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| right thinking of who God is |
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| wrong thinking of who God is |
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| statements affirmed by all Christians |
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| like a creed but not universal |
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| Theologians in the years 100-400 were..., 400-1500 were..., 1500 and on were... |
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| priests/bishops, monks, professors |
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| How are we supposed to approach theology? |
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| Somewhere in between Fideism and Rationalism, "Faith Seeking Understanding" |
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| Puritan focus, view of revelation, worry, and main question: |
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| Focused on doctrine, cognitive aspects of revelation, worried about doctrinal slippage, want to know who's right and who's wrong. |
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| Pietist focus, view of revelation, worry, and main question: |
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| Focused on conversion and regeneration, experiential aspects of revelation, worried about apathy, want to know if you're following Jesus. |
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| The Larsen Pentagon: An evangelical is... |
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1. An orthodox Protestant
2. part of the revival network of Wesley and Whitefield
3. who has a special place for the Bible,
4. believes Jesus paid it all,
5. and wants to spread the Gospel! |
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| The Bebbington Quadrilateral |
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| Conversionism, Activism, Biblicism, and Crucicentrism |
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| The Doctrine of Revelation answers which question? |
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| What is the source of our knowledge of God? |
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| Divine Revelation is the personal, self-initiated, self-disclosure of God within history for the benefit of its human recipients. |
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| Five characteristics of divine revelation: |
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1. God unveiling himself to us. (We are already unveiled).
2. It changes us.
3. Takes place within history while also transcends it.
4. It is not exhaustive.
5. It is a Trinitarian event. |
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| Continuity Model of Revelation |
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| Have to have the General before the Special |
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| Unveiled Continuity Model |
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| Have to have Special before General |
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| Doctrine of Scripture Question: |
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| What is the Bible and how should we approach it? |
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| Scripture is God's word to us because God presents himself to us in it and achieves His purposes through it. |
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| What is the difference between Biblical inerrancy and infallibility? |
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| Infallibility says that the Bible is only completely true in all matters of faith and practice, while inerrancy says it is also true in regards to history and science. |
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| Verbal Plenary Inspiration |
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| Verbal Plenary Inspiration means God the Holy Spirit so supernaturally directed the human writers of Scripture that, without waiving their intelligence, their individuality, their personal feelings, their literary style, or any other human factor of expression, His Complete and Coherent Message to mankind was recorded with perfect accuracy in the original languages of Scripture: the very words bearing the Authority of Divine Authorship. |
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| The Verbal in Verbal Plenary Inspiration: |
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| Verbal means the Bible in its original languages, from first to last (Autograph), is an exact record of the Mind and Will of God as He intended it to be. |
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| The Plenary in Verbal Plenary Inspiration: |
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| Plenary means the entire text of the Bible is equally from God, but not necessarily equally-important. |
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| Illumination of Scripture |
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| This refers to the Holy Spirit allowing us to understand the Bible. |
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| This teaches that the meanings of the text can be clear to the ordinary reader, that God uses the text of the Bible to communicate His person and will. |
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| Relates to Sola Scriptura, the teaching that Scripture is the Church's only infallible and sufficient rule for deciding issues of faith and practices that involve doctrines. |
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| Eastern Orthodox: They encounter God __ and ______ Tradition, ________ is a part of Tradition and just one ________. |
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| in, through, Scripture, Authority |
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| Roman Catholic: They say ___ is the source, while ______ is the preeminent example, _________ and _________ transmit and have equal __________. |
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| God, Christ, Scripture, Tradition, Authority |
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| Protestant: Scripture is _______ ___________, ________ _______ is not divine word, and the Bible alone has authority. |
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| Divine Revelation, Church Tradition |
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| Protestant Defense of the Canon: |
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1. God's actions should be the primary focus.
2. It is the acknowledgment that God speaks through these particular texts.
3. It is an act of submission.
4. Reflects the Church's commitment. |
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Takes creaturely characteristics and negates them.
Ex. Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Omniscience |
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| Incommunicable vs. Communicable attributes. |
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| Incommunicable has been understood as attributes that only God has, while Communicable attributes are those that humans possess to a degree. |
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Takes attributes of God and looks for them in humans.
Ex. Love, justice, wisdom |
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Takes attributes of humans and looks for their perfect form in God.
Ex. Mercy, patience, compassion |
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| Three types of predication: |
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| Univocal (same word in same way), Equivocal (same word in a different way), Analogical ("God is light, but he is unlike any light that we know") |
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| Why do Arminians reject Unconditional Election? |
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| They believe it is conditional on one's faith. |
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| Why do Arminians reject Limited Atonement? |
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| 1 John 2:2: "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of THE WHOLE WORLD." They believe Jesus died for everyone. |
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| Why do Arminians reject Irresistible Grace? |
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| Acts 7:51: "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always RESIST the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." They believe that grace is resistible. |
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| The Holy Spirit as a Seal |
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| This means that the Holy Spirit serves as a seal of ownership on us, God's way of claiming us as His own, proving that we are Christians. |
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| The Holy Spirit is a Down Payment |
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| This means that the Holy Spirit is a deposit guaranteeing our future inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession. |
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| The Holy Spirit as First Fruits |
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| This means that the Holy Spirit is the first fruits of the promise of a future harvest. |
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| Cessationism is the view that the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues, prophetic utterances and faith healing, ceased being practiced early in Christian Church history. |
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| Continuationism is a Christian theological belief that the gifts of the Holy Spirit have continued to this present age, specifically those sometimes called "sign gifts" such as tongues and prophecy. |
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| The view that a group of people will be caught up (raptured) prior to the tribulation. |
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| The post-tribulation rapture doctrine is the belief in a combined resurrection and rapture (e.g., resurrection-rapture) of all believers coming after the Great Tribulation. |
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