Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: According to the authors, if a person rejects God because they can’t understand what he is doing, they are not really rejecting the God presented in the Bible.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: According to the authors, part of what the gospel announces is who Jesus is.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Jesus does contradict the Old Testament’s story but at the same time, brings it to its intended goal.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Because of the changing cultural landscape and underlying assumptions of the day, it is sometimes necessary to sacrifice the message of the Cross in order to make Christianity more palatable.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Just follow your heart as a result of expressive individualism, best fits in which category of defeater?
Answer Options:
Christianity is too restrictive.
“The Christian sexual ethic is dehumanizing and Christians are homophobic.”
“Christians are a bunch of hypocrites.”
“Faith, in contrast to reason and science, is for people who believe things without any evidence.”
Answer: “The Christian sexual ethic is dehumanizing and Christians are homophobic.”
Question: Talk of cultural trends and traditions is something that only plagues graduate-level philosophy and should not influence our apologetic method.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of these could be considered a weakness of evidence-based approaches to apologetics?
Answer Options:
They focus too narrowly on persuasion that appeals to the mind.
They lack an appreciation for humans in different situations.
Scripture should ultimately determine what counts as a ‘good’ argument, not human reason.
All of the above
Only A and B.
Answer: All of the above
Question: This is what is used in elementary mathematics and in certain assumed rules for communicating and thinking that seem to be universal.
Answer Options:
Cultural rationality
Native rationality
Basic logic
Frameworks of rationality
Answer: Basic logic
Question: Which cultural challenge shows us that within the culture there is a contestability of all belief systems?
Answer Options:
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Answer: Modern pluralism
Question: Whenever the gospel is being presented in any culture, it is being contextualized.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The Evidential method of apologetics is known as the “two-step method.”
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: _____ is a basic understanding that undergirds one’s thinking on a given topic.
Answer Options:
Thesis statement
Hypothesis
Presupposition
Topic sentence
Answer: Presupposition
Question: The two analogies (apologetics of glory and apologist at the cross) were inspired by which reformer/theologian?
Answer Options:
John Calvin
Martin Luther
Ulrich Zwingli
Balthasar Hubmaier
Answer: Martin Luther
Question: At its normal intracellular and extracellular concentrations, ______ has the tendency to ______ the cell when the cell is at rest.
Answer Options:
Na+; leave
Na+; enter
K+; enter
K+; leave
Answer: K+; leave
Question: While one dominant religious culture used to be given “overwhelming credibility” and seen as “beyond challenge” in the Western world, such is no longer the case today.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The opportunity death affords our apologetic discussion is part of which cultural challenge?
Answer Options:
Modern pluralism
The ethics of authenticity
Religious lethargy
The therapeutic turn
Answer: Religious lethargy
Question: “John’s baptism – where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or of human origin?” is an example of which apologetic category?
Answer Options:
Logic and Reason
Raising questions in order to disarm
Personal, Ecclesial, and Holy Spirit Testimony
Reasons for Suffering
Apocalyptic Apologetic
Answer: Raising questions in order to disarm
Question: The “minimal facts” approach of Gary Habermas is a “soft” example of which apologetic type?
Answer Options:
Classical
Presuppositional
Answer: Classical