eternal prophet, priest and king
  • The Parousia the ascension of Christ fully points toward his return as king of kings ans lord of lords.
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What is the class definition of “gospel”?

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The good news of jesus Christ, the son of God, who died in sinful humanity’s place to make us right with god; and of Christ’s kingdom by which he will rule all things.

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What can the term “gospel” refer to?

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  • Good news
  • The message of general salvation
  • The message of redeeming grace
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What is the succinct class definition of “grace”?

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Grace is unconditional love of god freely offered to one who does not deserve it

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What are the past, present, and future aspects of “salvation”?

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Past: the act of being saves
Present: though you have not seen him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now you believe in him and are filled with an in expressible and glorious joy.
Future: we anticipate complete liberation from the effects of sin when glorified with Christ

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What did Christ do on the cross? Be sure to understand all the terms and concepts under the heading “What did Christ do on the cross?” on our Salvation slides. These include terms/concepts like: substitution, redemption, propitiation, etc..

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  • Substitution: Christ dies in our place; the punishment of sin is removed by substitution; jesus is the sacrificial lamb of god who takes away the sin of the world; on one hand our sin is paid for, on the other hand jesus’s righteousness is imputed to us.
  • Redemption
  • Propitiation
  • Reconciliation
  • Justification
  • Basis for forgiveness before the cross
  • The end of the mosaic law
  • Made children of god
  • Enslaving power of sin is broken
  • Basis for forgiveness in the Christian life
  • Basis of the work of the holy spirit
  • Basis of sanctification
  • Sin, death and Satan were conquered
  • Basis of the restoration of nature
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According to Paul, why was the Mosaic Law given?

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the law was a guardian until Christ came., to become conscious of our own sin,

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the law was a guardian until Christ came., to become conscious of our own sin,

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Sin, death, and Satan

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Which aspect of faith does the “nature of saving faith” debate center on?

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The understanding of, assent to and trust in jesus Christ as the son of God who died for my sin

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What are the unnecessary additions to saving faith?

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Repentance, public confesstion of Christ, baptism in water,

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Does conversion always involve a radical, sharp break with the past?

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Gradual: grows from one’s past beliefs and behavior
Radical: involves a sharp break with the past for you were once darkness but now you are light in the lord.

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How do the “Lordship Salvation” and “Free Grace” views differ?

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Lordship salvation: 1) inseparability of faith and obedience, 2) difficulty of salvation 3) works at the assurance of salvation.
Free Grace: 1) theological distinction between saving faith and obedience in discipleship 2) absolute permanence of salvation ie eternal life 3) non-essentiality works for salvation

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What is the doctrine of “eternal security”?

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That work of god which guarantees that the gift of salvation, once received is possessed forever and cannot be lost.

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What are the main tenants of Calvinism (TULIP)?

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  • Total depravity of humanity: one can do nothing to merit god’s grace
  • Unconditional election: god chooses whom he will apart from human merit
  • Limited atonement: Christ dies only for the elect God’s purpose at the cross is fully completed
  • Irresistible grace: if humanity is totally depraved, then only efficacious grace saves
  • Preservance of saints what god works in life will be manifest in his saints
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What are the main tenants of Arminianism?

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  • Human total depravity, but gods prevenient grace makes one capable of free choice in faith
  • Conditional election: god elects those he foreknows will believe or he broadly chooses the church
  • Unlimited atonement: Christ does for all
  • Resistible grace: humans can either resist of cooperate with god’s grace and calling to salvation
  • A believer can lose their salvation through disobedience and disbelief.
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How do Calvinists and Arminians differ in their understanding of “election”?

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In Calvinism the people are chose randomly to receive gods grace, and in Armenians they are not.

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Which Christian doctrine are the “way of the cross” and the “law of Christ” closely associated with? How would you describe them?

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They both relate to jesus’s call

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What are some biblical means of sanctification?

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the church, disciplines, other means include suffering and gods discipline

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