God
The belief that God is all knowing
What is omniscience?
The book of the bible containing the creation story
What is Genesis?
The place between heaven and hell that Catholics believe in
What is purgatory?
The belief that Jesus became God in human form
What is the incarnation?
The belief that people are inherently flawed and turn away from God
What is original sin?
Who is Alvin Plantinga?
When people are either sent to heaven or hell
What is judgement day?
The phrase in John's gospel that teaches the incarnation
What is 'the word made flesh'?
What is the atonement?
OR What is reconciliation?
He lost everything, questioned God, and never knew why he suffered?
Who is Job?
Christians who believe in the day/age theory and/or gap theory
The part of a person that some think is immortal
What is the soul?
The belief that Jesus returned to heaven after the resurrection
What is the ascension?
The belief that you need to receive salvation as a gift
What is salvation by grace?
Two ways God is just impacts Christians today
- They should seek justice in the world
- They are to be ready for judgement day
The idea of looking after creation
What is stewardship?
Someone who believes that hell is non-existence
What is an annihilationist?
Three reasons why Christians believe Jesus is the divine son of God
1. He claimed to be
2. His miracles
3. The resurrection
The parable that some think teaches salvation by works
What is the parable of the sheep and the goats?
Give three responses to the problem of evil and suffering
- The Freewill defence
- Romans 5 - Suffering builds character
- Job and epistemic distance
- The hope of heaven
- The Cross of Jesus
Give three reasons why belief in creation is important for Christians
- Shows God is powerful and worthy of worship
- Shows God is generous (the world is good and is to be taken care of)
- Shows people are in God's image (we are to be in relationship with him and to rule over creation)
Give three biblical images for heaven or 3 for hell
Heaven:
1. Rest
2. Feast
3. Home
Hell
1. Darkness
2. Fire
3. Death
Three reasons why the crucifixion matters to Christians
1. Atonement
2. Ransom
3. Salvation
4. The problem of suffering
List three ways that Jesus is said to achieve salvation
2. By his death on the cross (redemption/atonement)
3. By his resurrection (defeats death and deals with the consequence of sin)