Topic 6 Study Guide
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1. Read
the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20.
a. Briefly
list the commandments.
b. How
do the first four commandments differ from the last six?
2. Read
the Beatitudes, the blessings of Jesus in the opening verses of the Sermon on
the Mount in Matthew chapter 5:1-12. Which one is repeated and emphasized?
3. From
the lecture, what two commandments did Jesus say are the greatest?
4. From
the lecture and textbook, write out the short quote that philosopher Friedrich
Nietzsche made famous about truth.
5. From
the textbook, describe how Raphael, in his great painting School of Athens, depicted Plato and Aristotle.
6. According
to the lecture, what kind of absolute truths require the existence of God?
7. Briefly
define General and Special Revelation.
8. From
chapter 8 of the textbook, define exclusivism
and pluralism.
9. According
to chapter 7 in the textbook, the lecture, and Job 1-2 and 38-40, does Job ever
find out why he suffered? What is the best explanation from our perspective?
10. Read
the story of the raising of Lazarus in John 11. What can we learn about Jesus
and death from this account of the event?
11. Read
the 11 reasons for suffering listed in the lecture. Which reason(s) might
provide good cause for a Christian to “count it all joy” as James says to do in
James 1:2-4?
12. Read
the section on Theodicy in chapter 9 of the textbook.
a. Define
theodicy.
b. What
are two explanations Christians might give to explain the problem of evil, how
a good and powerful God would allow suffering?
13. According
to Philippians 2:1-11, how are Christians to behave in light of what Jesus
endured?
