Jesus’ central message is a strong vision of an ideal future referred to as what?
What is the Kingdom of God?
100
An excessive love of one’s one people or allegiance to one’s people
What is Nationalism
100
Three specific ideas about the Kingdom of God that Jesus rejected were…
What is The Kingdom of God was…
A political realm
Geographical
Violence
100
What is Praxis?
What is The “practice” or “doing” of something
100
How is Jesus’ love command rooted in Judaism (2 “roots”)…
What is
Ten Commandments (the cornerstone)
&
Torah
200
Define “Kingdom of God”
What is Jesus’ vision of living when we let God’s love rule:
within us, among us, and throughout the social order
200
The historic rupture between God and humanity, the effects of which are the basis of our human condition, is called…
What is Original Sin
200
What are the two aspects of the “dual Love Command”?
What is
Love of God
&
Love of Neighbor
200
God’s love is without limits or…
What is unconditional
200
A freely chosen action regarding the refusal to love or receive love from God, self, or others.
What is Personal sin
300
The Greek, basileia tau Theou is best translated as...
What is Reign of God?
300
Two kinds of evil are...
What is Moral evil & Natural Evil
300
Three ways that Jesus demonstrates his claim to divine authority are…
What is
Calling God “Abba”
Claims to himself an authority above the law
Forgiving sins
Ridding the Temple of injustice
300
Three groups of people that Jesus extends/includes in the Kingdom of God
What are
The destitute poor
Sick & crippled
Tax collectors, prostitutes, & sinners
300
Racism, & destruction of the environment are examples of what kind of sin…
What is Social sin
400
A society dominated almost exclusively by men is referred to as what kind of society…
What is Patriarchal
400
The word apostle comes from the Greek word meaning…
What is "To send forth”
400
Three realization gained by the paradox that the Kingdom of God is “Right Now but Not Yet”…
What is
Jesus embodied the Kingdom
Jesus’ followers fully recognized the Kingdom only after the Resurrection
We must respond to the invitation to enter the Kingdom
400
John the Baptist echoes which Old Testament prophet?
What is Elijah
400
From what two books in the Hebrew Bible do the two aspects of Jesus’ Love command come…
What is
Deuteronomy
&
Leviticus
500
A radical change of heart characterized by turning away from selfishness to openness to God
What is Metanoia
500
An overemphasis on rules and regulations is called…
What is Legalism
500
To say that Jesus “is, lives, and points to” the kingdom of God is to say that he is the…… of the KoG?
What is Embodyment
500
The name we give for “the problem of evil”…
What is Theodicy
500
How do Jesus’ healings, miracles, & exorcisms make people “whole”…
What is
(1) restores their humanity
(2) heals the broken social and religious relationships
(3) restores table fellowship
(4) Enables them to go to Temple