Bible Doctrines 2 Study Guide | TH360 BJU Enns Definitions

The __________ teaches that God never intended to pay for sin through the death of Christ, but wanted to move man to a place that he would feel an emotional pull to turn back to God.

Moral Influence Theory

The _________ teaches that Satan held people captive since the fall and that Christ's death paid a debt to settle Satan's claim on mankind.

Ransom to Satan Theory

The analogy of salvation as ___________ emphasizes the fact that salvation involves "making peace with God."

reconciliation

The picture of salvation as __________ deals specifically with God's wrath.

propitiation

A Christian who held _________ would most likely make this statement during a discussion regarding the extent of the atonment: "The Bible says that Christ died for false teachers who were 'denying the Lord that bought them.'"

Unlimited Atonement

A Christian who held _________ would most likely make this statement during a discussion regarding the extent of the atonment: "The word 'whosoever' always has an unrestricted meaning."

Unlimited Atonement

A Christian who held ___________ would most likely make this statement during a discussion regarding the extent of the atonment: "Logic demands that if Christ made atonement for every person, then all people will eventually be saved."

Limited Atonement

________ depends upon a particular interpretation of the phrase "formless and void."

Gap theory

Enns notes that the book of _______ is especially usefully in contradicting the idea held by some ________ that the body is inherently evil due merely to the fact that it is physical.

the Song of Solomon ... Greek philosophers

The doctrine of human depravity teaches that _____________.

all of a person is affected by sin.

The _________ teaches "that Christ went through all the phases of Adam's life and experience, including the experience of sin," enabling him "to succeed wherein Adam failed."

recapitulation Theory

The __________ teaches that God, in response to the death of Christ, set aside the requirement of the law and offers salvation to sinners.

Governmental Theory

The picture of salvation as __________ portrays salvation as settling a debt that man owes to God.

forgiveness

The picture of salvation as __________ portrays salvation God's declaration that a person is righteous--rather than sinful--in his sight.

justification

The prepositions __________ emphasize the substitutionary nature of Christ's death.

anti and huper

The analogy of salvation as ________ teaches us that salvation involves making a purchase.

redemption

Enns mentions that the term particular redemption (or definite redemption) is sometimes preferred over what common theological term?

Limited Atonement

A Christian who held to __________ would most likely make this statement during a discussion regarding the extent of the atonment: "The Bible says that Christ laid down his life for the sheep."

Limited Atonement

A Christian who held _________ would most likely make this statement during a discussion regarding the extent of the atonment: "The Bible says that Christ died for false teachers who were 'denying the Lord that bought them.'"

Unlimited Atonement

_________ refers to the level of holiness that a believer exhibits in his present life

Experiential Sanctification

Which view concerning the conditions for salvation does Enns note as being based on a misunderstanding of Acts 2:38?

Believe and be baptized

Enns notes that the doctrine of election __________ man's responsibility for his sinful state and lost condition.

does not nullify

Enns believe that there _____ an emotional component to conviction.

is

Which of the following does Enns not include in his response to the "believe only" view of salvation?

that repentance was part of the Old Covenant, but not the New Covenant.

God exhibits his __________ by sending rain on the just and the unjust

common grace

God uses _________ to move a person to believe in Jesus Christ as Savior.

efficacious grace

_________ involves the drawing power of God.

Efficacious grace

_________ specifically mention regeneration (or the new birth).

John 3 and Titus 3

Enns states that regeneration _________

happens in a single moment.

Jesus ___________ in John 10 to emphasize the believer's security.

uses double negatives

God exhibits __________ by restraining sin through institutions such as human government.

common grace

The Holy Spirit is involved in _________.

both the works of common and efficacious grace

Enns attributes the eternal security of the believer to __________

the work of the Father, Son, and the Spirit.

Enns notes that the doctrine of election __________ man's responsibility for his sinful state and lost condition.

does not nullify

Enns believe that there _____ an emotional component to conviction.

is

What is the name of Calvin's most significant work?

Institutes

The political conflict between _________ was the backdrop for the rise of the Calvinist confession of faith in England.

Charles I and Oliver Cromwell

The key Scottish leader of the Reformation, __________, studied under Calvin?

John Knox

The _________ Confession became the doctrinal foundation for many Protestant churches that affirm a strong Calvinistic position.

Westminster

A primary basis for irresistible grace is ________.

John 6:37-44

Limited Atonement is sometimes also referred to as ________.

particular redemption

According to Enns, the emphasis of the concept of total depravity is on the fact that _______.

man cannot do anything to initiate his own salvation

Regarding reprobation, Enns believes that it is ________.

not sustained by Scripture

Which does not reflect the direct biblical data on election?

False teachers are elected to hell.

Which view concerning the conditions for salvation does Enns not reject?

Believe the gospel

God exhibits __________ by restraining sin through institutions such as human government.

common grace

Calvin did the majority of his life's work in ________.

Geneva, Switzerland

The political conflict between _________ was the backdrop for the rise of the Calvinist confession of faith in England.

