Theology quizzes

Question 1

Which is an important ministerial function of systematic theology?
A sanctifying function.
A catechetical function.
An evangelistic function.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

One reason that Scripture is so important as a source of theology is that if people are on their own, God is incomprehensible (True or False)

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Exegesis is the act whereby a reader places meaning into a text (True or False)

Answer 3

False

Question 4

General revelation is essentially the same thing as science (True or False)

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Why should we study systematic theology?
Systematic theology is possible.
Systematic theology helps in defense of the faith.
Systematic theology recognizes how humans naturally organize information.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Answer 5

All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is a problem of using tradition as a source of theology?
Modern churches do not have traditions.
Traditions always prevents one from understanding the Bible clearly.
Believing you need tradition can cause you to deny the clarity of Scripture.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Answer 6

Believing you need tradition can cause you to deny the clarity of Scripture.

Question 7

Which is a function of reason in relationship to the Word of God?
Reason allows us to determine whether Scripture is right in what it says.
Reason allows us to judge whether we should listen to Scripture.
Reason helps us to understand God apart from Scripture.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Answer 7

None of the above

Question 8

How are names important to how we relate to one another?
Names are inclusive.
Names allow for the intimacy of address.
Names refer without implying anything about an individual.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Answer 8

Names allow for the intimacy of address

Question 9

Adonai appears as “Lord” in English Bibles (True or False)

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Elohim (“God”) is often in cosmological contexts or contexts that emphasize His creative power (True or False)

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Which is a truth of the Trinity?
Each person is a part of God.
There is one Person.
There is one God.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Answer 11

There is one God.

Question 12

“Abba” means:
Almighty.
Yahweh saves.
Anointed one.
Daddy.
None of the above.

Answer 12

Daddy

Question 13

“Jesus” means:
Almighty.
Yahweh saves.
Anointed one.
Daddy.
None of the above.

Answer 13

Yahweh saves

Question 14

The term “Father” in the New Testament often focuses on:
God’s relationship to Christ of His people.
God’s origination of something.
God’s creation of something.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Answer 14

All of the above.

Question 15

The term “God” (theos) in the New Testament always refers to God the Father (True or False)

Answer 15

False

Question 16

“Christ” means:
Almighty.
Yahweh saves.
Anointed one.
Daddy.
None of the above.

Answer 16

Anointed one

Question 17

Some believe that something is a person if they can develop into a legal being (True or False)

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Personhood appears to include, at least, an idea of relationship (True or False)

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Which is a type of text you would expect to find if the Trinity is an accurate reflection of the Scriptural evidence?
Texts emphasizing plurality.
Texts emphasizing divine holiness.
Texts emphasizing divine love.
All of the above.
None of the above.

Answer 19

Texts emphasizing plurality

Question 20

The doctrine of the Trinity was invented in the 5th or 6th century (True or False)

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The role of the Spirit is typically:
Originator.
Planner.
Applier.
Mediator.
All of the above.

Answer 21

Applier

Question 22

God is one in respect to:
Activity.
Personhood.
Substance.
Role.
None of the above.

Answer 22

Substance

Question 23

The Holy Spirit reveals who Jesus really is, the Son of God (True or False)

Answer 23

True

Question 24

To be able to develop a doctrine of the Trinity, you would expect to see texts in the Bible that focus on:
Theism and atheism.
Singularity and plurality.
God and man.
Creator and creation.
None of the above.

Answer 24

Singularity and plurality

Question 25

A religious significance to the Trinity is: Our understanding depends on it. Our prayer depends on it. Our relationship with God depends on it. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 25

All of the above

Question 26

A danger of using an analogy when explaining the Trinity is: You can be on the edge of heresy. It may make you think of God like you think of everyday things. One could focus on the analogy instead of the Scriptural material about the Trinity. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 26

All of the above.

Question 27

Trinity has theological significance because it is difficult to see how God could be a God of eternal love without it (True or False)

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Augustine's and Edward's model of the Trinity is based on the analogy of the human body (True or False)

Answer 28

False

Question 29

When Jesus refers to the Father being "greater", this may refer to: The fact that the Father is more important to the plan of salvation than He is. The fact that the Father is in authority and sent Him. The fact that the Father makes decisions that He does not agree with. The fact that the Father is more divine than He is. The fact that the Father is not involved with the world.

