CVW-101 Final Exam
Atheism - ANS-Disbelief in the existence of a god or gods and, therefore, entails an
understanding of reality that makes no reference to anything or any being beyond the
physical universe
Young Earth View - ANS-The religious belief that the Universe, Earth and all life on
Earth were created by direct acts of God less than 10,000 years ago.
Creation - ANS-The first act of the biblical story where God made everything that exists
out of nothing.
Protoevangelion - ANS-The first gospel, which appears in Genesis 3:15.
Rescue - ANS-Rescues the people from peril
Special Revelation - ANS-Refers to the means God has used to reveal himself
specifically to people through the Bible, the person of Jesus Christ, and to individuals as
they seek him in prayer and devotion.
Relative Truth - ANS-The belief that truth is relative to a certain perception; therefore, in
this view, truth is derived only within one's frame of reference.
Pantheism - ANS-Equates god with the universe and the universe with god by
conceiving of both as identical and entirely consistent with one another.
Old Earth View - ANS-Belief that God created the universe and the world billions of
years ago.
Fall - ANS-A theological expression that speaks to the second act of the biblical story in
which Adam and Eve did not believe God and sinned when tempted by the devil.
Idolatry - ANS-The act of ascribing ultimate value or worth to anything other than God,
which, within the Christian worldview, is to put anything before God.
Redemption - ANS-The purchase of something or someone out of bondage by a greater
party; the action of Jesus redeeming or buying people back from the bondage of sin by
paying the penalty for sin through his death and resurrection in order to set them free
from sin for relationship with him.
, Exclusivism - ANS-The historical concept that Jesus is the only way.?
Theodicy - ANS-The Christian defense of God's infinite goodness and power despite the
presence of evil and suffering.
Theism - ANS-A worldview that entails belief in the existence of at least one personal
and intelligent divine being.
Atonement - ANS-The reconciliation and restoration of a relationship between
previously alienated parties; in Christian theology, it usually has either a
cosmic/ontological or a legal context in view.
Theistic Evolution - ANS-Darwin's theory of undirected evolution with belief in God in
general and Christian theology in particular.
Repentance - ANS-action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
Pluralism - ANS-The view that holds that all religions hold a piece of the puzzle.?
Deism - ANS-God who created all things but is not relational or involved with the world
Sovereign - ANS-means that God, as the ruler of the Universe, has the right to do
whatever he wants.
Restoration - ANS-When people have been freed from sin to new life, Jesus continues
to work in their lives, healing the scars of sin and brokenness, and making them new.
They become restored to wholeness and their lives become marked by grace and love.
God is not only restoring individuals, but all of creation, fixing brokenness in the world.
This process will continue until the eventual restoration of all things, when everything is
made new—new heavens, new earth, and new bodies for people.
Incarnation - ANS-The event by which the eternal Son of God became personally united
to the man Jesus Christ.
General Revelation - ANS-Refers to the means God has used to reveal himself
universally to humanity through nature, history, science, and reasoning.
Absolute Truth - ANS-Unalterable facts that are true at all times for all persons
regardless of context
Atheism - ANS-Disbelief in the existence of a god or gods and, therefore, entails an
understanding of reality that makes no reference to anything or any being beyond the
physical universe
Young Earth View - ANS-The religious belief that the Universe, Earth and all life on
Earth were created by direct acts of God less than 10,000 years ago.
Creation - ANS-The first act of the biblical story where God made everything that exists
out of nothing.
Protoevangelion - ANS-The first gospel, which appears in Genesis 3:15.
Rescue - ANS-Rescues the people from peril
Special Revelation - ANS-Refers to the means God has used to reveal himself
specifically to people through the Bible, the person of Jesus Christ, and to individuals as
they seek him in prayer and devotion.
Relative Truth - ANS-The belief that truth is relative to a certain perception; therefore, in
this view, truth is derived only within one's frame of reference.
Pantheism - ANS-Equates god with the universe and the universe with god by
conceiving of both as identical and entirely consistent with one another.
Old Earth View - ANS-Belief that God created the universe and the world billions of
years ago.
Fall - ANS-A theological expression that speaks to the second act of the biblical story in
which Adam and Eve did not believe God and sinned when tempted by the devil.
Idolatry - ANS-The act of ascribing ultimate value or worth to anything other than God,
which, within the Christian worldview, is to put anything before God.
Redemption - ANS-The purchase of something or someone out of bondage by a greater
party; the action of Jesus redeeming or buying people back from the bondage of sin by
paying the penalty for sin through his death and resurrection in order to set them free
from sin for relationship with him.
, Exclusivism - ANS-The historical concept that Jesus is the only way.?
Theodicy - ANS-The Christian defense of God's infinite goodness and power despite the
presence of evil and suffering.
Theism - ANS-A worldview that entails belief in the existence of at least one personal
and intelligent divine being.
Atonement - ANS-The reconciliation and restoration of a relationship between
previously alienated parties; in Christian theology, it usually has either a
cosmic/ontological or a legal context in view.
Theistic Evolution - ANS-Darwin's theory of undirected evolution with belief in God in
general and Christian theology in particular.
Repentance - ANS-action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
Pluralism - ANS-The view that holds that all religions hold a piece of the puzzle.?
Deism - ANS-God who created all things but is not relational or involved with the world
Sovereign - ANS-means that God, as the ruler of the Universe, has the right to do
whatever he wants.
Restoration - ANS-When people have been freed from sin to new life, Jesus continues
to work in their lives, healing the scars of sin and brokenness, and making them new.
They become restored to wholeness and their lives become marked by grace and love.
God is not only restoring individuals, but all of creation, fixing brokenness in the world.
This process will continue until the eventual restoration of all things, when everything is
made new—new heavens, new earth, and new bodies for people.
Incarnation - ANS-The event by which the eternal Son of God became personally united
to the man Jesus Christ.
General Revelation - ANS-Refers to the means God has used to reveal himself
universally to humanity through nature, history, science, and reasoning.
Absolute Truth - ANS-Unalterable facts that are true at all times for all persons
regardless of context
