STUDY GUIDE

Apologetics Chapter 18 Exam

Complete this study guide by reading Chapter 18 pages 455-476. You will also need to
reference your notes in your folder to find answers to some of the questions. Out of all of the
questions below, there will only be 6 that are not used. Therefore, it is very important you have
the correct answers for all of the questions.

1. What are the 3 reasons for Apologetics (folder/handout)?

2. Why are doubts so prevalent (folder/handout: there are 5 key points)?

3. Do the decisions we make about whom to be friends with, what to study in

college, where to live, and what kind of community to be involved with have
consequences affect us all of our days?(18.2)

4. What was unique about the tribe of Issachar in 1 Chronicles 12:32? (18.2)

5. Is the Bible clear that walking in the right way is impossible without divine
guidance? (18.2)

6. Does Christianity say the Bible reveals who God is as well as the truth about
humanity and reality? (18.2)

7. What is most consistent with the biblical view of faith? (18.2)

8. Should we use the Bible as a compass for our lives?(18.3)

9. What is the best selling book in the world? (18.3)

10. What does the Bible promise? (18.3)

11. In which verse do we find the Great Commission? (18.3)

12. Which passage notes that all of Scriptures are breathed by God? (18.3)

13. Did Jesus consider ALL of Scripture to be authoritative? (18.3)

14. Did Jesus confer authority on his disciples? (18.3)

15. What lends credibility to the Bible's reliability? (18.4) hint: there are two things.

16. What is the percentage of accuracy in the Bible? (18.4)

17. Why do people believe the Bible is untrustworthy? (18.4) hint: there are 3

18. What does it mean to say that God is holy? (18.5)

19. What does it mean to say that God is eternal? (18.5)

20. What does it mean to say that God is all-knowing? (18.5)

21. What does it mean to say that God is all-powerful? (18.5)

22. What does the doctrine of the Trinity affirm? (18.5)

23. What do God's covenants do? (18.6)

24. How is the kingdom of God described? (18.6)

25. What verse insists that Christians should love their neighbor and love their God
with their entire being?(18.7)

26. Does Animism, Hinduism, or Buddhism teach that human beings are made in
God’s image?

27. What verse warns Christians "not to be conformed to the world but to be
transformed by the renewal of your mind'? (18.8)

28. What are two mistakes people make when studying the Bible? (18.8)

29. Are religious truth claims preferences or opinions? (18.10)

30. Is Faith primarily a subjective or an objective matter? (18.10)

31. Is the Bible a book of science? (18.12)

32. What is tolerance? (18.13)

 33. According to some Eastern religions, what is evil? (18.14)

34. Can evil exist without good? (18.14)

35. What is God's ultimate answer to the problem of evil? (18.14)

36. Does the Bible present hell as a part of God’s answer to the problem of evil?(18.15)

37. How does the Bible describe hell? (18.15)

38. Because God is just, should he forgive sin? (18.15)

39. Is God a mean bully? (18.16)

40. What are the six reasons people walk away from Christianity? (18.17)

You will need to know the following words meanings:

resurrection

Revelation

Omnipotent
Tolerance

Textual variants

Omnipresent

miracle

Elohim

doctrine of the Trinity

Yahweh

Shalom

Omniscient

covenant

Cosmology

Repentance