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APOLOGETICS MIDTERM EXAM 2024 AND STUDY GUIDE WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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Page 1 of 46APOLOGETICS MIDTERM EXAM 2024 AND STUDY
GUIDE WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Apologetics is not... - answer-1. relying solely upon your faith
2. winning an argument at all costs
3. apologizing for your faith
In 1 Peter 3:15, Christians are commanded to be prepared to make a
defense for their Christian beliefs at all times. According to this verse, what
are the two ways that Christians should go about doing this? - answer-With
gentleness and respect
What are the three primary reasons Christians should be trained in
apologetics? In other words, what are the three things that apologetics do? -
answer-1. Evangelize unbelievers
2. Engage culture
3. Equip believers
According to the article, "Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church" by
the Barna Group, what are the six reasons young Christians leave church
after age fifteen? - answer-1. Churches come across as antagonistic to
science.
2. Churches seem overprotective.
3. The church feels unfriendly to those who doubt.
4. They wrestle with the exclusive nature of Christianity.
5. Teens' and twentysomethings' experience of Christianity is shallow.
6. Young Christians' church experiences related to sexuality are often
simplistic, judgmental.
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According to the article, "What is the role of apologetics in evangelism?"
there are three things that the practice of apologetics does. What are these
three things? - answer-1. Helps provide the right to speak the gospel to the
crowd.
2. Adds credibility to the speaker.
3. Quiets the objectors.
Fill in the blanks in the following verse: "I do not ask that you take them out
of the world , but that you keep them from the_________one. They are
not of the world, just as I am not of the world._________ them in
the__________ ; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I
have sent them into the world" (John 17:15-18). - answer-World, sanctify,
truth
"Christians are to keep themselves__________ from the culture,
not_________ themselves from it." - answer-unstained, removed
"Greeks used the term 'disciple' for one who studied the__________
and__________ , as well as the_________ of a teacher." - answer-life,
conduct, teaching
What are the two ways that being trained in the area of apologetics equips
believers to carry out the disciple-making task of Matthew 28:18-20? -
answer-1. It helps you keep the faith throughout seasons of doubt and
difficulty.
2. Knowing why you believe something pays huge dividends when you are
attempting to share what you believe with others.
During Paul's sermon in Greece to the people at Mars Hill, he used the
following apologetic tactics (three total): - answer-1. He stated that the
resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christianity.
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2. He argued based on facts that could be investigated.
3. He found common ground with his audience.
What are the six apologetic methods that Jesus uses in his ministry? -
answer-Miracles, Testimony, phrophecy, discource, parables, and reason.
"Apologetics involves knowing________you believe________ you
believe." - answer-why, what
Throughout his sermon in Acts 2, Peter presents three pieces of evidence in
order to convince his listeners that Jesus is God. What are the three pieces
of evidence that Peter appeals to? - answer-1. He appeals to the miracles of
Jesus as proof that he was from God.
2. He appeals to fulfilled prophecy as proof that Jesus was the promised
Messiah.
3. He appeals to eyewitness accounts of Jesus' resurrection as proof that he
was God.
__________apologetics involves knowing what questions those who
oppose Christianity might ask and how to________ them. - answer-
Defensive, answer
Previously, you learned four places where apologetics can be used. What
are these four places? - answer-Family, church, school, and job
____________apologetics involves going on the__________by seeking
out those who oppose Christianity. - answer-Offensive, attack
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What are the two qualifications that an individual must have before using
apologetics? - answer-Must be Spirit-filled and Must be saved.
What are some common responses that Christians give when they are
confronted with difficult questions? - answer-1. "If we knew the answer to
every question then we wouldn't need God, right?"
2. "Even if I don't understand, I just have to trust in Jesus."
3. "I don't know the answer to that question, but I just have to have faith in
God."
4. "His (God's) ways are higher than our ways."
The history of the Greek word apologia can be traced back to: - answer-
first-century courts of law
The English word "apologetics" comes from which Greek word? - answer-
apologia
If a Christian is asked a difficult question and provides no well thought-out
response in return, what is likely to happen? - answer-The Christian will be
like a defense lawyer without a thought-out reponse.
"Jesus never calls anyone to make an illogical decision about his or her
eternity. Rather, throughout the four Gospels, Jesus appeals to_________
and presents_________ for what he taught to every sincere seeker." -
answer-reason, evidence
"Christians are just as much a part of their_________as anyone else." -
answer-culture
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