APOL 220 Quiz 3

APOL 220 Quiz 3

APOL 220 Quiz 3 Liberty University

APOL 220 Quiz Methods and Going to the Cross

Covers all Learn materials from Module 3: Week 3.

1. The goal of Presuppositional apologetics is to explicitly undermine a non-Christian’s worldview
2. The Evidential method of apologetics is known as the “two-step method.”
3. According to the chapter, modern Christians have much to learn from the early church regarding what aspect of apologetics?
4. One of the strengths of classical apologetics is that it views humans as primarily thinking beings, singularly focusing on persuasion that appeals cerebrally.
5. One of the strongest arguments for contextualization is that the gospel itself occurred and was recorded in a cultural context. The gospel must always be communicated in a way that the culture understands.
6. The use of the kalam cosmological argument is an example of the application of which apologetic method?
7. This method emphasizes that true Christianity is not reducible to a proposition, rather it is a life and story to be lived out.
8. It must be remembered that apologetic “prooftexts” such as 1 Peter 3:15 and Philippians 1:27 are written to suffering communities; Christian joy and peace even amidst persecution is itself an effective apologetic before unbelievers.
9. T. Wright’s book Simply Christian serves as an example of a soft version of which apologetic type?
10. The gospel announces which of the following?
11. Reformed Epistemology responds to the objection that even if Christianity happens to be true, it would not be rational to believe in it due to a lack of evidence.
12. Apologetics should be seen as a tool to clear debris from the path of unbelievers.
13. True apologetic wisdom is gained by all of the following practices, except:
14. Promoting the development of serious scientific and philosophical evidence for Christianity is the strength of which apologetic method?
15. Adherents of the “soft” versions of their apologetic type are (rightly) resistant to other types of apologetic arguments.
16. Which of these could be considered a weakness of evidence- based approaches to apologetics?
17. According to the authors, part of what the gospel announces is who Jesus is.
18. An important aspect of our apologetic should be holistic service to which of the following:
19. A proponent of hard classical apologetics would insist that a logical argument for theism must precede a historical argument for the resurrection of Jesus.
20. The theologian Kevin Vanhoozer stresses that good apologetics is more about which of the following?
21. One of the weaknesses of Experiential/Narratival apologetics is that it can minimize propositional truths and cognitive appeals.
22. According to the chapter, the Gospel is not the same thing as Apologetics
23. The authors suggest that the best apologetic methods are person- specific.
24. Christian virtues like love, hope, faith, justice, and courage are often not sufficient of a catalyst for apologetic conversations to take place.
25. The warnings of apologetic history and the diversity of apologetic appeals in Scripture remind us of the danger in allowing rigid, extrabiblical conceptual schemes to polarize us too sharply.

 

Set 1

1. An important aspect of our apologetic should be holistic service to which of the following:
2. The authors suggest that the best apologetic methods are person-specific.
3. The “minimal facts” approach of Gary Habermas is a “soft” example of which apologetic type?
4. According to the authors, part of what the gospel announces is who Jesus is.
5. The warnings of apologetic history and the diversity of apologetic appeals in Scripture remind us of the danger in allowing rigid, extrabiblical conceptual schemes to polarize us too sharply.
6. The Evidential method of apologetics is known as the “two-step method.”
7. One of the strengths of classical apologetics is that it views humans as primarily thinking beings, singularly focusing on persuasion that appeals cerebrally.
8. Christian virtues like love, hope, faith, justice, and courage are often not sufficient of a catalyst for apologetic conversations to take place.
9. According to the authors, the climax of the biblical narrative is the virgin birth, deity, and healing miracles of Jesus.
10. Living lives of virtue and wisdom was not intended to make Christians stand out from everyone else in culture.
11. The goal of Presuppositional apologetics is to explicitly undermine a non-Christian’s worldview
12. Cornelius Van Til is the father of which apologetic model?
13. According to the chapter, the Gospel is not the same thing as Apologetics
14. The word cross serves as a strategic shorthand for the entire gospel in the title Apologetics at the Cross.
15. Which of these could be considered a weakness of evidence-based approaches to apologetics?
16. Those who have been transformed by the Spirit of God are to display _(RESPECT) and (GENTLENESS) in response to skeptical critics
17. Our deeds form part of the apologetic process and according to the chapter the corporate body of Christ should be distinguished by these things:
18. An unbeliever’s misunderstanding of the gospel may be worsened when a Christian is:
19. One of the strongest arguments for contextualization is that the gospel itself occurred and was recorded in a cultural context. The gospel must always be communicated in a way that the culture understands.
20. The use of the kalam cosmological argument is an example of the application of which apologetic method?
21. Promoting the development of serious scientific and philosophical evidence for Christianity is the strength of which apologetic method?
22. Adherents of the “soft” versions of their apologetic type are (rightly) resistant to other types of apologetic arguments.
23. A proponent of hard classical apologetics would insist that a logical argument for theism must precede a historical argument for the resurrection of Jesus.
24. The gospel announces which of the following?
25. According to the authors, the book of Matthew points to how Jesus’ death would forgive sin, but says little about how the Cross would heal the whole human person.

