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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Faith Seeking Understanding | The process of theology. In faith trying to understand more about God -Anslem of Cantebury |
| Levels of Theological Reflection | 1. Folk 2. Lay 3. Pastoral 4. Professional 5. Academic |
| What are the three main traditions in Christianity? | Eastern Orthodoxy (Mysticism) Roman Catholicism (Hierarchy) Protestantism (Individualism, Activism, Biblicism) |
| Branches of Theology: Exegetical | Drawing meaning out of the grammatical text |
| Branches of Theology: Biblical | Tracing themes across the Bible as a whole |
| Branches of Theology: Bible Doctrine | "What does the Bible say about x?" |
| Branches of Theology: Historical | Synchronic: Studying what people believed in a certain time Diachronic: Studying what people believed about a certain thing over time |
| Branches of Theology: Dogmatic | The Theology of a certain creed or denomination |
| Branches of Theology: Philosophical | Theology that deals with the same questions as Philosophy |
| Branches of Theology: Systematic | Combination of all of the rest of the types and articulated culturally |
| Branches of Theology: Applied | "The necessary fruit of theological relflection." |
| 6 possible sources of theology: | 1. Mind 2. Concious 3. Community 4. Experience 5. Scripture 6. Tradition |
| 3 possible purposes of theology | 1. Right Living 2. Right Thinking 3. Right Doing |
| 5 reasons for importance of theology | 1. Helps us to live wisely as a Christian should 2. Helps us make the big life decisions 3. Helps us to prepare for Christian ministry 4. Helps us to worship God as he deserves 5. Helps us make good life choices |
| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge | Proverbs 1:7 |
| Do theology as a diligent workman who accurately handles the word of truth. | 2 Timothy 2:15 |
| In what way is God's name relevant to his very existence? | His name means "to be" really |
| Why does the very idea of God make sense to humans? | Because it has been preprogrammed into us |
| 2 assumptions the Bible makes about God's existence | 1. He was there 2. He's here today |
| Proofs of God's Existence: Cosmological | The blame game |
| Proofs of God's Existence: Teleological | The world was created |
| Proofs of God's Existence: Anthropological | Man needs a god |
| Proofs of God's Existence: Moral | Where did we get our morals? |
| Proofs of God's Existence: Ontological | I can conceive of God, therefore he must exist |
| God's Names (OT) | Adonai Elohim Yaweh |
| God's Names (NT) | Theos Kyrios |
| Where did the term Trinity come from? | Trinitas, Turtullian, 200 A.D. |
| Key Biblical Statements on the Trinity | Unity, Equality, and Diversity |
| What orthodox creed affirms the doctrine of the trinity? | The Nicene Creed |
| Definition of Homoousias | "of one substance" |
| False views of the Trinity: Monarchiasism | God is completely one, not three persons |
| False views of the Trinity: Tritheism | God is three distinctly different Gods |
| False views of the Trinity: Modalism | The trinity is just three different shapes of God |
| False views of the Trinity: Arianism | The son is of a different substance than the father |
| Relationships between the persons of the trinity | Father: Eternally unoriginate Son: Eternally Begotten Spirit: Eternally Proceding |
| Relationships of the persons of the trinity with man | Father: Originating source Son: Instrumental Agent Spirit: Dynamic Power |
| God is I AM | Exodus 3:14 |
| The Lord our God, the Lord is one | Deuteronomy 6:4 |
| Three persons of the Trinity mentioned together | Matthew 28:19 |
| Dispensation | "dispensatio" greek: household management |
| What is Providence? | God's protection and direction |
| Preexistence vs. eternity | Eternity denotes preexistence, but not necessarily the other way |
| 4 supports of Christ's preexistence | 1. Key Biblical Texts 2. Heavenly Origin 3. Work in Creation 4. OT Theophanies |
| 6 views on Creation | 1. Naturalistic Evolution- EVOLUTION 2. Theistic Evolution- God used EVOLUTION 3. Progressive Creationism- intervened EVOLUTION 4. Gap Theory- Long time gap between 1:1 and 1:2 5. Literary Framework- Non-literal days 6. Creationism- Literal days |
| 3 Biblical Essentials of Creation | 1. God did it 2. Ex Nihilo 3. It was good |
| Which two views on creation would be excluded by Moody's doctrinal statement? | Theistic and Naturalistic Evolution |
| 6 supports of Christ's humanity | 1. Human Birth 2. Human Growth 3. Human body and mind 4. Human emotions 5. Human frailties 6. Human titles |
| What council porduced the definitive statement of the hypostatic union? | Council of Chaldecon |
| Chritological Heresies: Adoptionsists | Believe that Jesus was a man adopted by God |
| Christological Heresies: Jewish-Christian | Jesus was a human Messiah invested with divine power |
| Christological Heresies: Arians | Jesus did not have a real human soul |
| Christological Heresies: Docesists | Jesus only appeared human |
| Christological Heresies: Apollonarians | Logos replaced a human soul |
| Christological Heresies: Eutychians | Christ has one nature |
| Christological Heresies: Nestorians | Christ was two persons |
| Before Abraham was I AM | John 8:58 |
| In the Begnning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God | John 1:1-3 |
