Theology
What is theology?
Theos (God) + Logos (Word) = Words about God
Has come to mean the study of God or religion.
(1) A dozen years
(2) A hundred years
(3) Thousands of years
(3) Thousands of years
Apologetics allow us to understand God through reason and logic, not just through faith and the Bible.
True or False: There is a female deacon in the New Testament.
True. Phoebe (Rom. 16:1-2).
What would you say to someone who says: "I don't need theology, all I need is Jesus."
You can't have Jesus without theology, since the moment you start talking about Jesus, you are in the realm of theology. Doing theology is essential to Christian faith.
Whose Bible is the Bible? In other words, what religions view the or parts of the Bible as sacred.
Which quadrant of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral would apologetics fit into and why?
Reason. Apologetics utilizes reason and logic to formulate coherent arguments for the existence of God.
What is the capitol of Alaska?
Juneau
Define Agnostic.
Someone who does not know if God does or does not exist.
How many book are in the Bible? How many in OT and NT?
66. 39 OT; 27 NT
What is the Moral Argument?
1. Objective morals exist
2. Obj. morals cannot be explained by the random processes of evolution
3. The best explanation for the existence of obj. morality is God.
What is the fastest growing religion in the Western world?
Islam.
How many numbers are in the Alphabet?
Zero.
What is the Wesleyan Quadrilateral?
What is the basic story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11?
The whole earth was united in speech and location, and built a tower in order to "make a name" for themselves. God was mad, came down, confused their language and scattered the people across the earth.
What is the argument from intelligent design?
The natural world (universe, earth, humanity) is very complex and appears to be designed. Therefore, it probably is!
True or false: Before being a full time teacher, Mr. Rodriguez was a student teacher.
False. He is a G though!
True or False: God (the Father) is male.
False. God is spirit (Jn 4:24), and encompasses both Male and Female attributes (Gen. 1:26).
What is the Nicene Creed and why is its formulation a crucial part of Christian history?
The Nicene Creed represents the first formal articulation of Christian belief by the Christian church. To this day, all Christian traditions and denominations uphold the Creed.
True or False: When Jesus was on earth, he was reading the same Bible that we now read today.
False, the new testament was not written yet when Jesus was on earth. His Bible was what we call the Old Testament.
What are some reasons to believe that the Bible is reliable?
(1) Archaeological evidence
(2) Care of the scribes
(3) Best preserved text in history
(4) written close to events they describe
For the next three weeks, we will be discussing what three cultural topics.
Gender, sexuality, Race.
True or False: Mr. Rodriguez' mom and Lebron James are on a first name basis.
True.