God Talk
Love
Faithfulness
Mercy
Justice
Wisdom
What are the attributes of immanence?
God's particular work of self-revelation through distinct divine acts
What is special revelation?
God literally gave the words directly to sacred secretaries
What is dictation theory?
What is modalism, Patrick?
Rules things in, guides toward truth
What is the positive function?
"The Clockmaker God"
What is Deism?
A maximally great being is all powerful, all knowing & morally perfect in every possible world; If it is possible God exists, then it logically follows that God does exist.
What is Anselm's Ontological Argument?
The "inspiration" of scripture is a high functioning of a human gift, i.e. "religious genius"
What is intuition theory?
Illustrated by the "shield of the Trinity"
What is the grammatical rule?
What is fundamentalism?
Roughly, God = Universe
What is pantheism?
God's universal work of self-revelation through the created order
What is general revelation?
Holy Spirit influenced the authors but did not convey truths; increased sensitivity to spiritual matters
What is illumination theory?
Memory/Understanding/Will = Mind
What is the psychological analogy?
The study of what happens at the end of it all
What is eschatology?
Aseity
Omnipresence
Omnipotence
Immutability
Impassability
What are the attributes of transcendence?
Knowledge of God through evidences and reason alone
What is natural theology?
Holy Spirit directs the authors to thoughts and concepts which were then expressed through their distinct personalities.
What is dynamic theory?
The purpose of the Trinity
What is to hold together the Bible's witness about God?
1978 document created by evangelical leaders to affirm that the bible is completely true & without error
What is the Chicago Statement of Inerrancy?
According to Aquinas, the best way to talk about God
What is analogically?
Order of motion in nature, cause & effect, contingent beings, degrees of perfection & things without intelligence act for the sake of the ends
What are Aquinas's Five Ways?
A high view of providence where each word is the exact word that God wanted to use to express the message
What is (Plenary) verbal theory?
God's triune nature as seen in salvation history
What is the economic trinity?
Cultural-linguistic; Theology is like "grammar" for a tradition's "language"
What is Postliberal?