<p>Name: ______Ph. # ______</p><p>CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS MID-TERM EXAM:</p><p>I ______promise I will not receive any organic or inorganic assistance in order to complete any aspect of this exam.</p><p>Definitions:</p><p>1. Explain via exegesis 1 Peter 3:15:</p><p>Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.</p><p>“Always” means: </p><p>“Be prepared” means: </p><p>“Answer” or “defense” ( apologia ) has two overlapping nuances in biblical Greek:</p><p>1. 2. </p><p>“to everyone” means: </p><p>“Reason” [logos] is used here to mean: </p><p>“gentleness” means: </p><p>“respect” means: </p><p>So what is the passage saying? Summarize: </p><p>2. Explain via exegesis 2 Cor. 10:5:</p><p>“We are demolishing arguments and every pretension raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.”</p><p>“Demolish” [καθαιρέω, kathaireō]: means: </p><p>“Arguments” [Gk. λογισμοὺς] means: </p><p>“Every Pretension” [ὕψωμα,hypsōma] means: </p><p>So what is this passage saying? Summarize: </p><p>1 3. Why do apologetics (give three reasons):</p><p> a. b. c.</p><p>4. Define noetic effects of sin: </p><p>5. Define preunderstandings: </p><p>6. Define presuppositions: </p><p>7. Define agnosticism: </p><p>8. Explain the Major Types of Apologetic Methods:</p><p> a. Classical: </p><p> b. Evidential: </p><p> c. Historical: </p><p> d. Experiential: </p><p> e. Cultural: </p><p>2 f. Reformed Epistemological: </p><p> g. Cumulative: </p><p> h. Presuppositional: </p><p> i. Relational: </p><p> j. Imaginary:</p><p>9. What is the 12-step method of apologetics as outlined in, I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist:</p><p> a.</p><p> b.</p><p> c.</p><p> d.</p><p> e.</p><p> f.</p><p> g.</p><p> h.</p><p> i.</p><p> j.</p><p> k.</p><p>3 l.</p><p>10. Comprehensively define a worldview:</p><p>11. What are the 5 major components of a worldview?</p><p> a. b. c. d. e.</p><p>12. List and explain the 7 Major worldviews:</p><p> a.</p><p> b.</p><p> c.</p><p> d.</p><p> e.</p><p> f.</p><p> g.</p><p>13. Every worldview can be analyzed by answering the following three major questions:</p><p> a.</p><p>4 b.</p><p> c.</p><p>14. Define and explain the major arguments for the existence of God (be sure to include major premise, minor premise, and conclusion).</p><p> a. Cosmological:</p><p>1.</p><p>2.</p><p>3.</p><p> b. Teleological:</p><p>1.</p><p>2.</p><p>3.</p><p> c. Moral:</p><p>1.</p><p>2.</p><p>3.</p><p> d. Religious Need:</p><p>1.</p><p>2.</p><p>3.</p><p>5 e. Argument from Joy:</p><p>1.</p><p>2.</p><p>3.</p><p> f. Innate Argument (simply define): </p><p>15. Define Evil:</p><p>16. Reconcile God’s existence as an all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-good God with the reality of evil.</p><p>17. Refute the gratuitous evil argument:</p><p>18. What are the five major categories people tend to justify why they believe what they believe:</p><p> a. b. c. d. e.</p><p>6 19. Explain intelligent design and differentiate it from Scientific Creationism.</p><p>20. Explain the Anthropic Principle: </p><p>21. Explain the hole-in-the-heart argument: </p><p>22. Give 8 evidences for an objective moral law as cited in Geisler/Turek.</p><p>7 23a. What is Pascal and Peter Kreeft’s answer to the question, “Why God’s existence more obvious?” </p><p>23b. What is Paul Moser’s answer to the question, “Why isn’t God’s existence more obvious?”</p><p>24. According to Ravi Zacharias how does evil actually affirm God’s existence?</p><p>25. Comprehensively define truth:</p><p>27. Give a biblical defense for the correspondence view of truth:</p><p>8 BONUS QUESTIONS:</p><p>1. Give and explain 5 evidences for Anthropic Principle</p><p>2. Explain the importance of the Law of Non-Contradiction and how one can use it in apologetics. </p><p>Extra, extra bonus question (not on review):</p><p>When wrestling with natural evils, what 5 values emerge that we can share with those who suffer such things?</p><p>I ______promise I did not receive any organic or inorganic assistance in order to complete any aspect of this exam. Now I promise that I will not return to add additional information. In fact, because of the frailties of my flesh, I will place it in an envelope, seal it, autograph the seal with my signature, and pray that I will withstand all temptations, tests, and fleshly propensities.</p><p>9</p>