Vocab List 1 Flashcards
accommodate (v.)
to adjust one thing to another
apologetic (n.)
a presentation of reasons for believing the Christian faith
assimilate (n.)
to become part of a country or community rather than remaining in a separate group
communion (n.)
a state of sharing or exchanging thoughts and feelings
covenant (n.) covenantal (adj.)
“an agreement between two parties, the obligations of which are mutually binding” (Cairns, 112)
exhaustively (adv.)
in a manner covering all possibilities
hermeneutical (adj.)
relating to the “science of Bible interpretation” (Cairns, 207)
imperative (adj.)
necessary, inevitable
integral (adj.)
being an essential part of something
omnipotent (adj.)
of or related to “the all-powerfulness of God, His unlimited ability to act according to His own perfect will” (Cairns, 313)
originate (v.) origin (n.)
to begin
persist (v.)
to continue to exist
presuppose (v.) presupposition (n.)
to assume as a first principle that goes before a viewpoint
reconciliation (n.)
the act of being restored to fellowship or harmony
redeeming (adj.)
redeem (v.)
of or related to “the deliverance of God’s elect from a state of sin into a state of salvation by the means and merit of the ransom paid by Christ on their behalf” (Cairns, 371)
retain (v.)
to continue to have or use
reveal (v.)
revelation (n.)
to make known
sanctification (n.)
“Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness” (Shaw, quoted in Cairns, 397)
scope (n.)
a general range or extent
stable (adj.)
fixed; not changing
Trinitarian (adj.)
of or related to “the self-revelation of God in Scripture that His indivisible, personal essence exists eternally and necessarily as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these three are not merely nominal distinctions but personal subsistences in the divine essence” (Cairns, 494)
