topos test 2

Question 1

Epistemic Distance

Answer 1

In Order to Preserve Free Moral Agency,

1. God Must Neither Overwhelm His Creatures With His Presence,
2. Nor Make It Too Difficult For Them to Find Him

Question 2

three questions that no one asks aloud

Answer 2

1. Is God Unfair?
2. Is God Silent?
3. Is God Hidden?

Question 3

God Must position himself (epistemically speaking)

Answer 3

1. close enough to be found by those who seek him,

2. but far enough away to allow those who wish to do so, to deny him

Question 4

John 9:1-3

Answer 4

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Question 5

Romans 8:18,

Answer 5

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Question 6

1 Peter 5:7

Answer 6

casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Question 7

Remember at least three Bible passages that help you deal with suffering and why they in particular aid you.

Answer 7

psalm 23:4
john 3:16
Psalm 42:11

Question 8

When You Suffer, Remember –

Answer 8

1. When God Seems 1,000 Miles Away, He Is Close Enough To Touch
2. God’s Timing Is Perfect
3. God Loves Us Like A Perfect Parent

Question 9

2 paragraph Question

Answer 9

compare what God has and has not promised us

Question 10

Romans 8:28

Answer 10

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Question 11

Romans 8:35

Answer 11

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

1. Shall tribulation, 2. or distress, 3. or persecution,
2. or famine, 5. or nakedness, 6. or danger, 7. or sword?

Question 12

psalm 23:4

Answer 12

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Question 13

john 3:16

Answer 13

for God so loved the world that he gave his olny begoten son that who so ever believes in him will not parish but have everlasting life

Question 14

Psalm 42:11

Answer 14

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Question 15

what God has promised us.

Answer 15

To Be With Us and To Comfort Us

Question 16

what god has not promised us.

Answer 16

1. To save our lives every time we are in danger or to rescue us from every situation
2. To deliver us from all suffering, disease, or pain?

Question 17

“Cope” from word meaning..?

Answer 17

“to strike, cut” and later to hit or deal a blow

Question 18

Resilience

Answer 18

1. See life as meaningful
2. Believe ordeal is manageable
3. Have a sense of coherence

Question 19

Romans 12:15

Answer 19

“Weep with those that weep.”

Question 20

What to say and not say (Proverbs 25:20)

Answer 20

Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart

is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,and like vinegar on soda.

Question 21

Jesus teaches us through his suffering according to Yancey

Answer 21

1. Judge the present by the future
2. Learn the pattern of transformed pain
3. Learn a new level of the meaning of suuffering
4. Gain confidence that god truly understands my pain

Question 22

what chapter probably says more about how God Disciplines Those He Loves than any other NT text

Answer 22

Hebrews 12

Question 23

law of retribution

Answer 23

people get what they desrve in this life

Question 24

Meaning of “Chastise” or “Chastise”

Answer 24

One of the best all around definitions seems to be “train.”

Question 25

If it’s retributive

Answer 25

how can we separate the punishments from the normal vicissitudes of life?

Question 26

Eschatology is crucial to…?

Answer 26

theodicy

Question 27

Citizenship in heaven Philippians 3:20

Answer 27

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Question 28

Eschatology definition

Answer 28

a branch of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or of humankind

Question 29

Eschatology origins

Answer 29

Greek word: eschatos

meaning: last, farthest

Question 30

Matters that impact our degree of suffering according to Yancey

Answer 30

1. Fear
2. Helplessness
3. Meaning
4. Hope

Question 31

essay

Answer 31

believer who is having a problem with suffering