Charles I and Oliver Cromwell

Calvin _______ that God predestinated some to be eternally separated from Him.

taught

"Four-point Calvinists" generally reject or modify __________.

Limited Atonement

Regarding the effects of original sin on mankind, Arminian doctrine teaches that _________.

God's grace removes the condemnation associated with Adam's sin.

Arminianism teaches that man, apart from any work of grace, has the ability to come to God in faith.

False

Arminian doctrine was condemned at the _________ (1618-1619).

Synod of Dort

________ was the "birthplace" of Arminianism.

Holland (Netherlands)

Enns credits _________ with "reviving the true teachings of Arminius"?

John Wesley

Arminianism teaches that a believer ________.

may consciously forsake Christ and thereby choose to forfeit his salvation.

Arminian theology teaches that God intended the death of Christ _________.

to make salvation available to all mankind

Which view concerning the conditions for salvation does Enns not reject?

Believe the gospel

The Greek word for church _______.

most frequently refers to the local church

Regarding the phrase "husband of one wife," Enns believes the best interpretation is that it is a prohibition against _______.

being divorced and remarried

Enns states that the term presbyter ________.

occurs in both a literal and a figurative sense, referring to an older Christian of a leader in the church

Which statement best describes Enns' view concerning the church and the kingdom?

The offer for the kingdom was rejected and thus delayed, resulting in Christ's announcement that he would build his church.

Enns believes that the idea that the church began after the ascension is supported by the fact that _________

the only "technical" reference to the church in the Gospels occurs in a prophetic passage

When presenting the unity between Jews and Gentiles, God uses the image of the church as a ________.

body and building

Enns believes that referring to the church as "new Israel" _________.

is not biblically accurate

According to Enns, the church began ______.

at Pentecost when the disciples were first baptized by the Holy Spirit

Which of the following statements is true?

The terms "universal church" and "invisible church" are often interchangable.

Which metaphor for the church is developed mostly by Peter?

priesthood

Which picture of the church is developed exclusively by Paul?

The church as a body

___________ holds that the bread and wine change into the substance of Christ's body and blood, so that his body and blood are actually consumed during the observation of the Lord's supper

Transubstantiation

_________ holds that faith is not a necessary part of ensuring that the rite of baptism saves the soul of a person.

Roman Catholicis

Enns points out that a problem with ________ is that Scripture neither explicitly states or implicitly suggests that the recipient of the Lord's supper receives grace by means of his consuming the elements at the Lord's supper.

the Reformed view

The term sacrament refers to ________.

"an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace."

The Scripture __________ that the fellowship practiced by the early church included helping those who had no one else to supply their needs.

explicitly states

___________ holds that the bread and wine do not change into Christ's body and blood, but that Jesus's physical body is nonetheless still present.

Consubstantiation

Enns critiques ________ for treating Christ's saving work on the cross as essentially unfinished.

Transubstantiation

The basic meaning of the word baptizo is "_________."

to immerse

Most Methodist and Lutheran churches follow the _______ form of church government.

Episocopal

With what city is Zwingli most identified?

Zurich

The reformers believed that the ________ method was the best way to interpret Scripture.

literal

The "Holiness movement" arose within which denomination/movement?

Methodism

Regarding the terms presbyter and overseer, Enns believes that ________.

the terms refer to the same office

_______ is the primary Greek word for church.

ekklesia

The __________ teaches that Jesus was a preacher of the kingdom of God and died as a result of getting caught unawares in the struggle between good and evil.

Accident Theory

The ________ view of the Lord's supper holds that grace is communicated to the recipient because of a real, but non-physical presence of Christ in the elements (this grace mades the grace communicated through the Word of God even more effective).

Reformed view

Which form of church government does Enns believe is the most biblical?

Elements of Prebyterian and Congregational

The __________ form of church government has a synod.

Presbyterian

The _______ form of church government emphasizes autonomy and democracy.

Congregational

The _________, written in the 2nd century, indicates that the early church________.

Didache ... preferred baptism by immersion but allowed for pouring

Luther and Zwingli disagreed most significantly concerning _________.

the presence of Christ's body in the elements used in the Lord's Supper

_________ believed that baptism was necessary for salvation.

Luther

___________ is the name of Calvin's "magnum opus"?

Institutes of the Christian Religion

Calvin is most identified with the city of ________.

Geneva

The following quotation (from the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer) is describing which of the following kinds of separation that Sidwell discusses?

"From all inordinate and sinful affections and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us."

Personal separation

Which dichotomy does Sidwell discuss most (in chapter 2)?

Holiness vs. Love

Which statement regarding the Fundamentalist/Modernist controversy is true?

The Fundamentalists sought to exclude the Modernists/Liberals from their churches, schools, and mission boards.

Sidwell believes that the distinction between first- and second-degree separation _______.

is not valid

Jacobus Arminius began as a _____________ .

Calvinist

Luther believed that _______ sacraments were legitimate.

two

Regarding the Lord's supper, Luther held to _________.

Consubstantiation