Set 2

1. The gospel announces which of the following?
2. The authors suggest that the best apologetic methods are person-specific.
3. The word crossserves as a strategic shorthand for the entire gospel in the title Apologetics at the Cross.
4. Apologetics should be seen as a tool to clear debrisfrom the path of unbelievers.
5. The theologian Kevin Vanhoozer stresses that good apologetics is more about which of the following?
6. This method emphasizes that true Christianity is not reducible to a proposition, rather it is a life and story to be lived out.
7. T. Wright’s book Simply Christianserves as an example of a soft  version of which apologetic type?
8. According to the authors, part of what the gospel announces is who Jesus is.
9. Those who have been transformed by the Spirit of God are to display _________ and _________ in response to skeptical critics
10. Cornelius Van Til is the father of which apologetic model?
11. One of the weaknesses of Experiential/Narratival apologetics is that it can minimize propositional truths and cognitive appeals.
12. Our deeds form part of the apologetic process and according to the chapter the corporate body of Christ should be distinguished by these things:
13. The goal of Presuppositional apologetics is to explicitly undermine a non-Christian’s worldview
14. According to the chapter, the Gospel is not the same thing as Apologetics
15. A proponent of hard classical apologetics would insist that a logical argument for theism mustprecede a historical argument for the resurrection of Jesus.

Set 3

1. Cornelius Van Til is the father of which apologetic model?
2. Apologetics should be seen as a tool to clear debris from the path of unbelievers.
3. Our deeds form part of the apologetic process and according to the chapter the corporate body of Christ should be distinguished by these things:
4. Those who have been transformed by the Spirit of God are to display _________ and _________ in response to skeptical critics
5. The authors suggest that the best apologetic methods are person-specific.
6. The Evidential method of apologetics is known as the “two-step method.”
7. This method emphasizes that true Christianity is not reducible to a proposition, rather it is a life and story to be lived out.
8. One of the weaknesses of Experiential/Narratival apologetics is that it can minimize propositional truths and cognitive appeals.
9. T. Wright’s book Simply Christian serves as an example of a soft version of which apologetic type?
10. The theologian Kevin Vanhoozer stresses that good apologetics is more about which of the following?
11. The gospel announces which of the following?
12. The goal of Presuppositional apologetics is to explicitly undermine a non-Christian’s worldview
13. According to the chapter, the Gospel is not the same thing as Apologetics
14. Promoting the development of serious scientific and philosophical evidence for Christianity is the strength of which apologetic method?
15. A proponent of hard classical apologetics would insist that a logical argument for theism must precede a historical argument for the resurrection of Jesus.

Set 3

1. Sin effects our emotive structures and our cultural plausibility structures.
2. Paul is concerned, not with what humans think of him, but what humans think about Christ.
3. The analogy of a puzzle is given in your reading to help understand the appropriate response to mystery.
4. And apologetic at the resurrection calls for us to sacrifice our own personal triumphalism.
5. The two leftovers from modernism which are still being served are strong rationalism and
6. Rules of the Gospel for Apologetics include all except
7. Giving reasons for Christianity means that every question can be answered with certainty but that the answer won’t necessarily be satisfying to all.
8. K. Chesterson has said, “____________ keeps man sane.”
9. According to Njoroge, if there was no life after death, then God would have said, “I used to be the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
10. God has revealed himself exhaustively.
11. An apologetic of ________ without the cross seeks honor, power, and personal satisfaction from an apologetic encounter.
12. When objections arise against the Bible’s morality and ethics, Christians should ask themselves:
13. Native rationality describes the universally shared internal mechanisms that work to produce our emotions.
14. Strong rationalism says that a person should not accept anything unless it is empirically verified or demonstrated logically.
15. According to Njoroge, ___________ is a characteristic of who God is

Set 4

1. When objections arise against the Bible’s morality and ethics, Christians should ask themselves:
2. Native rationality describes the universally shared internal mechanisms that work to produce our emotions.
3. Rules of the Gospel for Apologetics include all except
4. God has revealed himself exhaustively.
5. Strong rationalism says that a person should not accept anything unless it is empirically verified or demonstrated logically.
6. Paul is concerned, not with what humans think of him, but what humans think about Christ.
7. According to Luther, in order to truly see God, we must meet him in what looks like foolishness to the world.
8. Giving reasons for Christianity means that every question can be answered with certainty but that the answer won’t necessarily be satisfying to all.
9. And apologetic at the resurrection calls for us to sacrifice our own personal triumphalism.
10. Sin effects our emotive structures and our cultural plausibility structures.
11. According to Njoroge, things like mathematics and logic are “off by themselves, floating.”
12. According to Njoroge, if there was no life after death, then God would have said, “I used to be the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
13. Strong rationalism is unsatisfying because it is
14. The two leftovers from modernism which are still being served are strong rationalism and
15. According to Njoroge, ___________ is a characteristic of who God is