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ApologeticsFinal
Exam
How
does
the
cross
serve
as
a
symbol
of
both
strength
and
humility?
-
ANS-
The
future
glory
Christians
will
have
in
CHrist
helps
us
to
carry
our
cross
with
bold
humility
as
we
live
in
and
engage
with
the
world
What
is
an
apologetics
of
glory?
-
ANS-
-seek
honor,
power,
and
personal
satisfaction
from
an
apologetic
encounter
-exhibit
pride
and
triumphalism
-diminish
the
scandal
of
the
cross
to
make
it
more
palatable
to
the
current
culture
What
does
it
mean
to
be
an
apologist
at
the
cross?
-
ANS-
-Engage
others
with
humility,
honesty,
and
confidence
in
the
apparent
foolishness
of
the
cross
-sacrifice
personal
triumph
-submit
to
God
and
His
word
What
are
the
idols
of
cultural
acceptance?
-
ANS-
Ethics
and
knowledge
Ethics
-
ANS-
Modify
the
Bible's
ethics
in
favor
of
one
that
is
more
acceptable,
to
an
ethics
based
on
self-gratification
or
personal
freedom
as
the
highest
good
Submitting
to
God's
authority
-
ANS-
We
must
seek
to
change
others
because
we
fear
God,
not
seek
to
change
God
because
we
fear
others
Knowledge
-
ANS-
Humans
also
lust
for
autonomous,
exhaustive
knowledge.
As
creatures,
we
are
contingent
beings
realizing
the
limits
of
creaturely
knowledge
-
ANS-
It
is
important
to
acknowledge
that
there
are
certain
mysteries
in
the
world
that
God
has
not
filled
us
in
on,
and
that
we
will
never
have
the
independent,
all-encompassing
view
on
reality
that
God
does
What
is
strong
empiricism?
-
ANS-
-Does
not
accept
anything
unless
empirically
verified
-Is
self-refuting
and
impractical
-Does
not
consider
that
intelligent
people
don't
interpret
data
the
same
way
-Rejects
that
sin
affects
our
reasoning,
affections,
and
cultural
plausibility
structures
-accepts
a
limited
amount
of
proofs
i.e.
5
+
5
=
10
What
are
unrealistic
expectations?
-
ANS-
-expects
a
God's
eye
view
of
the
world -does
not
consider
that
there
are
questions
that
aren't
answerable
in
black
and
white
-in
practice,
refuses
to
see
that
humans
are
limited
What
are
the
six
lessons
learned
from
the
study
of
humility
and
wisdom
in
Proverbs?
-
ANS-
-Listen
and
take
others
seriously—Prov .
18:13
-Avoid
falsely
representing
the
other
side
(21:28)
-Resist
assuming
motives
(16:2;
20:5)
-Find
points
of
agreement
to
affirm
(15:1)
-Resist
focusing
on
periphery
(13:10)
-Avoid
being
unnecessarily
antagonistic
(20:3)
Know
the
three
specific
aspects
of
a
theological
anthropology
-
ANS-
humans
are
1)
intellectually
reflective
and
2)
moral
beings
who
3)
worship.
intellectually
reflective
beings
-
ANS-
-focusing
on
the
analytical
and
empirical
apologetic
methods
can
leave
the
false
impression
that
apologetics
is
exclusively
an
intellectual
activity
in
which
people
make
a
decision
for
or
against
Christianity
just
by
sorting
out
all
the
facts
-While
we
do
use
our
intellect
when
we
make
commitments
and
decisions,
we
never
make
them
on
purely
intellectual
basis
moral
beings
-
ANS-
not
all
humans
or
cultures
agree
on
a
particular
moral
standard,
but
that
all
humans
and
cultures
have
a
moral
standard
and
make
moral
judgments
about
what
is
good,
bad,
appropriate,
inappropriate,
meaningful,
and
inconsequential
worshipping
beings
-
ANS-
-All
people
worship
something
-The
thing
we
love
most
is
what
we
will
serve,
and
what
we
serve
is
what
we
love
most
Know
the
three
anthropological
models
discussed
in
connection
with
James
K.
A.
Smith
and
which
model
of
human
beings
he
proposes
and
why
("desiring"
beings).
-
ANS-
-Humans
as
primarily
"thinking"
beings
---Our
mind
is
who
we
are,
our
body
is
merely
accidental
-Humans
as
primarily
"believing"
beings
---Defined
by
a
worldview
that
is
pre-rational
or
supra-rational
-Humans
as
primarily
"desiring"
beings
---Embodied
agents
of
desire
or
love
Be
familiar
with
the
section
that
discusses
why
reasons
are
not
always
enough.
-
ANS-
-people
have
to
want
to
believe
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