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Apologetics is that branch of Christian theology which seeks to provide a rational justification for the truth claims of the Christian faith |
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What theoretical question does apologetics try to answer? |
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"What rational warrant can be given for the Christian faith?"--- |
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what two elements are at odd with each other? |
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The gospel is never heard in: |
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According to Machen, What has become the norm? |
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Anti-intelleutism and 2nd rate scholar |
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A postmodern culture is an: |
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Apologetics is a viable option for: |
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Name one of two great apologists in our time, mentioned in the introduction: |
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Those who say apologetic is ineffective are speaking out of their: |
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Name the two types apologetics: |
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The fundamental principle of Augustine was: |
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Faith seeking to understand |
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We believe something is true on the basis of the: |
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Aquinas states on subjects such as Trinity, incarnation, sacraments, last things these are to be proved by: |
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Authority of the Holy Scripture |
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Locke argued for the existence of God by means of a: |
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Barth's firm commitment to the thesis that God is: |
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The authority of the Word of God is the foundation for: |
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I have found it helpful to distinguish between___ Christianity to be true and ___ Christianity to be true. |
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The Apostle John makes is clear it is the _________ who gives believerss conviction of the truth of Christianity |
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The task of showing that Christianity is true involves the presentation of _________ for Christian truth claims |
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Sound and persuadive argument |
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Unbelief as at root a ___ not an ___ problem |
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The problem that tortured Dostoyevsky was: |
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Kierkegaard puts life on three stages: |
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aestheic, ethical, religious stages |
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Schaeffer: Once God is denied: |
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For ultimate significance man needs two things: |
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The end of Christianity Nietzsche wrote: |
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If there is no God then objective: |
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Right and wrong cannot exist |
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If God does not exist, then in one sense our world is: |
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The _________ is in the end unworkable |
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I have found the appeal to ______ to be an especially powerful apologetic |
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Before we answer an unbeliever we must know what their: |
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We have seen that only if God exists can there be: |
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Infinite cannot be ___ or ___ |
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______ is so complicated and embryonic its equations have not yet been stated. |
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Our universe is just one of these _________ within the wider universe |
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Collaping rebounding region |
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The most common explanation for the universe is the: |
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Schlegal said "in some way the universe must have been: |
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___ implies the universe had a beginning. |
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Vilenkin's model we are still left: |
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Dennett's answer is: the universe: |
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Name one of the two men in this chapter that give us a good argument for the existence of God: |
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The implication of the ______ is that there exists a Cosmic designer |
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Like Cosmological argument the ______ is a family of diverse argue that God do existe |
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If God does not exist, objective: |
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Moral values and duties do not existe |
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Objective moral vaules and duties to exist, therefore: |
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___ and ___ have to do with moral obligation |
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If atheism is true it becomes impossible to have evil in: |
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War, Oppression, and Crime |
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Once you have understand the material, you will completely: |
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Asking for God's cause is sort like asking for a: |
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We are interested in ___ not ___ |
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