Test 1 APOL 104 Apologetics

1.      Paul’s message on Mars Hill, as found in Acts 17, is an example of cultural apologetics

2.      According to Powell, “reason” is not the enemy of “faith”

3.      The church fathers showed that they understood the importance of Jesus’ historicity when they crafted the _______ Creed

4.      For the Old Testament prophets, what was the ultimate apologetic?

5.      According to Dr. Lee Strobel, historical truth is not relevant or important to Christianity

6.      Christian faith is simply a personal preference, a function of how one was raised, and a worldview that is only supported by emotional considerations

7.      According to Powell, the majority of Christian apologetics takes place in academic classrooms

8.      Preaching “the Word” only refers to the Old Testament since the writing of 2 Timothy 4:2 was before the New Testament was completed

9.      Because the Bible begins by asserting the existence of God as a fact (Genesis 1:1- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth). We can conclude that the Old Testament does not include an apologetic

10.   When Jesus healed the crazed man who lived in a graveyard near Decapolis the people of the city

11.   The Greek word for “preach” is a first century word meaning “to proclaim” and implies passion produced by one’s belief

12.   The resurrection of Christ was the only apologetic argument in the New Testament

13.   Jesus never referred to the authority of the Old Testament

14.   Ignatius was the Bishop of what ancient city?

15.   One of the first tasks of Christian apologetics is to provide information

16.   The Christian worldview is verified by appealing to a wide and compelling variety of converging arguments

17.   The story of Ignatius is significant in that he was willing to go to his death proclaiming..

18.   New Testament writers used apologetic appeals to prove their point to their readers

19.   Christianity is the most well-reasoned, factually based worldview on the planet

20.   Being capable of rational thought, humans realize that reality must be conformed to ones beliefs not the other way around