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Apologetics
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Apologetics
What constitutes the Christian worldview? Knowledge: - • All human knowledge is grounded
in divine revelation.
• Humans can (and do) have knowledge of God through:
- Nature
- Scripture
• Humans can (and do) have knowledge of the world through:
- Nature —both logical reasoning and sens...
Apologetics Actual Exam with
Questions and 100% Correct Answers|
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What constitutes the Christian worldview? Knowledge: - ✔✔• All human knowledge is grounded
in divine revelation.
• Humans can (and do) have knowledge of God through:
- Nature
- Scripture
• Humans can (and do) have knowledge of the world through:
- Nature —both logical reasoning and sense experience
- Scripture
• A person's knowledge and understanding depends crucially on their spiritual state.
- Unregenerate unbelievers...
• ...suffer from the noetic (i.e., intellectual) effects of sin.
• ...suppress their natural knowledge of God in their unrighteousness
• ...yet still have no excuse for their unbelief
• ...will not and cannot submit to God's Word
• ...are liable to the "futility of unbelief"
• ...are kept by common grace from the full consequences of their sin and unbelief.
- Regenerate believers...
• ...are healed (at least partially) from the noetic effects of sin
• ...have a saving knowledge of God
• ...readily submit to God's Word
• ...should think in a distinctively Christian way
,What constitutes the Christian worldview? Ethics: - ✔✔• Morality is real, objective, and universal.
• Morality is grounded in the divine character and will.
• Moral accountability is grounded in divine judgment.
• Moral truths can be known through both natural revelation and special revelation.
• Morality has deontological, teleological, and existential aspects.
- Deontological: laws/duties are relevant to ethical evaluation (e.g., Rom. 13:7-9).
- Teleological: consequences are relevant to ethical evaluation (e.g., Rom. 14:20-21).
- Existential: motivation ("the heart") is relevant to ethical evaluation (e.g., Matt. 15:18-20).
What constitutes the Christian worldview? Salvation: - ✔✔• The basic problem: human sin
that invites divine wrath and judgment.
• The only solution: divine salvation through the cross of Christ.
• God's part in salvation: incarnation and atonement.
- Redemption is appointed by God the Father.
- Redemption is accomplished by God the Son.
- Redemption is applied by God the Holy Spirit.
Our part in salvation: faith and repentance—not meritorious works!
Classical Apologetics: What is their basic motto? - ✔✔• Faith based on Reason
What is the basic approach for a Classical Apologist? - ✔✔• A two-stage approach to demonstrating
that Christianity is true:
- Stage 1: Show that God exists using traditional theistic arguments.
• Ontological argument: the non-existence of God is not consistently conceivable.
• Cosmological argument: the contingent universe required a necessary first cause.
• Teleological argument: the apparent design in the universe points to a designer.
• Moral argument: objective moral laws point to a transcendent law-giver.
- Stage 2: Show that Jesus was the Son of God using historical arguments.
• Preliminary argument: the Gospels are at least generally historically reliable.
,• Argument from prophecy: Jesus was foretold in the Old Testament.
• Argument from character: Jesus was morally perfect and a sublime teacher.
• Argument from miracles: Jesus' miracles point to his supernatural origins.
• Argument from resurrection: Jesus' resurrection confirms his claim to be divine.
What reasons are given for adopting the Classical approach? - ✔✔• This approach to defending
the Christian faith has a strong historical pedigree.
• The argument has a straightforward logical structure.
• You have to use premises and assumptions that are acceptable to the non-Christian.
• You cannot argue for miracles without first arguing for God's existence.
Who are some of its most well known Classical Apo. proponents? - ✔✔• Norman Geisler
• R. C. Sproul
• J. P. Moreland
• William Lane Craig
What are the strengths of Classical Apologetics? - ✔✔• Classical Apologetics has a strong
historical pedigree.
• The two-stage approach of Classical Apologetics is simple enough to understand.
• Classical Apologetics purports to rely only on universally (or widely) accepted principles of reason.
• Classical Apologetics offers itself as an objective approach to defending Christianity.
• Many of the arguments used in Classical Apologetics seem to be sound (i.e., logically valid with true
premises).
What are the weaknesses of Classical Apologetics? - ✔✔• It pays insufficient attention to the
noetic effects of sin.
• It assumes that everyone agrees about the basic principles of reason.
• It can give the impression that God's revelation is ambiguous.
• It gives the impression that human reason is religiously neutral, i.e., that some aspects of
human experience are independent of God (or the Christian worldview).
, • It gives the impression that human reason is autonomous.
• In the second stage of its case for Christianity, it seems to hold the rationality of the Christian faith
hostage to the methods and conclusions of secular historians.
• It seems inconsistent for a Christian apologist, committed to a Christian theory of knowledge, to ask
an unbeliever to treat the Bible just like any other ancient document.
• Classicalists fail to recognize that it is possible to argue for the Christian worldview in a way that
(a) doesn't beg the question yet (b) doesn't assume neutrality or autonomy.
• It is quite rationalistic in its approach; it can therefore face problems when it comes to
defending central Christian doctrines like the Trinity and the Incarnation.
Evidentialist Apologetics: What is its basic motto? - ✔✔• Faith based on Evidence
What is the basic approach for an Evidentialist? - ✔✔• A one-stage approach to demonstrating that
Christianity is most probably true:
- Show that Christianity offers the most probable explanation for our total evidence.
• Evidence from the existence of the physical universe
• Evidence from the fine-tuning of the physical universe
• Evidence from the origins of life
• Evidence from apparent design in biology
• Evidence from human consciousness and human values
• Evidence from religious experience in general
• Evidence from miracles (esp. Jesus' miracles)
• Evidence from biblical prophecies
• Evidence from the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth
• Evidence from the testimony of the early Christians
• Evidence from the history of the Christian church
What reasons are given for adopting the Evidentialist approach? - ✔✔• As a general principle,
factual questions are settled by an appeal to evidence.
• Christians need to answer the skeptical challenge: "Not enough evidence!"
• Christianity can be demonstrated scientifically like any other hypothesis.
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