Atheism - Answers Belief based only on the natural or physical realm with no spiritual or supernatural
Young Earth View - Answers God created the world in 6 days and the earth is around 6,000 years old (or
no specific attempt is made to determine the young age of the world)
Creation - Answers The first act of the biblical story where God made everything that exists out of
nothing
Protoevangelion - Answers Literally, means "first Gospel." Refers to the redemptive statement in
Genesis 3:15
Rescue - Answers "God rescued from torment in hell and eternal separation from [Him] by sending His
Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins"
Special Revelation - Answers God reveals himself to people through direct communication example:
Bible.
Relative Truth - Answers 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 - Answers Belief that "all is god" and a strong sense of spiritualism but not in a personal God
Old Earth View - Answers Generally, advances that the earth is about 4.6 billion years old and that life
appears God guided in stages
Fall - Answers A theological expression that speaks to the second act of the biblical story in which Adam
and Eve did not believe God and sinned with tempted by the devil.
Idolatry - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers there is only one way to God
Theodicy - Answers The Christian defense of God's infinite goodness and power despite the presence of
evil and suffering
Theism - Answers A worldview that entails belief in the existence of at least one personal and intelligent
divine being (belief in a personal and relational God who created and sustains all that exists)
, Theistic Evolution - Answers refers to matter or essence being created by God, that evolution is the tool
God used to expand and grow the universe, that God used the process of evolution in the natural world
Atonement - Answers 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
Repentance - Answers Change of mind=change of action
Pluralism - Answers all religions hold a piece of the puzzle
Deism - Answers Belief in a God who created all things but is not relational or involved in the world
Sovereign - Answers means that God has supreme authority over His creation
Restoration - Answers 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.
Incarnation - Answers The event by which the eternal Son of God became personally united to the man
Jesus Christ.
General Revelation - Answers God has revealed himself universally to humanity through nature, history,
science, and reasoning
Absolute Truth - Answers Unalterable facts that are true at all times for all persons regardless of context
Revelation 21:1-4 - Answers No more death, no more pain
Psalm 145 - Answers David's Psalm of praise to the Lod
Genesis 1-2 - Answers The Creation of the World
Genesis 3 - Answers The Fall
Isaiah 59:1-2 - Answers Sin separates us from God
Romans 3:10-26 - Answers Jesus is only the way to heaven
Genesis 3:15 - Answers "I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and
hers. He will strike at your head while you strike at his heel."
Philippians 2:5-11 - Answers Jesus is God
John 1:1-3 - Answers In the beginning there was God (and the Word)
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 - Answers God is wiser and stronger than man
John 10:1-18 - Answers Jesus is the shepherd, we are the sheep
Isaiah 53:4-6 - Answers Jesus paid the price for our sins