Christian Worldview CWV-101 Final Exam Study Guide Solved 100%

Atheism - Answer Disbelief in the existence of a god or gods and, therefore, entails an understanding of reality that makes no reference to anything or any being beyond the physical universe. Pantheism - Answer Equates god with the universe and the universe with god by conceiving of both as identical and entirely consistent with one another. Theism - Answer A worldview that entails belief in the existence of at least one personal and intelligent divine being. Deism - Answer God does not interact with the universe He created. Young Earth View - Answer Earth is thousands of years old, humanity is uniquely created by God, and Genesis 1 refers to a seven day period in which the universe was created. Old Earth View - Answer Earth is billions of years old, humanity is uniquely created, and Genesis 1 refers to seven ages of time in which the universe was created. Theistic Evolution - Answer Evolution is the tool God uses to expand and grow the universe, God used the processof evolution in the natural world, and Genesis 1 refers to the matter or essence being created by God. Sovereign - Answer God has sole authority to rein over everything. Creation - Answer The first act of the biblical story where God made everything that exists out of nothing. Fall - Answer a theological expression that speaks to the second act of the biblical story in which Adam and Eve did not believe God and sinned when tempted by the devil. Restoration - Answer When people have been freed from sin to new life, Jesus continues to work in their lives, healing the scars of sin and brokenness, and making them new. Protoevangelion - Answer The first gospel which appears in Genesis 3:15. Idolatry - Answer The act of ascribing ultimate value or worth to anything other than Go, which, within the Christian Worldview, is to put anything before God. Atonement - Answer Reconciliation of humanity with God through the sacrifice/ suffering of Christ. Incarnation - Answer The event by which the Eternal Son of God became personally united ot the man Christ Jesus. Rescue - Answer God saving humanity through his Jesus. Repentance - Answer Change of heart results in a change in action. Redemption - Answer The purchase of something or someone out of bondage by a greater party; the action of Jesus redeeming or buying people back from the bondage of sin by paying the penalty for sin through his death and resurrection in order to set them free from sin for relationship with him. General Revelation - Answer Refers to the means God has used to reveal himself universally to humanity through nature, history, science, and reasoning.