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APOL 220 WEEK 3 STUDY GUIDE QUIZ 1.True apologetic wisdom is gained by all of the following practices, except:  Memorization of factual knowledge. 2.Living lives of virtue and wisdom was not intended to make Christians stand out from everyone else in culture.  False 3.Christian virtues like love, hope, faith, justice, and courage are often not sufficient of a catalyst for apologetic conversations to take place.  False 4.The "minimal facts" approach of Gary Habermas is a "soft" example of which apologetic type?  Evidential 5.The warnings of apologetic history and the diversity of apologetic appeals in Scripture remind us of the danger in allowing rigid, extrabiblical conceptual schemes to polarize us too sharply.  True 6.According to the chapter, the Gospel is not the same thing as Apologetics.  True 7.Those who have been transformed by the Spirit of God are to display _____ and ______ in response to skeptical critics.  Respect and gentleness 8.It must be remembered that apologetic "prooftext" such as 1 Peter 3:15 and Philippians 1:27 are written to suffering communities; Christian joy and peace even amidst persecution is itself an effective apologetic before unbelievers.  True 9.One of the strengths of classical apologetics is that it views humans as primarily thinking beings, singularly focusing on persuasion that appeals cerebrally.  False 10. One of the strongest arguments for contextualization is that the gospel itself occurred and was recorded in a cultural context. The Gospel must always be communicated in a way that the culture understands.  True 11. According to the authors, part of what the Gospel announces is who Jesus is.  True 12. A proponent of hard classical apologetics would insist that a logical argument for theism must precede a historical argument for the resurrection of Jesus.  True 13. Conversion is ultimately dependent on the work of the Holy Spirit. Apologetics is simply a meansthrough which the Spirit can accomplish that end.  True 14. Adherents of the "soft" versions of their apologetic type are (rightly) resistant to other types of apologetic arguments.  False 15. The word cross serves as a strategic shorthand for the entire Gospel in the title Apologetics at the Cross.  True 16. Corelius Van Til is the father of which apologetic model?  Presuppositional 17. The goal of Presuppositional apologetics is to explicitly undermine a non-Christian's worldview.  True

18. An unbeliever's misunderstanding of the Gospel may be worsened when a Christian is:  Both A and B. 19. N.T. Wright's book Simply Christian serves as an example of a soft version of which apologetic type?  Experiential/Narrative 20. The gospel announces which of the following  Who Jesus is 21. The Evidential method of apologetics is known as the "two step method."  False 22. According to the authors, the book of Matthew points to how Jesus' death would forgive sin but says little about how the Cross would heal the whole human person.  False 23. Apologetics should be seen as a tool to clear debris from the paths of unbelievers.  True 24. Our deeds form part of the apologetic process and according to the chapter the corporate body of Christ should be distinguished by these things:  All of the above 25. The use of the kalam cosmological argument is an example of the application of which apologetic method?  Classical 26. The authors suggest that the best apologetic methods are person specific.  True 27. Reformed Epistemology responds to the objection that even Christianity happens to be true, it would not be rational to believe in it due to a lack of evidence.  True 28. One of the strengths of classical apologetics is that it views humans as primarily thinking beings, singularly focusing on persuasion that appeals cerebrally.  True 29. According to the chapter, modern Christians have much to learn from the early church regarding what aspect of apologetics?  Commitments to the poor. 30. Which of these could be considered a weakness of evidence-based approaches to apologetics?  ALL OF THE ABOVE 31. According to the authors, the climax of the biblical narrative is the virgin birth, deity, and healing miracles of Jesus.  False 32. One of the weaknesses of Experiential/Narratival apologetics is that it can minimize propositional truths and cognitive appeals.  True 33. The theologian Kevin Vanhoozer stresses that good apologetics is more about which of the following?  ALL OF THE ABOVE 34. Promoting the development of serious scientific and philosophical evidence for Christianity is the strength of which apologetic method?  Classical 35. This method emphasizes that true Christianity is not reducible to a proposition, rather it is a life and story to be lived out.  Experiential/Narratival 36. Our deeds form part of the apologetic process and according to the chapter the corporate body of Christ should be distinguished by these things:  Both A and B.

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