Theology Exam 2 Flashcards
(Worldview)
Everything is “god” and thus everything is divine
Monism
(Worldview)
The spirit is pure, however all material is evil
Dualism
(Worldview)
All things are being one, reality is an illusion
Pantheism
(Worldview)
God is present, but not active within His world
Deism
(Worldview)
The human mind is the measure of all things
(Secular) Humanism
(Theological Term)
God is actively governing and guiding His world and will act against nature at times to do it
Supernaturalism
(Theological Term)
God provided the world with built-in natural system which does not need miracles
Providentialism
(Theological Term)
God is 100% involved in His world, and humans with science are also 100% involved
Noncompetitive Agency
(Theological Term)
God is sovereign and just in His ways which must be reconciled with evil in His world
Theodicy
(Theological Term)
God’s seemingly contradictive ways must be held together to understand His purposes
Creative Tension
(Term)
The top-down act of God making His person/purposes known to the world of humans
Revelation
(Term)
The words of Scripture that are “breathed-out” by God and then recorded by human authors
Inspiration
(Term)
The view that the words of Scripture are without factual errors in the original autographs
Inerrancy
(Term)
The conviction that the Bible is without falsehood, will never fail, and is hence totally reliable
Infallibility
(Term)
The Spirit’s inner guidance that enables the believer to understand/interpret the Bible
Illumination
(Term)
The rule by which God’s Spirit has directed the early Church to standardize the sixty-six books
Canonicity
(Bible Reference Content)
All Scripture is God-breathed so its source is totally trustworthy, and can equip us to do right
2 Timothy 3:16
(Bible Reference Content)
The spirit used human agents whom He guided and enabled to write exactly what He wanted
2 Peter 1:21
(Bible Reference Content)
Only the Holy Spirit knows God’s thoughts, so He can also help us understand God’s Word
1 Corinthians 2:12
(Bible Reference Content)
God’s saving Grace came to us through Jesus, and it also trains us to live godly in this world
Titus 2:11
(Bible Reference Content)
The Spirit’s power in believers is there to fulfill God’s plan so He can do for us beyond our asking
Ephesians 3:20
(Bible Reference Content)
God’s Word is protected from all deceit, and we are warned not to add to or subtract from it
Revelation 22:18
(Theologian)
Known as the defender of the Apostolic faith and a unifier of the Church
Irenaeus
(Theologian)
Gnostic heretic rejected the OT God, he unbiblically believed He created an evil world
Marcion
(Theologian)
Mission preacher that believed God is Lord over all creation yet active in His World
Lottie Moon
(Theologian)
Reformer outlined 3 concentric circles by which God’s Word is increasingly mediated
Martin Luther
(Theologian)
Scholar that stood against a natural theology that we can know God by reason
Karl Barth
(Theologian)
Teacher who believes God still speaks through visions, not authoritative as the Bible
Chris Gnanakan
(Theory of Inspiration)
The 66 books of the Bible are an insightful product of gifted writers and still inspire us
Intuition
(Theory of Inspiration)
Biblical authors had a high degree of inner spiritual perception to shed light on God’s will
Illumination
(Theory of Inspiration)
The thoughts or concepts were God’s, but the words expressed were of human writers
Dynamic
(Theory of Inspiration)
God selected the exact original words He desired that His Spirit ensures humans wrote
Verbal
(Theory of Inspiration)
God spoke the Bible’s words and human writers mechanically recorded like secretaries
Dictation
Sacred Scripture book of Hinduism
One of the oldest, longest of all sacred scriptures
Defines Hindu spirituality
Verdas
Sacred Scripture book of Buddhism
Encouraged faith in god-nature in human beings
Lotus Sutra
Sacred Scripture book of Judaism
Commentaries by expert teacher on the divinely revealed Law for Jewish people
Mishnah
Sacred Scripture book of Islam
Collection of saying & activities of Islam’s founding prophet that’s normative
Hadith
(Scripture Book)
Biased version of the Bible that incorporates its unique teachings to modify sacred Scriptures
New World Translation
(Scripture Book)
A collection of founder’s prophetic revelation that all followers deem as sacred
Doctrine and Covenants
(Which religion?)
There is no Creator-creature divide, yet divine manifestation may visit the earth
Hinduism
(Which religion?)
There is no “god”, the goal of the human soul is to empty itself and escape earth
Buddhism
(Which religion?)
There is one sovereign Creator who providentially (by chance) responds to human needs
Judaism
(Which religion?)
Fully submits to the absolute will of the earth’s Creator and Judge
Islam
(Which religion?)
Only one name for the transcendent Creator who will judge the world
Jehovah Witnesses
(Which religion?)
The Father God was once a man who created the earth from preexistent matter
Mormonism
(View of Creation)
God made the world and all life forms in some 6000 years as the Bible literally teaches
Young-earth creationism
(View of Creation)
God made the earth billions of years ago but humanity more recently as science shows
Old-earth creationism
(View of Creation)
God progressively created the Earth and superintends humanity represented by Adam
Evolutionary Creation
