Contemporary Theology Final

American Baptist Convention

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Bible Baptist Fellowship

G. B. Vick

Fundamental Baptist Fellowship

B. Myron Cedarholm

False

Biblical fellowship (and biblical separation) are grounded in the mercy of God.

doctrinal core

When Fundamentalism began to unite, these believers started with …

false

Fundamentalism is the belief that men of God wear ties as a doctrinal conviction.

True

When believers begin with methodology, it is easier to become pragmatic in our decisions.

False

One characteristic of a liberal Christian is the attendance at a movie theater.

True

A theological liberal is one who denies the fundamentals of the faith.

True

A new evangelical believes the fundamentals of the faith but does not separate from theological liberals.

True

The Bible teaches booth the principle and the necessity of separation.

True

It’s possible to take a right position on separation with a wrong disposition.

False

God never command us to separate form Christian brothers.

Adoniram Judson

What missionary was responsible for the founding of the Northern Baptist Convention?

True

Biblical separation has always been a doctrine of the church, since the beginning of the New Testament.

False

Baptist beliefs did not pre-exist the Reformation.

True

The SBC is governed so that not only is there a national convention, but also state conventions.

True

The Northern Baptist Convention became known as the American Baptist Convention.

False

The question of whether a pastor wears a tie or no tie is a doctrinal one.

False

The “autonomy of churches” and the individual soul liberty should be used by Christian leaders to justify all new changes.

True

Christ is the Head of the Church. We are not the owners.

False

Pastors who sing less than three hymns should be defined as a new evangelical.

True

There were five fundamentals of the faith given in class.

True

A young fundamentalist should beware the Calvinism in conservative evangelical circles.

False

It is recommended that we change our doctrinal positions based upon personalities and/or problems we see.

False

Those leaving Fundamentalism are excited to find out that there are no personality or problem issues within other Christian groups.

True

The 1850s-1920s saw Fundamentalists battle with modernism/liberalism.

John Clarke

This Baptist secured the first legal document in America for religious liberty.

Shubal Stearns

The revival and church planting work of this Baptist helped the South become the “Bible Belt.”

True

The 1920s-1950s saw the Fundamentalists battling with Mainline Denominations.

True

Discernment is needed to determine who we platform with.

False

It is not possible to enjoy personal fellowship with someone that you would not platform with.

False

The doctrine of separation is a recent phenomenon in today’s churches.

True

We are clearly commanded to separate from unbelievers and not cooperate with them in the work of Christ.

True

The Scriptures teach that there are times when a believer must separate from another believer.

Verse 1

Avoid Arguing

Verses 2-5

Allow for Grace

Verses 6-9

Adore God

Verses 10-12

Attend to the End

Verse 13-16, 21

Abstain from Offences

Verses 17-20

Arrange Priorities

Verses 22-23

Appreciate Faith

False

Modernism and post-modernism are practically the same thing.

False

Women never served in any forms of leadership in the Old Testament or the New.

Aquilla

Who was not a women who participated in Paul’s ministry?

2 Corinthians 11

What is not a passage that discusses women serving in ministry?

False

By writing for women to “keep silence,” Paul was commanding all women never to speak a single syllable in any public or private ministry.

True

Scripture does not allow a woman to hold the office of a pastor, but allows for many other opportunities to serve the Lord in ministry.

Sarah

Which Old Testament woman was not discussed in the lecture?

True

Walter Rauschenbush wrote “A Theology of the Social Gospel,” teaching that Jesus did not die for substitutionary atonement, but “to substitute love for selfishness as the basis of human society.”

False

Our ultimate reconciliation with God depends on our reconciliation with those around us.

True

In the last few decades, Liberalism has moved from an emphasis on doctrine to an emphasis on social issues.

False

In the realm of social justice, there is no liberal or conservative propaganda to be aware of.

True

The sins of racism, prejudice, and apathy, like any other sins, are individual.

True

Churches must have something to say about politics, but at the same time, churches must have have something to say beyond politics.

Christian

The next step from the concept of white privilege is the concept of … privilege.

False

White guilt is a concept found inside the Bible.

False

Racial injustice is a new sin that has caught God off guard in recent years.

True

The Hindu practice of “Sati” (burying alive widows with their dead husbands) was abandoned after the preaching of William Carey.

To Know Before

Foreknowledge

A Title and a Mission

Election

Not Eternity past

The Beginning

Conforming the the Image of His Son

Predestimation

Receiving our Inheritance (A Future Event)

Adoption

Dynamic Equivalency v. Formal Equivalency

Select the weak argument for using the KJV below…

False

The KJV is the seventh English translation, and thus “purified seven times.” (Psalm 12:6)

The Amount of Syllables in Each Word

The reading level test of the KJV was based on…

False

Formal and dynamic equivalency are more like an on-off switch than an oven.

Manuscripts

Older … are not always better.

Texts

Shorter … are not always better.

Translations

Newer … are not always better.

Used vellum and parchment instead of papyrus.

The first “copying revolution” was when scribes…

Codex Sinaticus and Codex Vaticanus

Aleph and B are also known as…

Third

Which edition of the Erasmus’ TR is the most reliable?

True

An uncial/majuscule used only upper-case letters in writing.

True

Alexandrian manuscripts disagree more among themselves than with the Majority text.

True

One reason that there are less older Byzantine manuscripts than Alexandrian manuscripts would be the Edict of Diocletian.

True

We must take into consideration the biases of both the scribes and the translators of the Bible that we use.

Christology

The greatest doctrine affected by the omissions/changes in the Alexandrian text is …

True

There is a difference between “righteousness” and a “righteous act.”

1 John 5:7

The Johannine Comma is…

True

Winston Churchill said, “Must everything be pre-digested?”

False

Someone cannot be saved apart from using the KJV.

True

The focus of the translation discussion not be on relevancy; the focus should be on the preserved Word of God.