BTS 103 Final Exam Study Guide

1. Worldview Items

a. Definition of Worldview

i. It provides a framework of meaning for our lives and helps us make sense of the world around us

b. Basic Definitions of All Worldviews

i. Naturalism: Ultimate reality is physical/material

ii. Postmodernism: Ultimate reality is unknowable

iii. Immaterial Monism: Ultimate reality is immaterial

iv. Theism: Ultimate reality is a personal God. Three major monotheistic religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

c. Christian Worldview

i. The Christian worldview centers on the belief that the Bible is the true story of the whole world. Christ is the center of our story.

ii. The true story of the whole world is the true story for the whole world

d. Definition of Trinity

i. one God exists eternally in three persons

2. The Books of the Bible in order

3. Information from Textbook

a. Definition of the Kingdom of God

i. Gods People, in Gods place, under Gods Rule

b. Eight sections of the biblical story and the corresponding components (people, place, & rule and blessing) as outlined in your textbook

The kingdom of God	The pattern of the kingdom	The perished Kingdom	The promised Kingdom	The partial Kingdom	The prophesied kingdom	The present kingdom	The proclaimed kingdom	The perfected kingdom
God people	Adam and Eve	No-one	Abraham’s descendants	The Israelites	Remnant of Isreal; inclusion of nations	Jesus Christ: New Adam; New Isreal	The new Israel: Jew and Gentile believers in Christ	Multi-national family of God
Gods Place	The garden	Banished	Canaan	Canaan (and Jerusalem and temple)	New temple; new creation	Jesus Christ: true tabernacle; true temple	The individual believer; the Church	New creation, new Jerusalem, new temple
Gods Rule and Blessing	God’s word; perfect relationship	Disobedience and curse	Blessing to Isreal and the nations	The law and the king	New covenant; new king; great blessing	Jesus Christ: new covenant; rest	New covenant; Holy Spirit	Throne of God and the lamb; perfect blessing

4. Introduction to the Bible

a. Inspiration

i. All Scripture is breathed out by God

b. Genres in the Bible

i. poetry, proverbs

c. Canon

i. Definition

1. those writings which conform to the rule or standard of divine inspiration and authority

ii. Criteria for Canonization

1. Based on PROPHETIC authority

2. Based on APOSTOLIC authority

d. Traditional Acts of Biblical Story

i. Creation → Fall → Redemption → Restoration

5. Old Testament

a. Key Covenants

i. Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, and Davidic

ii. Order of Covenants in Biblical Story

1. Noah

2. Abrahamic

3. Mosaic

4. Davidic

iii. Basic Component(s) of Each Covenant

1. Abrahamic: Offspring, land, blessings

2. Mosaic: tabernacle, priesthood, and the sacrificial system

3. Davidic: house and throne would endure forever

b. Creation

i. God’s Description of Creation

1. good, blessed, ordered, mankind as the pinnacle of creation

ii. Humans in the Image of God

1. gives us dominion, gives us value (dignity)

c. Fall

i. Consequences of Adam and Eve’s Sin

1. shame

2. separation from God

3. curses and punishments

4. exile

5. death (later)

d. Exodus

i. Divine Name Revealed to Moses at Burning Bush

1. YAHWEH

ii. Ultimate Purpose of Plagues

1. So that Egypt may know that I am Yahweh!

e. Historical Books

i. Main Idea of Joshua

1. Yahweh’s GIFT of the LAND to Israel

ii. Judges: Rulers before the King

1. Israel becomes like the NATIONS

iii. Israel’s Request for a King

1. A rejection of YAHWEH as KING (be like nation)

iv. Important Kings

1. Saul, David, Solomon

v. Divided Kingdom

1. Isreal (Northern – Jeroboam)

2. Judah (Southern – Rehoboam)

vi. Exile of Both Kingdoms

1. Isreal: Assyrians

2. Judah: Babylonians

vii. Edict of Cyrus

1. Zerubbabel

viii. Rebuilding Projects in Ezra Nehemiah

1. The temple and wall

6. The Gospels

a. Nation in Control of Palestine at the Time of Jesus

i. Roman Empire

b. Key Jewish Groups at Time of Jesus

i. Pharisees and Sadducees and Zealots

c. Unique Features of Each Gospel

i. Matthew: To show Jesus as the fulfilment of the Old Testament

ii. Mark: DEITY of Jesus

iii. Luke: Jesus as Savior for ALL (holy spirit emphasis)

iv. John: DEITY of Jesus

7. Matthew

a. Key Events in Jesus’ Life and Their Significance

i. Genealogy and Birth

ii. Baptism and Temptation

iii. Ministry in Galilee

iv. Transfiguration

v. Ministry in Judea

vi. Last Supper, Arrest, and Trial

vii. Crucifixion

viii. Resurrection

ix. Great Commission

b. Jesus’ Message

i. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand

c. Key Components of Jesus’ Teachings

i. The Kingdom of God

ii. Repentance and Faith

iii. Love for God and Neighbor

iv. Humility and Service

v. Forgiveness and Reconciliation

d. Jesus’ Miracles

i. Sickness/disease

ii. Demons

iii. Creation

iv. Sin

v. Death

e. Jesus’ Parables

i. Reveal truth to those who were receptive and to conceal it from those who were hardened in their hearts.

f. Jesus’ Authority

i. Miracles

g. Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

i. Passover Meal to Cross

ii. Crucifixion

iii. Resurrection

iv. The Great Commission

8. Acts

a. Key Verse

a. Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

b. Key Characters

a. Peter, Paul, and Stephen

c. Key Movements in the Book

a. Witnesses in Jerusalem, Witnesses in Judea and Samaria, Witnesses to the Ends of the Earth

d. Relationship Between Jews and Gentiles

a. To underscore the UNDERSCORE of the Jews and Gentiles in the CHURCH