Bible Basics
How book are in the Protestant Bible? Old Testament and New Testament?
Bonus Q for additional 100 points: How many books in the Catholic Bible?
66; 39; 27
73
True or False:
Muslims belong to the Islamic religion.
True
Which U.S. State is known as the Sunshine Sate?
1. Arizona
2. California
3. Florida
4. Utah
Florida
What is the purpose of systematic theology?
To provide a coherent systematization (or ordering) of the essential beliefs of the Christian faith.
Define God's non-communicable and communicable attributes:
Non-Com: Attributes which exist of God and God alone
Com: Attributes which we humans are called to participate in
The cross of Jesus is the foundational story in the Christian New Testament. What is the equivalent, foundational story for Jews in the Old Testament?
Allahu-Akbar means:
1. God is Great
2. Glory to God
3. Fight!
4. The War is won
1. God is great
Who is the most decorated olympian of all time?
Michael Phelps
Why do we need theology, why can't we just have Jesus?
Because the moment you start to talk about Jesus, you've entered the realm of theology. Theology is any and all discourse about who Jesus is.
God's omniscience and our free will
Bonus Q for extra 100 pts: Why was this act one of hope?
Jeremiah
It was an act of hope because it symbolized Jeremiah's faith that God would bring his people back into the land.
True or False:
There are some Christians who (rightly) refer to God as Allah.
True. Christians who speak Arabic.
The Masters Tournament happens for which sport?
Golf
If God is completely beyond our grasp and comprehension, how can we claim to know him?
The only way we can know God is if God reveals himself to us, and he has! (Bible, Jesus, experience).
Briefly describe the argument from Intelligent Design
The University is highly complex. The universe was created by a complex designer.
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job are a mini-collection within scripture. What are these three books called, and what unite these three books together?
Wisdom literature
They all seek to answer the same set of questions about the world: What does it mean to be wise? What does it mean to live well? Why do people suffer?
Muslims believe that Jesus:
1. Was a great prophet who died for the sins of the world
2. Was God incarnate who died for sins of the world
3. Was a good moral teacher, but not a prophet nor God
4. Was a great prophet, but didn't die on a cross
4. Was a great prophet, but didn't die on a cross.
Which two teams are playing in this years Super Bowl?
Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers
Define General Revelation and Special Revelation, and give one example of each.
General Revelation = God revealing himself in general ways to all people across all time (Example: Creation)
Special Revelation = God revealing himself in unique ways to specific people (Example: Jesus).
What is the "Ultimate Apologetic" according to William Lane Craig?
Righteous Living
For the most part, the Old Testament was written in _________ and the New Testament in ________. But there is a third language present in the original texts of the Bible, and it is _________.
Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic
This country has the most amount of Muslims living there:
1. Iran
2. Indonesia
3. Algeria
4. Afghanistan
2. Indonesia
231,069,932 of it's. 266,534,836 people are muslim.
This meat is rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
Salmon
What are the four parameters of good theology (Wesleyan Quadrilateral)?
Which one of the four do Protestants believe is the primary authority?
Which two of the four do Catholics believe are equal in their authority?
Scripture, reason, experience, tradition
Scripture
Scripture + Tradition
Explain how God's infinitude is different from his eternality.
Additionally: What is apophatic (or, nagative) theology?
Infinitude = beyond measure; boundless; limitless
Eternality = beyond time