Unit 1 Exam Review Flashcards
How does God reveal himself to humanity?
-When searching for happiness and meaning
-The Bible
-Love
-Creation
-Thought and reason
What is the Prophet?
-A spokesperson for God.
-Reports to the community what God speaks to him or her.
-Messages warn the people when they are sinning and tell them how God will punish them if they continue to sin.
Know the difference between “major” and “minor” prophets.
Each book in the Major Prophets is log, while books in the Minor Prophets are relatively short. The terms “major” and “minor” are indicators of length, not importance.
Be able to list some of the prophets included in the Bible.
Some minor prophets:
-Hosea
-Joel
-Amos
Some major prophets:
-Isaiah
-Jeremiah
-Daniel
Explain Moses’ upbringing.
Pharaoh had commanded that all male Hebrew children born would be drowned in the river Nile, but Moses’ mother placed him in an ark and hid the ark by the riverbank, where the baby was discovered and adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, and raised as an Egyptian.
Moses is called to serve, what was he asked to do for his people?
Moses was asked to go back and to free the isralite slaves from the pharaoh.
What is the 10th plague and its connection to passover?
The final plague involved the slaying of the first-born sons of Egyptians. But the Jews have been told to mark their doors with the blood of a lamb they’ve sacrificed — the Passover offering — and so God “passes over” their homes.
Know the definition of literalists and contextualists and how they are different.
Literalists: believe text as it is written (word for word is true).
Contextualists: deals with the text in a contextual manner, considering literary form, language, historical, and cultural setting.
Difference: literalism takes words as the truth, while contextualism takes the context into account.
What are the 4 key aspects to understand when reading the bible contextually? (what does a contextual reader look at?)
-Literary form
-Language
-History
-Cultural setting
What are the core stories of Hebrew and Christian Scriptures? (know the major examples)
-Exodus event
-Story of Moses
-Feast of passover
What are the similarities between Jesus and Moses?
What are 3 stages to gospel writing?
- Jesus lived
- Oral tradition
- Written down
What are the 3 forms of preaching the gospel?
First Stage: The Life and Teachings of Jesus
Second Stage: Oral Tradition
Third Stage: Written Gospels
Know how each gospel writer portrayed Jesus.
Matthew: Teacher and preacher
Mark: Suffering and passion of Jesus
Luke: Compassionate Jesus
John: Faith in God without proof
Be able to discuss at least one scripture passage that supports the image of Jesus.
John 11: 1-44
-This story demonstrates that Jesus is embedding the message that they should all have faith, even though they can’t physically see God.
Define “Parable” and be able to discuss at least one parable you looked at
5 characteristics of parables:
-Are stories
-Uses comparison
-Have a crisis
-Are about God’s kingdom
-Have an ending
Ex) Mark 12: 1-9: Parable of the Tenants
-I think the parable is trying to portray that you should work hard for your own things and to not take what others have worked hard on.
Be able to identify at least one of the 10 commandments and describe how that are still relevant to today’s world.
Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day:
This virtue/action is important in todays world because when we take the time to rest and go to church on Sunday, it will start our week off well. it os also important as we would connect and be closer to God.
Be able to identify/describe how many petitions are included in the prayer and what they ask for.
There are seven petitions
Object of the first three petitions:
-Reverence to his holy name.
-Coming of his kingdom.
-The doing of his will
4 remaining petitions:
-Lift up our own needs to the Father who loves us.
-We pray for nourishment, for the forgiveness and healing of sin, and for victory in our everyday struggles over evil.
Define Evangelize
A call to “preach” the gospel through our actions.
“Preach the gospel at all times, if necessary, use words.”
Define covenant
An agreement between God and his people, in which God makes promises to his people and, usually, requires a certain thing from the people.
Define Theologians
Those who study the history, beliefs, and teachings of the church.
Define Biblical Scholars
Those who concentrate on studying the Bible.
Define Canonical
A complete rule, and the only rule, of faith and practice.
Define Apocryphal
Biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture.
Define Synoptic Gospels
The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. These stories were fiction in the sense that they did not represent an actual event; however, they always involved the common experiences of the jewish people of Jesus’ day.
Define Q source
A hypothetical written collection of mainly Jesus’ sayings.
Define Parable
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, to teach a great truth or to challenge the hearers to change their own behaviour.
Define Window Parables
Gives us a glimpse of the Kingdom of God.
Define Mirror Parables
Gives us a glimpse of ourselves, others, or our world.
Define Miracle
When a law of nature is broken by a spiritual cause rather than a natural cause
Understand the connection between miracles in the gospels and faith formation.
The miracles in the gospels centre on Jesus as the Messiah, they show in him signs of divine (heavenly) power. Most importantly, in all of Jesus’ miracles, faith had to be present in order for the miracle to take place. Justus did not however perform miracles to produce faith.
Be able to identify the types of miracles and what they show us.
- Nature Miracles:
-Demonstrates Jesus’ control over forces of nature.
-Shows Jesus as the sun of God. - Exorcism
-Casting out evil spirits.
-Shows Jesus as the Messiah (fighting evil). - Physical Disease
-Healing of physical aliments.
-Shows Jesus as Messiah. - Raising the Dead
-Bringing people back to life.
-Shows Jesus as the son of God.