Answer 29

The fact that the Father is in authority and sent Him

Question 30

The Son's role is often understood as the author of salvation (True or False)

Answer 30

False

Question 31

Which of the following is God sovereign over: Suffering. Hearts. Judgment. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 31

All of the above

Question 32

Scripture often extols God's omnipotence by claiming that nothing is "too hard" for Him (True or False)

Answer 32

True

Question 33

God's omnipotence means that He can do anything (True or False)

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Omniscience means that God has experimental knowledge of all things (True or False)

Answer 34

False

Question 35

God's omniscience is connected directly to His knowledge of Himself (True or False)

Answer 35

True

Question 36

God's omnipresence means: That one can rely on God no matter where one is. That God is not limited by space. That God can act where He chooses. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 36

All of the above

Question 37

Omnipresence means part of God is at every given place in the universe (True or False)

Answer 37

False

Question 38

Immutability is not typically related to faithfulness, since a God who is faithful cannot be immutable (True or False)

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Process theology holds that God develops with the world (True or False)

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Aseity literally means "in another" (True or False)

Answer 40

False

Question 41

Which of the following are true concerning God's justice? It includes remunerative justice. It refers to the quality of consistently making right judgments. It ensures that people get what is due to them. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 41

All of the above

Question 42

God's righteousness means He is the ultimate standard of right and wrong (True or False)

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Holiness, at its core, refers to: Being pure. Being unified. Being purposeful. Being set apart. None of the above.

Answer 43

Being set apart

Question 44

God's revelation in conscience would be a case of special revelation (True or False)

Answer 44

False

Question 45

We do not have a sustained conceptual treatment of the idea of revelation in Scripture (True or False)

Answer 45

True

Question 46

It is a significant quality of general revelation that all individuals, in principle, can receive it (True or False)

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Revelation explains why an individual needs others to help him interpret the Scriptural text (True or False)

Answer 47

False

Question 48

The humanities cannot be seen as equivalent to general revelation because: It focuses too much on God's activity. It is not available to all people. It is unable to produce knowledge. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 48

It is not available to all people

Question 49

Which is not a case of revelation? God's disclosure in nature. God's disclosure in Jesus Christ. God's disclosure in Scripture. God's disclosure in human conscience. God's disclosure in scientific discovery.

Answer 49

God's disclosure in scientific discovery

Question 50

Which is Augustine's view of integration? Separate magisterium. Postmodern coexistence. Complete integration. Faith seeking understanding. None of the above.

Answer 50

Faith seeking understanding

Question 51

The two views of how to translate the phrase "more fully confirmed" in 2 Peter 1:19 are: The creedal and the confessional views. The corporate and Catholic views. The confirmative and comparative views. The Christological and cosmological views. None of the above.

Answer 51

The confirmative and comparative views

Question 52

Compatibilism, in terms of inspiration, is: The view that God told the writers of Scripture what to write, word for word. The view that God wrote through the human authors, without setting aside their backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. The view that God motivated the human authors to write Scripture, but the human authors alone chose what was in their texts. The view that God could not use human authors to write the Word of God. None of the above.

Answer 52

The view that God wrote through the human authors, without setting aside their backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Question 53

The dictation theory of inspiration (i.e. the Arminian position) holds that God has no choice as to what words are in Scripture (True or False)

Answer 53

False

Question 54

The word found in 2 Timothy 3:!6 that is translated "inspired is, more literally, "God breathed" (True or False)

Answer 54

True

Question 55

Which sense of inspiration is being used when theologians talk about the inspiration of the text? The theological sense. The philosophical sense. The exegetical sense. The interpretive sense. None of the above.

