THEO 525 Quiz God’s Work

THEO 525 Quiz: God’s Work and Humanity

1. According to Erickson, the Old Testament shows us that God is supremely powerful and that He is a personal God.
2. Using Erickson’s and Elwell’s text, match the following:
3. Using Elwell’s text, match the following:
4. Erickson discusses the “theological meaning” of the doctrine of creation. Which of the following are in agreement with Erickson’s discussion.
5. According to Erickson, in the ultimate sense the purpose of the plan of God is:
6. Of those in the twentieth century who have explicitly argued against the practice of abortion as discussed by C. Horn, III, which of the following is not one of them.
7. For Erickson, the major problem with fiat creationism (as he styles it) is that it is incompatible with modern scientific understandings.
8. Luther and Calvin made a sharp distinction between the image of God and the likeness of God.
9. Of the various reasons why Erickson chooses the term “plan” of God rather than “decrees” of God which of the following is not one of those reasons?
10. In distinguishing “predestination” from “foreordination,” Erickson makes which of the following distinctions?
11. Roger Nicole uses II Timothy 2:9-15 to argue emphatically that women must never teach in the church.
12. Erickson speaks of the crisis in humanity’s self-understanding. Which of the following does he offer as evidence of that crisis?
13. According to Erickson, the passage of Scripture most discussed in regard to the status of the unborn is:
14. Erickson and Pun both seem to prefer the view of “progressive creationism” to other competing views regarding the understanding of biblical creation.
15. Using Elwell’s text, match the following:
16. Match the following:
17. Using Elwell’s text, match the following:
18. H. L. Parker noted that this doctrine conveys to the individual that the world and our lives are not ruled by chance or by fate but by God:
19. The biblical doctrine of creation affirms creation out of nothing.
20. In Erickson’s view, humans are first and foremost viewed as “relational” beings.
21. The Angelic Doctor was
22. According to Erickson, the greatest strength of fiat creationism is its attempts to be faithful to the biblical text.
23. The conscious intermediate state of the person between death and the resurrection is one of the principle evidences used to refute which view?
24. In Erickson’s view, God works “congruously” with the will of free beings, rendering events certain but not necessary.
25. Using Elwell’s text, match the following: