Module 2

Question 1

God and His Great Love for the Poor

Answer 1

Defender of the fatherless and widows
Protector of the week and needy
Rescuer of the poor
Provider of the poor
Savior of the poor
Refuge of the poor

Question 2

Year of Jubilee

Answer 2

to be practiced every 50 years

Leviticus 25:8-43

Question 3

Leviticus 25:17

Answer 3

God says to the nation of Israel: Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God

Question 4

Cancelling Debt

Answer 4

Deuteronomy 15, we see that God’s intention will be that His people will have all debts canceled every seven years.

Question 5

Sabbatical year

Answer 5

Creditor Cancels a Loan - Deuteronomy 15:1-3

Question 6

Poverty in the Bible

Answer 6

1. The financially poor (humble)
2. Alien (Refugee, Immigrant)
3. Destitute
4. Oppressed
5. Fool

Question 7

The financially poor (humble)

Answer 7

have little capital, subsistence as farmers.

As a result they have minimal political power.

Question 8

Alien (Refugee, Immigrant)

Answer 8

fled drought or war, lost their capital, went to another country to survive.

Question 9

Destitute

Answer 9

have no capital and are not able to earn income. The blind, the lame, the orphans.

Question 10

Oppressed

Answer 10

victims of the powerful and greedy.
(Book of Amos - Local elites)
(Book of Judges)

Question 11

Fool

Answer 11

a person who chooses to neglect work and to spend money and time on substance abuse and wrongful sexual activity (prodigal son).

Question 12

Poverty (biblical)

Answer 12

Poverty is defined as destitution.

Question 13

Prejudice

Answer 13

is an unfavorable attitude toward people because they are members of a particular racial or ethnic group.

Question 14

Discrimination

Answer 14

is an unfavorable action toward people because they are members of a particular racial or ethnic group.

Question 15

Bias

Answer 15

An attitude that can influence feelings: usually resulting in an individual having positive or negative predispositions about a particular group, individual, idea or object.

Question 16

Theology of Missions

Answer 16

*a multidisciplinary field that reads the Bible with missioner eyes; and based on the continual reading of God’s Word:
reexamines
reevaluates
redirects
*the church’s participation in God’s mission in God’s world

Question 17

Ethnocentrism

Answer 17

“thinking one’s own group’s ways are superior to others”

“judging other groups as inferior to one’s own“

making false assumptions about others’ ways based on our own limited experience

Question 18

Message of the Cross & Paul’s Mission

1 Corinthians 1:10, 17-18

Answer 18

is designed to transform the lives of believers and make them different as a people and as a corporate body from the surrounding world.

However, the Christians are destroying their Christian testimony because of immorality & disunity.

Question 19

Contextualization

Answer 19

the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and help to explain its meaning.

the circumstances surrounding an act or event

Question 20

Incarnate Ministry

Answer 20

In mission we must proclaim the divine text – The Word of God; yet pray that God help us present His revelation to people in their diverse settings.

Question 21

Worldview

Answer 21

is the framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world

Question 22

Culture

Answer 22

The integrated system of learned patterns of behavior, ideas and products characteristic of a society

Question 23

Five Ways to Relate to Culture

Answer 23

Christ against Culture
Christ of Culture
Christ above Culture
Christ and Culture in tension or paradox 
Christ the Transformer of Culture

Question 24

Christ Against Culture

Answer 24

Christ and culture are at odds with each other; the choice is either-or. In order to follow Christ you must reject culture. Christ does not work through culture

Question 25

Christ of Culture

Answer 25

Christ affirms culture and freely works through culture. Christ’s purpose will sometimes be revealed within the church and sometimes from culture.

Question 26

Christ Above Culture

Answer 26

Christ and culture do work together. This "good" in culture is used by Christ to further His plans; He not only works through the church and Christians but through culture as well

Question 27

Christ and Culture in tension or paradox

Answer 27

They are not to reject culture, yet to view it with suspicion. Christ does not work through culture, but Christians can use certain aspects of culture to further the cause of Christ

Question 28

Christ the Transformer of Culture

Answer 28

Christ is separate from culture, yet believes that Christ can change culture. This is done by impacting individuals who will in turn impact culture.

Question 29

Consumerism

Answer 29

a drive to accumulate more: competitive comparing of what we have with what others have; and equating worth with the material goods or services we possess, purchase and use rather than who we are

Question 30

Admit the world

Answer 30

increased acts of terrorism, racially motivated violence in our nation and around the world

Question 31

Admit the church

Answer 31

the race problems exists and weakens our credibility. | Christianity has failed the challenge of racial division

Question 32

Admit Me

Answer 32

I am impacted by my culture

Question 33

Submit

Answer 33

The Lordship of Christ To the searching and discernment of the Holy Spirit To deep racial justice To a kingdom Love that bust barriers

Question 34

Commit

Answer 34

* To be intentional in relationships we develop * To be intense in our holy discontent concerning prejudice & discrimination, and other social injustices. * To be learners, stepping out of our comfort zones.