Coach Smith: Unit 1

Which Biblical characters did the textbook use to exemplify the importance of distinguishing priorities  

Faith in a trustworthy authority source provides the presupposition for properly understanding evidence

If only a person can be shown the evidence, he can be led to the faith 

In order to fairly evaluate a truth claim, you must find a point of common ground as your starting point 

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

Evidence should be used to support the truth even though it's not the ultimate proof of truth 

A head system is made up of _________

A heart systmen is made up of ________

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

Faith is a platform for evidence 

What are the three main points of the Biblical metanarrative ? 

Evidence should be used to refute the unfounded claims of unbelievers 

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

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

Knowledge is a matter of ________

Knowledge is _______ 

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

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

What is a basic belief? 

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

Christians should maintain the clear and straightforward declaration of a young-earth creation...

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

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

As long as a person has a set of belies and values, a metanarrative is unnecessary for his worldview? 

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

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

What people make of the world by being fruitful, multiplying, and subduing the earth 

What should never be sacrificed in order to participate in a particular realm

What are the three ingredients that are included in a Biblical Worldview? 

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

Evolution is obviously scientifically true and there's no way to fit in in with the Bible's fairy tales. 

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

What are the three reasons worldview apologetics gives for the value and necessity of presuppositions? 

Religion and politics shouldn't mix 

Christians ought to distinguish between reverence and irreverence, purity and impurity 

Faith is always anti-intellectual 

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

Evidence is a platform for faith 

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

Which European intellectual proposed that human reason ought to be considered the ultimate neutral standard

Evidence is irrelevant 

When a person examines a piece of evidence, his conclusions are always formed by head and heart

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

Christians must recognize unbiblical worldview influences everywhere

A larger or overarching master story for interpreting the world from the beginning to the end

Christians would be wise to fit evolution in with the Bible...

Secularists separate the sacred from the secular inconsistently  

Faith is not meant to be rational with reasons based on evidence