Christian Worldview- Professor Wittmer Cornerstone University Final Exam

How does Cratch say we best develop Culture?

We don't just copy it, we don't just consume it, we create it, we cultivate it. We contribute to the culture.

What are Niebuhr's categories? (know what they represent)

Christ against culture, Christ of culture, Christ above love culture, Christ culture and paradox, Christ transforming culture, Kingdom, the tension between the kingdom is the church, the gathered church is the gospel, preaching the gospel, and the scattered church is living for Christ in creation

What's the root of all sin?

Autonomy

What are the stages?

Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation

What are the five elements of consummation?

spiritual bodies, ever escalating culture, certainty we will never sin, Immanuel, deeper understanding of God

What are the aspects of original sin? What does it amount to?

Guilt and corruption

What does it mean to image God?

We represent him as his image bearers, We represent him on earth, We mediate his to the rest of the church, We also resemble him, We have higher faculties, intellect, communication, We walk on two legs so we represent him, Remember relationship Genesis 1:27 "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.", God is in his image male and female, (represent, resemble, relationship)

Why do we rest?

Exodus account is you rest because God rested when he made the world we rest because it's good, Humans rest, creation, everything created means rest, Deuteronomy 5, the sabbath command because he rescued us from Egypt and bondage and slavery, Creation, Humans need it, Christian faith

What does Sabbath point to?

Jesus our salvation in Christ, Salvation comes down to resting in Jesus

What two people said our bodies are bad?

Plato, Gnostics

What has Plato said?

Forms over matter

What did Plato say about what's good and bad?

Heaven is good, Earth is bad, My soul is good, My body is bad

What were the Gnostics?

Second century heretical group

What were the Gnostics beliefs?

Body is bad, My soul that's the real me

Where is our final destiny? Where if you're a Christian live forever?

Celestial paradise

What's the main reason that Jesus died on the cross?

Satisfy the wrath of God by doing that he defeated all sin

What did he defeat by satisfying God's wrath when dying on the cross?

Sin, Death, Satan

Why does an actual believing that there's a real Adam?

Actual first man

Why does Adam being the first man matter theologically?

Explains why we all sin

Do we build the Kingdom?

No

Do we establish the Kingdom?

No

Do we receive the Kingdom?

Yes

How is the new earth different from this one?

No sin, We'll be righteous

What's the best motivation and how do you avoid legalism and license?

Thanksgiving, Gratitude

What are the three R's?

Return of Christ, Resurrection of your body, Restoration and redemption of the world

What are two aspects of the Fall which will not be fixed on the new world? (consequences of the fall)

Jesus scars, Serpent is still cursed