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Apologetics Test 1: 11/4/26 Study Guide

  1. Your test will be 35 questions, and you will have a full class period to complete it. The questions will be in the format of: multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and short answer questions. We will take some time to review during the first period on Wednesday before taking the test during the second period.

  2. Be prepared to answer questions based on the two types of revelation and their corresponding Bible verses:

    1. General Revelation: God’s universal revelation about Himself and morality that can be seen in nature by everyone

      1. Psalm 19:1- ‘The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”

    2. Special Revelation: God’s unique revelation about himself through the Scriptures, miraculous events, and Jesus Christ

      1. Hebrews 1:1-2- “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.”

  3. Be prepared to answer questions based on the inspiration of the Bible.

    1. When Christians say the Bible is divinely inspired, they mean God used the writers to communicate exactly what he wanted and yet did so without overriding their personalities. The sixty-six books in the Bible were written by forty different men over 1500 years, yet it is one completely coherent book.

  4. Be prepared to answer questions based on the inerrancy of the Bible

    1. To say that Bible is “inerrant” means it is without error

    2. The essential doctrines of faith have been reliably transmitted and the best translations today do not mislead in any areas they address.

  5. Be prepared to answer questions on relativism

    1. Truth, knowledge and morality are relative to the individual, society, or historical context.

  6. Be prepared to answer questions on scientism

    1. The belief that all knowledge comes solely through the scientific method

  7. Be prepared to answer questions on objective and subjective truth claims

    1. Objective: does not depend on one’s beliefs, makes a claim of fact about the independent world

    2. Subjective: changes according to one’s beliefs, makes a claim of fact about the personal beliefs of an individual

  8. Know the difference between hard and soft authority

  9. Be able to explain, in detail, the two-story concept of truth and give examples for each

    1. Values: primitive, subjective and relative 

    2. Facts: public, objective, universal

  10. What are the five most important questions that every human being must deal with?

    1. Origin- Where did we come from?

    2. Identity- Who are we?

    3. Meaning- What is real and true and how do we know?

    4. Morality- How should we live?

    5. Destiny- What happens next?

  11. Be prepared to match different worldviews with their sacred texts:

    1. Muslim- Quran 

    2. Secular Humanists- Humanist Manifesto

    3. Marxists- Communist Manifesto

    4. Hindus- Bhagavad Gita

    5. Libertarians- Atlas Shrugged

  12. What does the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 tell us about the accuracy of the Bible?

    1. It has been accurately transmitted and it is based on real people, places, and events. 

  13. Which of these worldviews gives a better basis for true knowledge: naturalism or Christian theism?

    1. You’ll have to answer this one on your own!

  14. Be prepared to define and give an example of a self-refuting claim

    1. A statement that attempts to affirm two opposite propositions at the same time and in the same sense. 

    2. You’ll have to give an example!