Apologetics midterm EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

Apologetics midterm EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS The future glory christians will have in christ helps us to carry our cross with bold humility as we live and engage with the world - Answer- true A strong empiricism will accept a limited amount of proofs, proofs such as "five plus five equals 10" or "bachelors are unmarried men" - Answer- true Alvin plantinga stated that there is no argument which will fully persuade everyone or absolutely prove christianity - Answer- true If the bible does not solve a tension explicitly, we can still legitimately suggest how things might fit together - Answer- true Jesus and paul were usually tougher on insiders than outsiders - Answer- true An apologist of glory engages others in apologetic encounters in order to achieve: - Answer- all of the above (honor, power, personal satisfaction) The two analogies (apologistics of glory and apologetics at the cross) were inspired by which reformed/theologian? - Answer- Martin Luther Which of the following applies to unrealistic expectations? - Answer- Expects a god's eye-view of the world "it is one's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel" (prov. 20:3)/ The author uses this provers to illustrate which practical apologetic lesson? - Answer- Avoid being unnecessarily antagonistic "To answer before listening- that is folly and shame" (Prov. 18:13). the authors use this proverb to illustrate which practical apologetic lesson? - Answer- Listen and take others seriously The biblical usage of the word heart indicates that we are compartmentalized beings - Answer- false Focusing primarily on more logical, philosophical, and empirical apologetics methods can leave the false impression that apologetics is exclusively an intellectual activity - Answer- true James A. K. Smith suggests that the best model for human persons is humans as primarily "believing" beings - Answer- False Worship, baptism, and the celebrations of the Lord's Supper serve as visual apologetics for the gospel - Answer- True What the authors are offering in this chapter (and book) is a necessary narrowing of the apologetic method - Answer- False The biblical usage of the word heart refers to which aspects of the human psyche? - Answer- all To which model of humanity does the following statement apply, "Our mind is who we are, our body is merely incidental" - Answer- Humans are primarily "thinking" beings Which of the following is not apart of the anthropological model presented by the author? - Answer- none of the above (all part: moral beings, worshipping beings, intellectually reflective) In apologetics, stories are not only effective for subverting other false stories, but perhaps even more significantly for striking at people's hearts and casting a vision of the ______ life - Answer- good this refers to the framework assumed by a culture which further defines the sorts of things considered plausible to believe - Answer- Cultural relationally This is what is used in elementary mathematics and in certain assumed rules for communicating and thinking that seem to be universal - Answer- basic logic Which analogy is used to demonstrate the interplay between thinking, believing, and desiring? - Answer- Marriage It is possible to present the gospel in a culture without doing contextualizing - Answer- false paul suggests that to contextualize is to abandon the gospel message - Answer- false Paul saw that there was some truth in the Greek culture but only if it was applied to the true God - Answer- True Cultural plausibility structures refer to beliefs we deem plausible because the people around us support them - Answer- true Understanding plausibliity structures is not exactly vital for apologetics but should influence our apologetic method form time to time - Answer- false which aspect of our apologetic endeavor sets the limits of contextualization? - Answer- the gospel These three components were part of an apologetic to which group: the spirit has been poured out, wonders and signs have occurred, Jesus fits the criteria expected of the Messiah? - Answer- jews To which culture do we see patterns of engagement that were similar to legal proceedings of that culture? - Answer- Romans As Christians apologists, it is important that we understand how people's assumptions and beliefs are_________ conditioned - Answer- both A and B (historically and culturally) Appealing to the authority of prophetic passages in the OT was contextualization to which group? - Answer- The Jews Which analogy was used to display how unaware we can be of our own culture? - Answer- Smell To which culture did Paul's apologetic method include quotes from people's own philosophers and poets? - Answer- Greeks Give the biblical book and chapter in which an example of what is described in the previous question is found - Answer- Acts 17 The word cross serves as a strategic shorthand for the entire gospel in the title of Apologetics at the cross - Answer- True The authors suggest that modern apologetics has excelled in emphasizing the role of our actions in apologetics - Answer- false According to the authors, part of what the gospel announces is who Jesus is - Answer- True There is a need to pit the holy spirit against apologetics and we should be sure to distance the role of each - Answer- False according to the chapter, the gospel is not the same thing as apologetics - Answer- True Genuine salvation is available through reason and genuine argument alone - Answer- False Apologetics should be seen as a tool to clear debris from the path of unbelievers - Answer- true According to the chapter the gospel... - Answer- A, B, and C (Announces who jesus is, announces what jesus did, and promises what Jesus secured) Those who have been transformed by the Spirit of God are to display ____ and _____ in response to skeptical criticism - Answer- respect and gentleness Our deeds form part of the apologetic process and according to the chapter the corporate body of Christ should be distinguished by which of the following? - Answer- A, B, and C (Long-suffering testimony, personal transformation, and holistic service) 1 peter 3:15 is a common proof-text for apologetics - Answer- True The what of your apologetic response is far more important than how one presents reasons and argument - Answer- false