| The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us | John 1:14 |
| He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. He emptied himself, was made in human likeness | Philippians 2 |
| Significance of the Virgin Birth | 1. Historical Fulfillmnent 2. Uniqueness of Christ |
| Implications of the sinless life of Christ | Example and a Hope |
| Atonement Theories: Ransom Theory | We are bought back from Satan's claim |
| Atonement Theories: Satisfaction | Jesus had to restore God's honor |
| Atonement Theories: Moral Influence | Jesus came to entice us to follow God by proving his love for us |
| Atonement Theories: Governmental | Warning of what could happen to us if we continue to sin |
| Atonement Theories: Penal-Substitution | Jesus came to take the punishment for our sins and satisfy God's just requirement |
| 7 NT meanings of the cross | 1. Penalty paid 2. Substitution 3. Propritiation 4. Redemption 5. Reconcilitation 6. Forgiveness 7. Justification |
| The Messiah predicted to be born of a virgin | Isaiah 7:14 |
| Prophecy of the virgin birth is fulfilled | Matthew 1 |
| We have a high priest who has been tempted as we are, yet without sin | Hebrews 4:15 |
| The one who knew no sin was made sin for us | 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
| Day of Atonement | Leviticus 16 |
| Predicts Messiah's substitutionary atonement | Isaiah 53 |
| The Resurrection is a historical fact and is crucial to Christianity | 1 Corinthians 15 |
| Nature of Christ's Resurrection | Fact, Bodily, transforms the body, firstfruits of the resurrection |
| 5 present works of Christ | 1. Building up the Church 2. Intercession 3. Directing and gifting 4. Nuturing and cleansing 5. Preparing a place |
| What will Christ's future work include? | Bringing his church to himself Giving us new resurrected bodies Making us like him Being with us Judge Reign Resoring all creation |
| What are Christ's 3 offices? | Prophet Priest King |
| Implications of human origins as created | We are creatures We are worshippers We have a unique place in creation |
| Views of the Image of God: Functional View | Something we do |
| Views on the Image of God: Relational View | Something we have |
| Views on the Image of God: Substantive View | Something we are |
| Views on the Image of God: Combined View | Something we are, have, and do |
| Composition of Man: Soul | Can mean the whole person, immaterial, alive or dead |
| Composition of Man: Spirit | Never used to refer to the whole person, immaterial |
| Composition of Man: Heart | Intellect, Emotions, Volition, Spiritual Life |
| Composition of Man: Conscience | The witness inside of a man that tells him to do right and avoid wrong |
| Composition of Man: Mind | Intellectual, Emotional, volitional |
| Composition of Man: Flesh | Usually material, sinful |
| Parts of Man Views: Monalism | One "mind" part |
| Parts of Man Views: Dichotomy | Two parts, material and immaterial (soul/spirit) |
| Parts of Man Views: Trichotomy | material, spirt and soul |
| Parts Man Views: Multi-faceted | Two parts, spirtiual and soul are different facets of the immaterial |
| Origin of the Soul: Pre-existence | Our souls are always existent and we come into our body at conception |
| Origin of the Soul: Creationsim | Our soul is made by God at conception |
| Origin of the Soul: Tranduciasm | Our souls are created like the rest of us at conception, inherited from our parents |
| 5 elements of Sin | 1. Transgression of the law of God 2. Failure to conform to the standard of God 3. A principle within man (enslaved) 4. Rebellion 5. Wrongful acts toward God and man |
| What is original sin? | Corruption (nature) and guilt |
| 2 Aspects of of Original Sin | Total depravity- The sinful nature ectends to the whole nature of man Total inability- We can do nothing to earn God's favor |
| Original Guilt Views: Pelagian | Adam s a bad example; we CAN live perfect lives |
| Original Guilt Views: Augustinian | Sin is seminally transmitted from Adam |
| Original Guilt Views: Federal | Our representative sullied all our names |
| Narrates the story of humanity's fall into sin | Genesis 3 |
| Humans are sinful from their mothers' wombs | Psalm 51:5 |
| In Adam, death and sin spread to all men | Romans 5:12 |
| General vs. Special Revelation | General is available to everyone, Special is more specific |
| 4 Forms of General Revelation | 1. Creation 2. Providence 3. Human Nature 4. Human Conscience |
| 8 Forms of Special Revelation | 1. Casting Lots 2. Dreams 3. Visions 4. Theophanies 5. Angels 6. Prophets 7. Jesus Christ 8. The Bible |
| Verbal-Plenary Inspiration | Word of God through words of authors |
| False Views of Inspiration: Natural Inspiration | Written by religious genius |
| False Views of Inspiration: Partial/Variable Inspiration | The Bible could be wrong on science and history |
| False Views of Inspiration: Inspired Concepts | God put ideas in their heads |
| False Views of Inspiration: Dictation | The authors are stenographers |
| False Views of Inspiration: Mystical Inspiration | The authors were inspired by the Holy Spirit, but it was still their own words and volition |
| General Revelation about God is declared by the natural world | Psalm 19:1-4 |
| All scripture is breathed out by God | 2 Timothy 3:16 |
| Holy men of God were moved by the Spirit in writing Scripture | 2 Peter 1:20-21 |