GLST 220 FINAL TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. What method/form of communication was the focus of this course as a method that is
effective across all cultures? (Hint: it served as the framework for this course - see
syllabus/lecture/notes) - Answers :Story
2. When we are trying to understand someone better, what three things do we need to
keep in mind? (hint: there was a visual of a little man with three crescents under him.
What did those signify?) - Answers :Behaviors, Beliefs, Values, Worldviews
3. What is the difference between major and minor characters in a story? Who are
major/minor characters in the Bible? In our personal stories? (lecture/notes) - Answers
:God and Everybody Else
5. What thread did Prof Dent and/or Prof Harper use when she traced God's Story from
Genesis to Revelation in class lectures? Why is this theme significant? How does it
increase our understanding of God's Story (and the Bible)? (lecture/notes) - Answers
:Presence
6. Prof Dent spent time talking about the reason that Adam and Eve had to leave the
Garden of Eden and a better way to say that than "God kicked them out of the garden."
Make sure you understand what the Bible says about why and how they had to leave
the Garden. - Answers :Adam and Eve had to leave the garden because he didn't want
them to live eternally in sin. It was an act of Grace -- The words used to describe God
sending them out of the garden mean "Shalla" (loving release), and "another one lol"
(forceful, but not angry, push away). God doesn't send them away because He can't be
in their presence (He's in their presence a lot, throughout the Bible, actually) - He sends
them out in kindness because He doesn't want them to live forever as sinners.
7. Memorize: Genesis 12:1-3 - Answers :1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get
thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land
that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless
thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be
blessed.
8. How does God show His presence throughout the Bible? (Hint: What is often a visible
reflection of His presence?) - Answers :Fire
9. Professor Dent talked about the Law that God gave the Israelites in the Old
Testament. What is a biblical view of the law? Is it a negative thing or a positive thing?
What role does the tabernacle and temple play in this? Why? How does that impact
understanding of what Jesus did during his life? - Answers :It reveals our sin to us - it's
good, but not good enough to save us. The Temple is where God lived in the OT, it was
a holy place. Jesus cleared out the temple because they had tainted the holy place.
1. What method/form of communication was the focus of this course as a method that is
effective across all cultures? (Hint: it served as the framework for this course - see
syllabus/lecture/notes) - Answers :Story
2. When we are trying to understand someone better, what three things do we need to
keep in mind? (hint: there was a visual of a little man with three crescents under him.
What did those signify?) - Answers :Behaviors, Beliefs, Values, Worldviews
3. What is the difference between major and minor characters in a story? Who are
major/minor characters in the Bible? In our personal stories? (lecture/notes) - Answers
:God and Everybody Else
5. What thread did Prof Dent and/or Prof Harper use when she traced God's Story from
Genesis to Revelation in class lectures? Why is this theme significant? How does it
increase our understanding of God's Story (and the Bible)? (lecture/notes) - Answers
:Presence
6. Prof Dent spent time talking about the reason that Adam and Eve had to leave the
Garden of Eden and a better way to say that than "God kicked them out of the garden."
Make sure you understand what the Bible says about why and how they had to leave
the Garden. - Answers :Adam and Eve had to leave the garden because he didn't want
them to live eternally in sin. It was an act of Grace -- The words used to describe God
sending them out of the garden mean "Shalla" (loving release), and "another one lol"
(forceful, but not angry, push away). God doesn't send them away because He can't be
in their presence (He's in their presence a lot, throughout the Bible, actually) - He sends
them out in kindness because He doesn't want them to live forever as sinners.
7. Memorize: Genesis 12:1-3 - Answers :1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get
thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land
that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless
thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be
blessed.
8. How does God show His presence throughout the Bible? (Hint: What is often a visible
reflection of His presence?) - Answers :Fire
9. Professor Dent talked about the Law that God gave the Israelites in the Old
Testament. What is a biblical view of the law? Is it a negative thing or a positive thing?
What role does the tabernacle and temple play in this? Why? How does that impact
understanding of what Jesus did during his life? - Answers :It reveals our sin to us - it's
good, but not good enough to save us. The Temple is where God lived in the OT, it was
a holy place. Jesus cleared out the temple because they had tainted the holy place.
