Test 2 Flashcards
(47 cards)
Define creatio ex nihilo
creation out of nothing
How does scientific creationism account for a young earth?
The flood makes the earth appeared to be aged
the earth is 6,000-12000 years old
Explain mature creationism
God created the earth with the appearance of age
Explain the day-age theory
God created the earth in stages. Each day in Genesis 1 represents long periods of time.
Explain the intermittent day theory
There were 24 hour days when God was creating, but he just allowed millions of years in between each day of creation
Who is a famous Gap theorist?
C. I. Scofield
What is gap theory?
it says their is a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2
What is the cultural mandate?
We are to keep, cultivate, and guard God’s creation
List two statements that describe the importance of the doctrine of creation for Christian theology.
- God has pronounced everything He has created good; therefore, the material world can not be considered inherently evil
- God is reclaiming the created order through the work of redemption in Christ; therefore, God is not giving up on His creation, but is saving the world through Christ.
Explain Arminianism.
God does not control everything that takes place, but he knows everything in the future
Explain Calvinism
God ordains whatever comes to pass including the free decisions of His creatures
How do philosophers define “liberation free will”? Give example.
a person only acts freely if at that moment he can choose otherwise
When studying for this test I only had free will if I was able to choose to not study at that exact moment
What is compatibilism?
God’s sovereignty is a reality, and man’s responsibility is a reality too
List two statements that summarize God’s relationship with the problem of evil.
- God ordains all things, including evil acts, but He is not the author of sin
- God has a good motive in the ultimate outcome of the glory of Christ. Evil humans and evil angels do not have good motive and act on their wickedness of their own hearts, making them responsible for their own sins
What is the decretive will of God?
secret will of God
what God has decreed
What is the perceptive will of God?
revealed will of God
God’ moral law
Deut. 29:29
What is the substantive view (mormon view) of imago Dei?
Image as physical likeness
image as rationality
image as morality
What is the relational view of imago Dei?
image as communion with God
What is the functional view of imago Dei?
image as ruler over Creation
List 4 implications of imago Dei.
Humans are the pinnacle of creation
Gov’t should exercise death penalty for murderers
Abortion is wrong and should be prohibited
The worst human is to be offered redemption
List and briefly define 3 attempts to understand the constituent nature of humans.
Trichotomy- the view that man is made up of three parts: body, soul, and spirit
Dichotomy- the view that man is made up of two parts- body and soul/spirit
Monism-the view that man is made of only one element, the physical body, and that his body is the person
How is divorce anti-gospel?
It is not for man to separate what God has joined together as one flesh (Matt. 19)
Marriage represents Jesus relationship with the church and that is not a broken relationship
What does radical feminism believe?
gender is a social construct
What does Evangelical Feminism (Egalitarianism) believe?
there should not be just male leadership
