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BIBL425 Christian Worldview Essay Instructions
BIBL425 Christian Worldview Essay Instructions
BIBL425 Christian Worldview Essay Instructions
Materials: Across the Spectrum Chapter 78, Doctrines that Divide Chapters 1112
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(Across the Spectrum ch. 7) Be able to define and distinguish between the following three views
of the atonement: 1) the penal substitution view, 2) the Christus Victor view, and 3) the moral
government view.
(Across the Spectrum ch. 7) Which view of the atonement has the highest degree of support in
the contemporary evangelical community?
(Across the Spectrum ch. 7) How does the Old Testament sacrificial system foreshadow the penal
substitution view of the atonement?
(Across the Spectrum ch. 7) What view of the atonement was the dominant view of the early
church (until the eleventh century)?
(Across the Spectrum ch. 7) How does the Christus Victor view use the resurrection as an appeal
of support?
(Across the Spectrum ch. 7) According to the moral government view, what is the purpose of the
atonement? In your opinion, does this meet the requirements of biblical orthodoxy?
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(Across the Spectrum ch. 8) Understand that the debate over salvation is not whether
predestination and election are biblical, but rather, the debate centers around questions regarding
how election works and on what basis God predestines people.
(Across the Spectrum ch. 8) Be familiar with some of the historical and contemporary proponents
of both Calvinism and Arminianism, and be able to distinguish between the basic tenets of each
view.
(Across the Spectrum ch. 8) Be able to list and define the five points of Calvinism.
(Across the Spectrum ch. 8) Be familiar with the argument from logical coherence in support
of the Calvinist view.
(Across the Spectrum ch. 8) How do Calvinists respond to passages of Scripture suggesting that
God wants all of the world to be saved?
(Across the Spectrum ch. 8) What are the four motifs that logically support the Arminian
position?
(Across the Spectrum ch. 8) In what two possible ways does Arminianism understand biblical
election?
(Doctrines that Divide ch. 11) Know the content of the five articles drafted by Jacob Arminius
and his followers to respond to Calvinism. How do these articles compare to Semi-Pelagianism?
(Doctrines that Divide ch. 11) Know the contents of the five points of Calvinism and how they
compare to the five articles of the Remonstrance.
(Doctrines that Divide ch. 11) Understand the point of limited atonement in the five points of
Calvinism. How do Calvinists defend this position, and what terms do they prefer that the
doctrine be known by?
(Doctrines that Divide ch. 12) Know the differences between the views of John Wesley and
George Whitefield regarding mans freewill and his capacity to choose or not choose God.
(Doctrines that Divide ch. 12) Know the nature of the content of the preaching in each of the two
Great Awakenings. Was the preaching of the First Great Awakening characteristic of Calvinism
or Arminianism? What about the Second Great Awakening?
The penal substitution view
16th century perspective, Christ actually bore the
punishment humanity deserved.
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