APOLOGETICS MIDTERM EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What does 1 Peter 3:15 say? - (answer) Set apart Christ as Lord in your heart; be ready
What does Proverbs 26:4-5 say? - (answer) Don't answer a fool according to his folly
What does Ephesians 4:17-19 say? - (answer) Describes the heart/mind of the believer
What does 2 Corinthians 10:5 say? - (answer) Take every though captive to the obedience of Christ
What does Matthew 7:24-27 say? - (answer) Wise men build houses on solid rock of God's word
Who defended against charges of treason and atheism? - (answer) Justin Martyr
Who defended deity of Jesus at Council of Nicea? - (answer) Athanasius
Who wrote City of God defending Rome's Christians? - (answer) Augustine
Who defended against Gnostic teachings? - (answer) Irenaeus
Who refutes charges that Christians were destroying order? - (answer) Origen
Reformed Epist. - (answer) points out the unbeliever's double standard for proofs
Presuppositional - (answer) Emphasizes the root beliefs; relies on Scripture alone
Classical - (answer) Two steps: prove God exists, prove YHWH is the best
Cumulative case - (answer) Heaps on the proofs of every kind; take that and that...
,APOLOGETICS MIDTERM EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Evidential - (answer) presents all kinds of evidence all at once--it all fits
(True/False) Every aspect of creation reveals the nature and character of God. - (answer) True
(True/False) Scripture reveals even more about God. - (answer) True
(True/False) Sinful man has taken the plain truths of God and suppressed them. - (answer) True
(True/False) All men are dependent upon God for existence, knowledge, and moral judgement. -
(answer) True
(True/False) Sinful and unredeemed man refuses to acknowledge his dependence upon God. - (answer)
True
(True/False) Man's reason in subjection to God's revelation brings true knowledge. - (answer) True
(True/False) God expects us to take a blind leap of faith and trust him. - (answer) False
(True/False) The test that God placed in the Garden of Eden was a test of obedience. - (answer) True
(True/False) Satan used the opportunity to tempt Eve to be her own god. - (answer) True
(True/False) After Eve sinned she could decide what was right and wrong for herself. - (answer) False
(True/False) Salvation effects our eternal destiny but it also changes our sphere of existence right now. -
(answer) True
(True/False) Colossians 2:8 means we should leave philosophy for the professionals to worry about. -
(answer) False
, APOLOGETICS MIDTERM EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(True/False) Attacks on the beliefs of others is called polemics. - (answer) True
(True/False) The word apologetics comes from the greek word apologia. - (answer) True
(True/False) Only the Holy Spirit can illuminate the unsaved mind so that it can receive truth. - (answer)
True
(True/False) As Stephen demonstrated, it is possible to shut up God's critics with good apologetics. -
(answer) True
(True/False) God is completely independent of His creation. - (answer) True
(True/False) Jesus said the world would know we are His followers by our love for our fellow believers. -
(answer) True
(True/False) Identifying with the unbeliever means having a level of sympathy for what they are going
through. - (answer) False
(True/False) Most people are just neutral toward God and the Bible. - (answer) False
What is apologetics? - (answer) Verbally defending beliefs
What is the key to making a defense according to 1 Peter 3:15? - (answer) Making Christ the Lord in the
heart
How is the word apologetics always used in Scripture? - (answer) It means to make a defense
How did Jesus do apologetics? - (answer) He appealed to history, logic, analogies, as well as scripture
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What does 1 Peter 3:15 say? - (answer) Set apart Christ as Lord in your heart; be ready
What does Proverbs 26:4-5 say? - (answer) Don't answer a fool according to his folly
What does Ephesians 4:17-19 say? - (answer) Describes the heart/mind of the believer
What does 2 Corinthians 10:5 say? - (answer) Take every though captive to the obedience of Christ
What does Matthew 7:24-27 say? - (answer) Wise men build houses on solid rock of God's word
Who defended against charges of treason and atheism? - (answer) Justin Martyr
Who defended deity of Jesus at Council of Nicea? - (answer) Athanasius
Who wrote City of God defending Rome's Christians? - (answer) Augustine
Who defended against Gnostic teachings? - (answer) Irenaeus
Who refutes charges that Christians were destroying order? - (answer) Origen
Reformed Epist. - (answer) points out the unbeliever's double standard for proofs
Presuppositional - (answer) Emphasizes the root beliefs; relies on Scripture alone
Classical - (answer) Two steps: prove God exists, prove YHWH is the best
Cumulative case - (answer) Heaps on the proofs of every kind; take that and that...
,APOLOGETICS MIDTERM EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Evidential - (answer) presents all kinds of evidence all at once--it all fits
(True/False) Every aspect of creation reveals the nature and character of God. - (answer) True
(True/False) Scripture reveals even more about God. - (answer) True
(True/False) Sinful man has taken the plain truths of God and suppressed them. - (answer) True
(True/False) All men are dependent upon God for existence, knowledge, and moral judgement. -
(answer) True
(True/False) Sinful and unredeemed man refuses to acknowledge his dependence upon God. - (answer)
True
(True/False) Man's reason in subjection to God's revelation brings true knowledge. - (answer) True
(True/False) God expects us to take a blind leap of faith and trust him. - (answer) False
(True/False) The test that God placed in the Garden of Eden was a test of obedience. - (answer) True
(True/False) Satan used the opportunity to tempt Eve to be her own god. - (answer) True
(True/False) After Eve sinned she could decide what was right and wrong for herself. - (answer) False
(True/False) Salvation effects our eternal destiny but it also changes our sphere of existence right now. -
(answer) True
(True/False) Colossians 2:8 means we should leave philosophy for the professionals to worry about. -
(answer) False
, APOLOGETICS MIDTERM EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 300 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(True/False) Attacks on the beliefs of others is called polemics. - (answer) True
(True/False) The word apologetics comes from the greek word apologia. - (answer) True
(True/False) Only the Holy Spirit can illuminate the unsaved mind so that it can receive truth. - (answer)
True
(True/False) As Stephen demonstrated, it is possible to shut up God's critics with good apologetics. -
(answer) True
(True/False) God is completely independent of His creation. - (answer) True
(True/False) Jesus said the world would know we are His followers by our love for our fellow believers. -
(answer) True
(True/False) Identifying with the unbeliever means having a level of sympathy for what they are going
through. - (answer) False
(True/False) Most people are just neutral toward God and the Bible. - (answer) False
What is apologetics? - (answer) Verbally defending beliefs
What is the key to making a defense according to 1 Peter 3:15? - (answer) Making Christ the Lord in the
heart
How is the word apologetics always used in Scripture? - (answer) It means to make a defense
How did Jesus do apologetics? - (answer) He appealed to history, logic, analogies, as well as scripture
