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ST, BT, and Exegetical Theo

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ST: 1) BT + 2) Construction/apologetics
BT: seeks to unpack not only the teachings of individual authors/sections of Scripture, but more importantly it seeks to unfold the historical unfolding of Scripture – “on its own terms” whole canon
ET: focuses on specific texts of Scripture (commentaries)

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Philosophy and ST

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metaphysics: the study of reality (Creator-creature distinction; created order)
epistemology: the study of knowledge (revelational knowledge; special revelation)
ethics: the study of morality (ground of ethics)

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apologetics and ST

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defense of what we believe–application of theology to unbelief

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reason/rationality vs rationalism in our use of reason in ST

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reason/rationality: full use of the mind– use reasoning abilities to draw conclusions from Scripture that don’t contradict Scripture
rationalism: human reason the final authority

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3 horizons

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textual: where we start with a text
epochal: where we are in the unfolding story
canonical: where the text fits in light of the whole canon

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pluralism and postmodernism

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postmodernism embraces pluralism

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intratextual vs extratextual

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in the biblical text vs within the canon

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contextualization

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engaging with contemporary culture

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ecumenical councils

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Nicea: 325 – deity of Christ– same substance as Father; rejected Arianism; homoousios
Alexandria: 362; ousia one essence; persona or hypostasis
Constantinople: 381; clarified nature of the Holy Spirit
Ephesus: nature of Christ’s personhood; rejected Nestorianism; Mary= “mother of God”
Chalcedon: 451; hypostatic union two natures; rejected monophysitism

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filioque clause

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“and the Son” added to the Nicene Creed; one of the reasons East and West divided

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incomprehensibility of God

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can know God truly but not exhaustively

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faith seeking understanding

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Systematic theology

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friedrich schleiermacher

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definition of theo: analysis of the religious consciousness, the feeling of absolute dependence
classic liberal theo: moral experience the key

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immanuel kant

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criticism of possibility of theology

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common grace

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grace for unbelievers

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progressive revelation

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because redemptive history is redemptive

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mystery vs contradiction

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mystery is reconciling to truths that do not contradict

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problems of God vs doctrine of God

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religious pluralism:
philosophical:
cultural:

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secular/secularization impact on doctrine of God

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secular: a mindset focused on here and now; secularization is becoming more and more secular; marginalizes God; no public discourse; privately engaging publically irrelevant; Sunday is for God the rest of the week is for other

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definitions and understandings of 5 other options

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atheism: denial of existence of God
agnosticism: impossible to know whether or not there is a God
polytheism: belief in many gods
deism: uninvolved transcendent Creator God; world operates on His established order
pantheism: God identified with creation; is everything; not transcendent or personal

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pantheism description

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process theism; postmodern

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People and impact on God–
Immanuel Kant:
Ludwig Feuerbach:
Friedrich Nietzsche:
Sigmund Freud:
Alfred N. Whitehead:
Charles Hartshorne:

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Immanuel Kant: concepts are empty without experience to give them content
Ludwig Feuerbach: master of suspicion; God is projection of all that humanity is
Friedrich Nietzsche: master of suspicion; death of God
Sigmund Freud: master of suspicion; God is an infantile illusion
Alfred N. Whitehead: science and the modern world; Christianity as a basis for science; process philosophy
Charles Hartshorne: father of process theology

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description and understanding of open theism and its proponents

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description: God not sovereign; relational; loving parent who chooses to relate to his creatures by experiencing things as they take place in history; self limited; limits providential rule
proponents: Clark Pinnock, John Sanders, William Hasker, David Basinger, Gregory Boyd, Richard Rice, etc. Recently, Thomas Jay Oord,

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libertarian freedom vs compatibilistic freedom

