Biblical Worldview Midterm

Although Christians should seek to participate in every realm, what should never be sacrificed in order to participate?

A person must look at the evidence without any presuppositions so that his bias won’t interfere with a fair analysis.

What you presuppose about God determines what counts as proof to you.

Self-consciousness, rationality, language, emotions and the ability to form relationships are all examples of __________

What term is used to describe God’s personally present accessibility to His creation?

In the public square, it is impossible to discern what justice is without

What pattern for man's task of subduing the earth was modeled in Gen 2 when God placed Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden?

Religion and politics shouldn’t mix. We should always keep our beliefs out of our politics.

Some people don’t have a worldview because they haven’t made a formal study of their own beliefs.

A heart system is made up of:

Which biblical characters did the textbook use to show the importance of distinguishing priorities based on context?

Who was the author of the book “What to Expect When No One’s Expecting”?

Rather than assuming neutrality in a so-called lower story, Christians must recognize unbiblical worldview influences

Which worldview believes that God is in everything, and everything is God?

God is the person who created the universe, but He doesn’t interact with it; He lets us work things out for ourselves.

Facts can be understood to be facts only through the lens of a worldview interpretation

What's probably the best way to go about changing culture?

The term materialism can refer to the belief that all of reality can be explained according to physical processes.

As long as a person has a set of beliefs and values, a metanarrative is unnecessary for their worldview.

When religious values are excluded from the public square, conflicts can be resolved through the neutrality of reason

Finite humans don’t have any accurate knowledge of a transcendent God.

Which attribute best describes the perfect fullness of God in and of Himself, meaning He needs nothing outside Himself?

A person’s worth should be based on .

Evidence should be used to refute the unfounded claims of unbelievers.

Faith is always anti-intellectual

What ultimately motivates every person?

Showing love to God and others is more important than following the laws in the Bible.

What term is used to describe God’s distinction so far above the universe that He’s in an unrivaled category all His own

What biblical term identifies humankind's personal and moral similarities to God?

Knowledge is:

God or the spiritual realm is entirely set apart from the physical realm and at odds with it.

Which European intellectual proposed that human reasoning ought to be the ultimate neutral standard for reliability

Since unbelievers aren't blessed by God, they aren't able to subdue the earth.

When a person examines a piece of evidence, his conclusions are always formed according to both head and heart systems.

Christians ought to distinguish between reverance and irreverance, purity and impurity.

What is a basic belief?

A head system is made up of _____?

Knowledge is a matter of _____.

What illustration is often used to portray the separation between the sacred and the secular?

The source of human value and meaning must be rooted in God's image rather than in self-esteem.

Christians should ignore culture and focus on filing and subduing the earth instead.

What’s essential for cultural creativity to flourish?

God no longer intends humans to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth; the Great Commission is all that matters

What are you seeking to find out when you trace someone's chain of thought back to the first link?

The evolutionary worldview provides a clear basis for distinguishing the value of a human from the value of an animal

If an atheist who’s an expert in ancient languages challenges the reliability of the Bible, how should you respond?

Secularists separate the sacred from the secular inconsistently.

Only persons pursue purposes.

What two things always get mixed together when someone offers his conclusions about evidence?

God doesn’t relate to the universe because He doesn’t exist. The physical universe is all there is.

You can prove the Bible to an unbeliever when you can show him evidence that he can't refute.

What ought to be the ultimate authority source for any truth claim?

It is impossible to defend the faith when you lack thorough knowledge of the scientific evidence

Every intellectual reason for rejecting the faith has a heart reason behind it

An idea you have in your head even before you look at the evidence

What’s one way to illustrate how a worldview works?

What must count as the ultimate proof in the worldview apologetics approach?

The two major theological ideas you should understand from Gen. 1:26-28 are...

God is a Person who is distinct from His creation but who personally interacts with it.

A conscience, a heart that loves, and a desire to worship are all examples of _________

Which viewpoint is most often believed to be nonreligious even though it actually seeks to answer all the questions

The overriding purpose of the triune God in all He does is to display His glory.

Who was the first major modern demographer to raise the fear of overpopulation?

God’s shared love within the Trinity shows that He did not lack the attribute of love even before the world existed.