GLST 220 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Describe the difference between the gospel and the plan of salvation - Answers :•
Salvation culture stops at the personal saving and focuses there
• Gospel culture is about the Kingdom focus and disciples
How are Jesus and the story of Israel connected? - Answers :Israel had the law and
was unfaithful, Jesus came and was faithful and fulfilled the law.
How do Jesus' gospel, Paul's gospel taught by the first century church compare? -
Answers :both talk about Jesus fulfilling the story of Israel, which is God's saving plan
for the world.
What separates Jesus from every other major religious leader? - Answers :Resurrection
Claimed to be God
Miracles
Not by good works, but through faith alone
Power over nature
What are some of the differences in how Matthew, Mark, Luke and John communicate
the story of Jesus? - Answers :Matthew- Jewish-Lineage-Written for the Kingdom
Mark-first written- 50% focuses on last week of Jesus' life
Luke-Jesus fulfilling the scripture
John- Jesus from creation-the institutions and celebrations of the OT
What does Scot McKnight mean by the term gospeling? - Answers :to declare the royal
truth of Jesus
What does the Hebrew word Yeshua mean? - Answers :Yeshua means "God is
salvation" and is the Hebrew name for Jesus.
What were the major messages Jesus communicated to people? How did he call them
to respond? - Answers :Repent and follow me
Redeem your sphere ("Your kingdom come, as it is in heaven.")
How did Jesus use OT scripture and prophecy? - Answers :By fulfilling the prophecies
of the Old Testament, Christ validated his life and message.???
What NT passage most clearly discusses the apostolic gospel tradition? - Answers :1
Corinthians 15
What is contextualization? - Answers :putting language items into a meaningful and real
context rather than being treated as isolated items of language for language
manipulation practice only.
, Be familiar with Paul's sermon at the Areopagus in Athens and know where it is found. -
Answers :16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked
within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue
with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who
happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also
conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said,
"He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"—because he was preaching Jesus
and the resurrection. 19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,
"May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 For you bring
some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean."
21 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in
nothing except telling or hearing something new.
Paul Addresses the Areopagus
22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive
that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the
objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.'
What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made
the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples
made by man,[a] 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything,
since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. 26 And he made
from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having
determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they
should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually
not far from each one of us, 28 for
"'In him we live and move and have our being';[b]
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What is worldview and why is it so important? - Answers :It is the lens in which we see
the world. Understanding how someone sees the world determines how they might see
God.
What are the three cultures one should be familiar with when communicating the
gospel? - Answers :1. Global Worker's culture—Biblical culture
2. Biblical culture—Respondent culture
3. (possibly) Global worker's—Respondent culture
What is the relationship between learning another culture and knowing your own
culture? - Answers :We can only begin to identify things of another culture when we can
clearly identify aspects of our own.
What are the analogies of culture discussed in class? - Answers :Icebergs
Deep level of the river
Colored glass
What are the layers of culture and the questions associated with each layer? - Answers
:Behavior
1. Describe the difference between the gospel and the plan of salvation - Answers :•
Salvation culture stops at the personal saving and focuses there
• Gospel culture is about the Kingdom focus and disciples
How are Jesus and the story of Israel connected? - Answers :Israel had the law and
was unfaithful, Jesus came and was faithful and fulfilled the law.
How do Jesus' gospel, Paul's gospel taught by the first century church compare? -
Answers :both talk about Jesus fulfilling the story of Israel, which is God's saving plan
for the world.
What separates Jesus from every other major religious leader? - Answers :Resurrection
Claimed to be God
Miracles
Not by good works, but through faith alone
Power over nature
What are some of the differences in how Matthew, Mark, Luke and John communicate
the story of Jesus? - Answers :Matthew- Jewish-Lineage-Written for the Kingdom
Mark-first written- 50% focuses on last week of Jesus' life
Luke-Jesus fulfilling the scripture
John- Jesus from creation-the institutions and celebrations of the OT
What does Scot McKnight mean by the term gospeling? - Answers :to declare the royal
truth of Jesus
What does the Hebrew word Yeshua mean? - Answers :Yeshua means "God is
salvation" and is the Hebrew name for Jesus.
What were the major messages Jesus communicated to people? How did he call them
to respond? - Answers :Repent and follow me
Redeem your sphere ("Your kingdom come, as it is in heaven.")
How did Jesus use OT scripture and prophecy? - Answers :By fulfilling the prophecies
of the Old Testament, Christ validated his life and message.???
What NT passage most clearly discusses the apostolic gospel tradition? - Answers :1
Corinthians 15
What is contextualization? - Answers :putting language items into a meaningful and real
context rather than being treated as isolated items of language for language
manipulation practice only.
, Be familiar with Paul's sermon at the Areopagus in Athens and know where it is found. -
Answers :16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked
within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue
with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who
happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also
conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said,
"He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"—because he was preaching Jesus
and the resurrection. 19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,
"May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 For you bring
some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean."
21 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in
nothing except telling or hearing something new.
Paul Addresses the Areopagus
22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive
that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the
objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.'
What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made
the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples
made by man,[a] 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything,
since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. 26 And he made
from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having
determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they
should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually
not far from each one of us, 28 for
"'In him we live and move and have our being';[b]
as e
What is worldview and why is it so important? - Answers :It is the lens in which we see
the world. Understanding how someone sees the world determines how they might see
God.
What are the three cultures one should be familiar with when communicating the
gospel? - Answers :1. Global Worker's culture—Biblical culture
2. Biblical culture—Respondent culture
3. (possibly) Global worker's—Respondent culture
What is the relationship between learning another culture and knowing your own
culture? - Answers :We can only begin to identify things of another culture when we can
clearly identify aspects of our own.
What are the analogies of culture discussed in class? - Answers :Icebergs
Deep level of the river
Colored glass
What are the layers of culture and the questions associated with each layer? - Answers
:Behavior