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free will vs biblical

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differences between open theism, process theism, and traditional Christian theism
open theism: Creatio ex nihilo; self limited; orthodox trinity; open future; reduced view of sovereignty, redefined view of omniscience; will supernaturally intervene at times process theism: open future; traditional Christian theism: creatio ex nihilo
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basic arguments for open theism
repentance texts; relational texts
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open theism vis-à-vis predictive prophecy, repentance texts, etc.
open future, even for God, denial of foreknowledge; literal repentance
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anthropomorphism and anthropopathism
God with human physical characteristics; God with human emotions
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analogical language vs equivocal and univocal language; literal vs non-literal
analogical: biblical; similarity plus difference equivocal: totally opposite language for God univocal: exactly the same as creatures literal: under analogical non literal:
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various arguments for the existence of God
ontological: conceive of God, must be a God cosmological: no infinite regress; contingent causal relations teleological: seen in design moral arguments: moral law requires a law giver, the author of the moral code
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Role of theistic proofs in traditional or classical apologetics
prove there is a God then reason He's the God of the Bible
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a priori vs a posteriori
argument from the thing, argument from outside the thing
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Creator-creature distinction
yup
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transcendence and immanence in relation to doctrine of God
yup
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viewpoints related to the doctrine of the Trinity:
monarchianism and its forms: dynamic monarchianism or adoptionism= God is one, Jesus adopted modalism/Sabellianism: God is one, jesus is God; modes Father in OT, Son in Gospels, Spirit Acts on Patripassianism: Father suffered with Christ Arianism: Jesus and Spirit created by Father; not co equal Subordinationism: Son was eternal and divine but not equal
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Homoousios vs homoiousios
homoi: similar to the Father Homooul; same as Father
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nature and person definitions related to Trinity
nature: essence, substance; what a thing is, full complex of attributes person: hypostasis; the who of a thing
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inseparable operations in Trinity
all three persons inseparably act through the same divine nature, yet according to the person's eternally ordered relations and personal mode of existing
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eternal relations of origin vs modes of subsistence
paternity, filiation, spiration;
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ad intra vs ad extra
attributes in God attributes expressed from God
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Biblical evidence for the doctrine of the Trinity
yup
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Immanent (=ontological) and Economic Trinity
God apart from the world; and God coming to save the world
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eternal relational authority submission view of the Son/Spirit to the Father
definition: one in essence; persons only distinguishable by relations to one another AND by functional roles of authority and submission; three wills; authority is only for the Father
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perichoresis in relation to the Trinity
each is eternal each is within the other each is unoriginated each is unconfused
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understanding and biblical basic of attributes of God:
aseity: simplicity: immutability: omnipresence: holiness: divine love: Etc.:
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essential vs accidential predication in relation to divine attributes
divine attributes of God cannot be set aside-- they are essential to Him
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classical theism
is the historic view of God identified with pro-nicene trinitarian orthodoxy, chalcedonian christology, and the great tradition
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via causalitatis, via negationis related to arguing for God's existence/attributes
from effect to cause; by way of negation
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classification of divine attributes
natural and moral; absolute and relative; incommunicable and communicable
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concept of a miracle
divine action; God's mighty signs, not breaking natural laws
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opera ad intra vs. opera ad extra
opera ad intra (=works that terminate within God’s own being) and opera ad extra (=works that terminate outside God’s own being).
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efficient causation; extraordinary vs ordinary providence
got it
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panentheism (=process theism) and their conception of divine action
got it
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divine decree; foreordination, predestination, election, reprobation
foreordination: God's plan with respect to his overall plan Predestination: God's plan related to the eternal condition of moral agents election: God's positive choice of individuals to salvation reprobation: God's choice of some to suffer eternal lostness
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open theist vs Arminian vs Calvinism view of divine providence
open theist: God has given up his sovereignty Arminian: God cannot predetermine what free creatures will do; all based on foreknowledge Calvinism: God's plan encompasses everything
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lapsarian debate
supralapsarian: elects some to live and some to die infralapsarian: elects some to eternal life and others to death after fall sublapsarian: provide salvation sufficient to all, chose some
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aspects of divine providence
preservation, concurrence, government
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immediate vs mediate agency; remote vs proximate agency
Got it
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asymmetrical relation of God's planning of good and evil
got it
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middle knowledge vs timeless knowledge vs simple foreknowledge
middle knowledge: molinism; knows all the possible scenarios and chooses the best one timeless knowledge: outside of time; sees it all in the eternal now; knowledge dependent on Creation simple foreknowledge: God knows what's going to happen; can't guarantee His will
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theodicy; logical vs religious vs evidential problem of evil
logical: logical incoherence with Christian doctrine of God i. If God exists, then there is no evil. ii. There is evil. iii. So, God does not exist (from 1 & 2). religious: why is this happening to me? evidential: inductive problem-- probable God doesn't exist based on the evidence of evil's existence
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dualism, Gnosticism, and other views of Origins
naturalism: material universe is eternal pantheism: creator=creation Dualism:two distinct co-eternal substances; material and spirit creation from eternity: always creating God Gnosticism: ot God and nt God different; creation by lesser God; dualism between creation and salvation; creation created bad
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Creatio ex nihilo
out of nothing
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neo-orthodox vs liberal view of Gen 1-3; reasons for the historical nature of Gen 1-11
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gap theory; theistic evolution; progressive creationism; literary framework hypothesis
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macro vs microevolution; irreducible complexity
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day-age theory
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cultural-creation mandate
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image vs likeness; views of the image of God; Roman Catholic view of image/likeness
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theological anthropology
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structure vs function distinction in Hoekema; Psychosomatic unity
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Greek dualism; Cartesian dualism; Physicalism -- reductive vs non-reductive
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complementarianism vs egalitarianism
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dichotomy; trichotomy; traducianism; creationism; pre-existence of the soul
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intermediate state

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