Misc
Where do we get the English word "apologetics"?
From the Greek word "apologia" meaning "to give a defense."
A complete copy of what book of the Bible was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Isaiah
From Lesson 58, name 2 evidences of the world-wide flood speaking from a geology standpoint.
rapidly buried plants and animals; rapidly buried sediments found all over the world; long transport distance of sediments; rapid erosion between sediment layers; whole rock layers deposited rapidly in quick succession
Popular atheism is not based on logic, but _________.
feelings
From Lesson 63, did God command the Israelites to kill all the Canaanites because of their ethnicity? Was it "ethnic cleansing"?
No, it was because of the evil these people were committing. It had reached the threshhold of God's mercy. (Remember they sacrificed their children to their god, Molech)
From lesson 57, What is micro-evolution?
variations within a kind
The ________ Argument states that a designer of the universe must exist since it and all living things have order, unity, consistency, and pattern.
Teleological
In Lesson 58, Dr. Art Chadick, a molecular biologist and creationist, referring to how evolutionists study fossils, quoted, "It's a __________ that's being imposed on the data, rather than the data providing the __________."
paradigm - meaning a set of assumptions, values, or a way of viewing reality
With regards to the accuracy of the Bible, the ________ is on the skeptic because the Christian can stand on what historical evidence has revealed.
burden
From lesson 63: Who are some examples of non-Israelites in the Bible that God cares about.
Rahab, Ruth, the people who left with the Israelites from Egypt in the Exodus
Are there any transitional fossils?
No
Who was the famous Jewish historian who wrote about Jesus in the 1st century AD?
Josephus
What is the basic definition of the nature of God as described by the word "trinity"?
God is one in being, and three in person.
In lesson 39, we learned three reasons why there are four gospels. What are those reasons?
1. to give us a more complete picture of Christ
2. multiple eyewitnesses, who can see things from different angles with different details, which help us to objectively verify the truth
3. to reward those who are diligent seekers
From lesson 61: Give three examples of objectionable things in the Bible.
violence against the Canaanites, death penalty for "silly" things, condemns as evil things that are accceptable today, God's too into Himself, slavery, women
In Lesson 44, we watched a video of Lee Strobel. What were the three "E's" he mentioned that gave evidence of Jesus' resurrection?
Execution, Early Accounts, Empty Tomb,
How many people did Jesus appear to after His resurrection?
515 or more (at all times of day in different ways)
From Lesson 60, Dr G shared an essay with us written by his dad, who is a physicist. What was the main reason he thought that people lived so much longer before the world-wide flood?
more water vapor in the atmosphere
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in caves in the hills behind Qumran. The most famous of the scrolls found there is the Great Isaiah Scroll. What is the range of dates for this scroll?
From 250 BC to 100 BC.
From lesson 66, what does Pastor Mike Winger suggest should be the first thing you should say when someone says, "The Bible is full of contradictions"?
"Please give me your best example."
From Lesson 63, what is the most basic thing to keep in mind about God and about the violence we read about which was commanded by God in the Old Testament?
everything God does come from His heart of love, even the violence
How many ancient sources do we have that say the disciples encountered the resurrected Jesus? Name 3 of those sources.
9
The Creed in 1 Cor 15:3-7 (Paul), Acts (Peter), Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Polycarp, and Clement
How is Christianity different from every other religion?
It starts with the cross. Christ teaches that if we trust Him then we receive eternal life . . . we already have it. The acceptance by God comes at the beginning of the journey, rather than at the end. The secret of knowing that we are accepted already is knowing that it's based on Christ's merit, not our own. "I'm not living in order to gain acceptance, I'm living because I've got it."
Why was Jesus not just a good moral teacher or a prophet?
Jesus claimed to be God again and again, especially as he was nearing the crucifixion. No one could be a good moral teacher or prophet if they were lying. (Liar, Lunatic, or Lord - C.S. Lewis)
From Lesson 61, what are the 4 basic principles we should remember when thinking about "objectionable" things in the Bible?
Consider context; Don’t assume that you know best; Sin is deadly; View everything through the lens of God’s love.