Answer 55

The exegetical sense

Question 56

Verbal plenary inspiration argues that some of the words of Scripture are inspired (True or False)

Answer 56

False

Question 57

Which is a problem with the idea that :A human literature containing no error would indeed be a contradiction in terms, since nothing more human than to err."? Even though humans are invariably err, this does not mean that they always err in everything. This would appear to attack Christ's sinlessness or humanity. One could be human without being sinful. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 57

All of the above

Question 58

Which is a factor that has contributed to the resurgent interest in bibliography? Personal evangelism in the context of local ministry. The recognition that inerrancy is the historic view of the church. The centrality of Christ to the Christian faith. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 58

None of the above

Question 59

What has infallibility come to mean recently? That Scripture has no errors. That Scripture has no errors in reference to salvation and sanctification. That Scripture cannot be translated. That Scripture addresses all areas of life. None of the above.

Answer 59

That Scripture has no errors in reference to salvation and sanctification

Question 60

Postmodern hermeneutics tend to focus on the reader's response (True or False)

Answer 60

True

Question 61

What does inerrancy imply? That Scripture may occasionally have human bias. That Scripture is doctrinally consistent. That authors of Scripture rarely conflict. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 61

That Scripture is doctrinally consistent

Question 62

"Ipsissima verba" refers to the exact voice of Jesus (True or False)

Answer 62

False

Question 63

Technically, inspiration and inerrancy applies to: All originals, copies, and translations of Scripture. All originals and copies of Scriptures, but not translations. All originals, but not copies and translations. Only the message of the gospels. None of the above.

Answer 63

All originals, but not copies and translations.

Question 64

Inerrancy: Is the historical view of the church. Was developed in the 19th century by Princeton theologians. Was a product of scholastic integration of philosophy and theology. Was questioned from the early middle ages through the Enlightenment. None of the above.

Answer 64

Is the historical view of the church

Question 65

It is consistent with inerrancy that Scriptural writers use unusual grammatical constructions (True or False)

Answer 65

True

Question 66

Which does inerrancy require? Inerrancy requires complete historical precision. Inerrancy requires the use of scientific language. Inerrancy requires the use of only literal language. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 66

None of the above

Question 67

The internal testimony of the Holy Spirit helps to explain how sinful individuals can recognize Scripture as God's Word (True or False)

Answer 67

True

Question 68

Authority is the quality of Scripture whereby it is capable of doing everything that God intends for it (True or False)

Answer 68

False

Question 69

Which is a proper source of confidence in the authority of Scripture? Church authority. Existential impact. Rational evidences. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 69

None of the above

Question 70

The belief that experience can be an authoritative source of theology follows largely from existentialism and postmodernism (True and False)

Answer 70

True

Question 71

Which is the definition of a gap theory? Each day of creation was a 24 hour period. The creation narrative was a myth. There is a break in the creation narrative that contains a long period of time. Each day of the creation narrative is really a long period of time. None of the above.

Answer 71

There is a break in the creation narrative that contains a long period of time.

Question 72

Which is an argument for a literal creation week? The Hebrew word of "day" normally means a 24 hour period. The phrase "evening and morning" points to a 24 hour day. There is no evidence that the original readers could have understood it as anything but literal days. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 72

All of the above

Question 73

Creation ex nihilo: Means God created out of nothing. Opposes Greek theories of an eternal universe. Is proven by the fact that all things were made through Christ. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 73

All of the above.

Question 74

Which of the following theories believes that each day of the creation week was actually a long period of time? Liberal Theories. Day-Age Theory. Gap Theory. 6 day Literal Creation. None of the above.

Answer 74

Day-Age Theory

Question 75

God declaring creation "very good" argues against: Ascetic beliefs that the world is bad. Hedonistic beliefs that the world is ultimate. Beliefs that sin occurred during the creation week. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 75

All of the above

Question 76

The glory of God is: The overall reason for creation. Separable from redemption. Never mentioned by Christ. All of the above. None of the above.

Answer 76

The overall reason for creation

Question 77

Perhaps the biggest theological difficulty with evolution is the occurrence of death before sin (True or False)

Answer 77

True

Question 78

In the Old Testament, the term "create" is never applied to humans (True or False)

Answer 78

True

Question 79

Sabbath was created for humans and not for God (True or False)

Answer 79

True

Question 80

Angels are finite spirits (True or False)

Answer 80

True