List the various definitions and descriptions of worldview found in the textbook and
lecture. - ANSWER Set of assumptions to which one commits to serve as a
framework for understanding reality and shaping ones behavior
According to Chapter 1 in the textbook and Lecture 1, which worldview families use
both faith and reason? - ANSWER All of them
What is the difference between private and shared worldviews? - ANSWER 1.
Private Worldview: Personal view of the world, shaped by their life story
2. Shared Worldview: Foundational assumptions made as a community that are
commonly shared
When discussing worldviews, what is the difference between an open system and a
closed system? - ANSWER 1. Open System: Influenced by spiritual world
2. Closed System: Cannot be influenced by external forces because nothing external
exists
The concept that humanity is created in the image of God may refer to a number of
things. List four: two covered in the textbook and two covered in the lecture. -
ANSWER 1. God's attributes are passed to humans (creativity, love, logic and
reason, etc)
2. Humanity is to exercise dominion over what God created
3. God breathed the breath of life into us
4. God gives us worth
List three reasons for seeing humanity as the pinnacle of God's creation. - ANSWER
1. Its place at the end of the narrative
2. The amount of narrative space that the creation of humanity takes within the
narrative
3. The interruption in the pattern of wording established when discussing the first five
days of creation in Genesis 1
List at least five characteristics of God emphasized in Psalm 145. - ANSWER 1.
Righteous
2. Majesty
3. Gracious
4. Merciful
5. Good
How would you describe the nature of work God gave to Adam in the Garden of
Eden? - ANSWER 1. To keep and work the Garden
2. Kingly gardener and watchman
, 3. Expand the Garden
What is the prophecy in Genesis 3:15 known as and what does it mean? - ANSWER
1. "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and
her offspring;
he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
2. Struggle between man and sin
3. Both humans and demons will affect each other but neither is capable of
destroying the other completely
Although created in the image of God, after the Fall humanity became sinful by
nature. How extensively does this "original sin" or "depravity" affect us according to
Romans 3:10-23? - ANSWER 1. No one is righteous
2. No one does good
3. Everyone is deceptive, curses, and is bitter
4. Murderous
5. Path of ruin and misery; no peace
6. No fear of God
7. Every person is under the law and is held accountable by God
8. No one can earn justification, but God can provide it even if the law is broken
9. FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD
According to this topic's assigned reading "The Mystery of Original Sin: We Don't
Know Why God Permitted the Fall, But We Know All Too Well the Evil and Sin That
Still Plague Us," by Marguerite Shuster, what is the problem with the world? -
ANSWER 1. The world of Genesis 3 is the world we live in. 2. Seemingly
insignificant choices, unbelief, and pride are key aspects of the Genesis account,
and of our ongoing struggle.
3. We are corrupt, and creation suffers a curse on account of Adam and Eve's
lapse—and our own.
In the lecture, Jesus is described as fully God and fully man, now briefly describe
the Trinity and Jesus' position in the Trinity. - ANSWER There is one God who has
revealed himself in the three persons of the triune Godhead
Jesus was God the Son, second person on the trinity.
What does the incarnation refer to? - ANSWER In John 1:14 this is mentioned.
Incarnation is the event by which the eternal Son of God became personally united
to the man Jesus Christ.
lecture. - ANSWER Set of assumptions to which one commits to serve as a
framework for understanding reality and shaping ones behavior
According to Chapter 1 in the textbook and Lecture 1, which worldview families use
both faith and reason? - ANSWER All of them
What is the difference between private and shared worldviews? - ANSWER 1.
Private Worldview: Personal view of the world, shaped by their life story
2. Shared Worldview: Foundational assumptions made as a community that are
commonly shared
When discussing worldviews, what is the difference between an open system and a
closed system? - ANSWER 1. Open System: Influenced by spiritual world
2. Closed System: Cannot be influenced by external forces because nothing external
exists
The concept that humanity is created in the image of God may refer to a number of
things. List four: two covered in the textbook and two covered in the lecture. -
ANSWER 1. God's attributes are passed to humans (creativity, love, logic and
reason, etc)
2. Humanity is to exercise dominion over what God created
3. God breathed the breath of life into us
4. God gives us worth
List three reasons for seeing humanity as the pinnacle of God's creation. - ANSWER
1. Its place at the end of the narrative
2. The amount of narrative space that the creation of humanity takes within the
narrative
3. The interruption in the pattern of wording established when discussing the first five
days of creation in Genesis 1
List at least five characteristics of God emphasized in Psalm 145. - ANSWER 1.
Righteous
2. Majesty
3. Gracious
4. Merciful
5. Good
How would you describe the nature of work God gave to Adam in the Garden of
Eden? - ANSWER 1. To keep and work the Garden
2. Kingly gardener and watchman
, 3. Expand the Garden
What is the prophecy in Genesis 3:15 known as and what does it mean? - ANSWER
1. "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and
her offspring;
he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
2. Struggle between man and sin
3. Both humans and demons will affect each other but neither is capable of
destroying the other completely
Although created in the image of God, after the Fall humanity became sinful by
nature. How extensively does this "original sin" or "depravity" affect us according to
Romans 3:10-23? - ANSWER 1. No one is righteous
2. No one does good
3. Everyone is deceptive, curses, and is bitter
4. Murderous
5. Path of ruin and misery; no peace
6. No fear of God
7. Every person is under the law and is held accountable by God
8. No one can earn justification, but God can provide it even if the law is broken
9. FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD
According to this topic's assigned reading "The Mystery of Original Sin: We Don't
Know Why God Permitted the Fall, But We Know All Too Well the Evil and Sin That
Still Plague Us," by Marguerite Shuster, what is the problem with the world? -
ANSWER 1. The world of Genesis 3 is the world we live in. 2. Seemingly
insignificant choices, unbelief, and pride are key aspects of the Genesis account,
and of our ongoing struggle.
3. We are corrupt, and creation suffers a curse on account of Adam and Eve's
lapse—and our own.
In the lecture, Jesus is described as fully God and fully man, now briefly describe
the Trinity and Jesus' position in the Trinity. - ANSWER There is one God who has
revealed himself in the three persons of the triune Godhead
Jesus was God the Son, second person on the trinity.
What does the incarnation refer to? - ANSWER In John 1:14 this is mentioned.
Incarnation is the event by which the eternal Son of God became personally united
to the man Jesus Christ.
