APOLOGETICS MIDTERM EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST
2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS. GRADE A+ ASSURED.
1. The future glory christians will have in christ helps us to carry our cross with bold
humility as we live and engage with the world: true
2. A strong empiricism will accept a limited amount of proofs, proofs such as "five plus
five equals 10" or "bachelors are unmarried men": true
3. Alvin plantinga stated that there is no argument which will fully persuade
everyone or absolutely prove christianity: true
4. If the bible does not solve a tension explicitly, we can still legitimately suggest
how things might fit together: true
5. Jesus and paul were usually tougher on insiders than outsiders: true
6. An apologist of glory engages others in apologetic encounters in order to achieve::
all of the above (honor, power, personal satisfaction)
7. The two analogies (apologistics of glory and apologetics at the cross) were inspired
by which reformed/theologian?: Martin Luther
8. Which of the following applies to unrealistic expectations?: Expects a god's eye-view
of the world
9. "it is one's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel" (prov. 20:3)/
The author uses this provers to illustrate which practical apologetic lesson?: Avoid
being unnecessarily antagonistic
10. "To answer before listening- that is folly and shame" (Prov. 18:13). the au- thors use
this proverb to illustrate which practical apologetic lesson?: Listen and take others
seriously
11. The biblical usage of the word heart indicates that we are compartmental- ized
beings: false
12. Focusing primarily on more logical, philosophical, and empirical apologet- ics
methods can leave the false impression that apologetics is exclusively an intellectual
activity: true
13. James A. K. Smith suggests that the best model for human persons is humans as
primarily "believing" beings: False
14. Worship, baptism, and the celebrations of the Lord's Supper serve as visual
apologetics for the gospel: True
15. What the authors are offering in this chapter (and book) is a necessary narrowing
of the apologetic method: False
16. The biblical usage of the word heart refers to which aspects of the human psyche?:
all
17. To which model of humanity does the following statement apply, "Our mind is who
we are, our body is merely incidental": Humans are primarily "thinking" beings
, 18. Which of the following is not apart of the anthropological model presented by the
author?: none of the above (all part: moral beings, worshipping beings, intellectually
reflective)
19. In apologetics, stories are not only effective for
subverting other false stories, but perhaps even more significantly for striking at people's
hearts and casting a vision of the life: good
20. This refers to the framework assumed by a culture which further defines the sorts
of things considered plausible to believe: Cultural relationally
21. This is what is used in elementary mathematics and in certain assumed rules for
communicating and thinking that seem to be universal: basic logic
22. Which analogy is used to demonstrate the interplay between thinking,
believing, and desiring?: Marriage
23. It is possible to present the gospel in a culture without doing contextual- izing: false
24. Paul suggests that to contextualize is to abandon the gospel message: -
false
25. Paul saw that there was some truth in the Greek culture but only if it was applied
to the true God: True
26. Cultural plausibility structures refer to beliefs we deem plausible because the people
around us support them: true
27. Understanding plausibliity structures is not exactly vital for apologetics but should
influence our apologetic method form time to time: false
28. which aspect of our apologetic endeavor sets the limits of contextualiza- tion?: the
gospel
29. These three components were part of an apologetic to which group: the spirit has
been poured out, wonders and signs have occurred, Jesus fits the criteria expected of the
Messiah?: jews
30. To which culture do we see patterns of engagement that were similar to legal
proceedings of that culture?: Romans
31. As Christians apologists, it is
important that we understand how people's assumptions and beliefs are conditioned:
both A and B (historically and culturally)
32. Appealing to the authority of prophetic passages in the OT was contextu- alization to
which group?: The Jews
33. Which analogy was used to display how unaware we can be of our own culture?:
Smell
34. To which culture did Paul's apologetic method include quotes from peo- ple's own
philosophers and poets?: Greeks
2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS. GRADE A+ ASSURED.
1. The future glory christians will have in christ helps us to carry our cross with bold
humility as we live and engage with the world: true
2. A strong empiricism will accept a limited amount of proofs, proofs such as "five plus
five equals 10" or "bachelors are unmarried men": true
3. Alvin plantinga stated that there is no argument which will fully persuade
everyone or absolutely prove christianity: true
4. If the bible does not solve a tension explicitly, we can still legitimately suggest
how things might fit together: true
5. Jesus and paul were usually tougher on insiders than outsiders: true
6. An apologist of glory engages others in apologetic encounters in order to achieve::
all of the above (honor, power, personal satisfaction)
7. The two analogies (apologistics of glory and apologetics at the cross) were inspired
by which reformed/theologian?: Martin Luther
8. Which of the following applies to unrealistic expectations?: Expects a god's eye-view
of the world
9. "it is one's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel" (prov. 20:3)/
The author uses this provers to illustrate which practical apologetic lesson?: Avoid
being unnecessarily antagonistic
10. "To answer before listening- that is folly and shame" (Prov. 18:13). the au- thors use
this proverb to illustrate which practical apologetic lesson?: Listen and take others
seriously
11. The biblical usage of the word heart indicates that we are compartmental- ized
beings: false
12. Focusing primarily on more logical, philosophical, and empirical apologet- ics
methods can leave the false impression that apologetics is exclusively an intellectual
activity: true
13. James A. K. Smith suggests that the best model for human persons is humans as
primarily "believing" beings: False
14. Worship, baptism, and the celebrations of the Lord's Supper serve as visual
apologetics for the gospel: True
15. What the authors are offering in this chapter (and book) is a necessary narrowing
of the apologetic method: False
16. The biblical usage of the word heart refers to which aspects of the human psyche?:
all
17. To which model of humanity does the following statement apply, "Our mind is who
we are, our body is merely incidental": Humans are primarily "thinking" beings
, 18. Which of the following is not apart of the anthropological model presented by the
author?: none of the above (all part: moral beings, worshipping beings, intellectually
reflective)
19. In apologetics, stories are not only effective for
subverting other false stories, but perhaps even more significantly for striking at people's
hearts and casting a vision of the life: good
20. This refers to the framework assumed by a culture which further defines the sorts
of things considered plausible to believe: Cultural relationally
21. This is what is used in elementary mathematics and in certain assumed rules for
communicating and thinking that seem to be universal: basic logic
22. Which analogy is used to demonstrate the interplay between thinking,
believing, and desiring?: Marriage
23. It is possible to present the gospel in a culture without doing contextual- izing: false
24. Paul suggests that to contextualize is to abandon the gospel message: -
false
25. Paul saw that there was some truth in the Greek culture but only if it was applied
to the true God: True
26. Cultural plausibility structures refer to beliefs we deem plausible because the people
around us support them: true
27. Understanding plausibliity structures is not exactly vital for apologetics but should
influence our apologetic method form time to time: false
28. which aspect of our apologetic endeavor sets the limits of contextualiza- tion?: the
gospel
29. These three components were part of an apologetic to which group: the spirit has
been poured out, wonders and signs have occurred, Jesus fits the criteria expected of the
Messiah?: jews
30. To which culture do we see patterns of engagement that were similar to legal
proceedings of that culture?: Romans
31. As Christians apologists, it is
important that we understand how people's assumptions and beliefs are conditioned:
both A and B (historically and culturally)
32. Appealing to the authority of prophetic passages in the OT was contextu- alization to
which group?: The Jews
33. Which analogy was used to display how unaware we can be of our own culture?:
Smell
34. To which culture did Paul's apologetic method include quotes from peo- ple's own
philosophers and poets?: Greeks
