These are biblical commands relating to humanity’s relationship with God.

These are biblical commands relating to humanity’s social relationships.

This was the four-hundred-year period between the completion of the Old Testament and the writing of the New Testament.

This term describes how the Jews were pressured to adapt to the Greek culture.

These were a first-century Jewish faction that militantly opposed the Roman occupation of Palestine.

These were a first-century Jewish faction of priests who were supportive of Roman occupation, denied the concept of an afterlife, and only accepted the authority of the Pentateuch.

These were a first-century Jewish faction that lived a monastic and communal life in the desert, shared everything in common, and practiced ritual cleansing (and produced the Dead Sea Scrolls).

These were a first-century Jewish faction that practiced a legalistic interpretation of the Torah, believed in the concept of an afterlife, and opposed the Roman occupation of Palestine.

This term literally means “good news”.

This is the first gospel or God’s first promise of coming redemption through Jesus Christ.

This is an agreement between two parties that involves both rights and responsibilities.

The belief that God doesn’t exist

The belief in many gods

The belief that all phenomena can be explained by natural causes

The belief that everything is god

The belief that God is in everything

Seeking divination through the study of celestial bodies

The belief that God stands completely aloof from his creation

A heretical teaching that matter is inherently evil

The belief that knowledge of God is inaccessible or unknowable

The view that the world and human existence are without meaning

The study of the structure, origin, and design of the universe

The study of humanity’s origins, cultures, and behavior

The belief that reality is composed solely of matter

The practice of avoiding all forms of indulgence

A metanarrative is a story that claims to be true

A metanarrative is a big story that helps explain the other stories

A metanarrative is a person’s subjective story

Postmoderns believe that no metanarrative is universally true

Postmoderns believe that historical accounts should be trusted

Postmoderns believe that truth is subjective

Understanding the metanarrative of Scripture can help us better understand who God is

Understanding the metanarrative of Scripture can help us resolve apparent contradictions about God’s character

Understanding the metanarrative of Scripture enables us to understand that all metanarratives are equally true and valid

In which passage do we find that humans are created in the image of God?

The Genesis creation account helps us to understand that God is eternal, uncreated, and independent of creation

The Genesis creation account helps us to understand that God communicates and His word is powerful

The Genesis creation account illustrates that God is not relational

Because of Adam’s original sin human beings have a tendency toward sin

Because of Adam’s original sin human beings no longer bear God’s image

God has abandoned humanity because of Adam’s original sin

Land is one of the Abrahamic Covenant’s promises to Abraham and his descendants

Seed is one of the Abrahamic Covenant’s promises to Abraham and his descendants

Blessing is one of the Abrahamic Covenant’s promises to Abraham and his descendants

Impeccability is one of the Abrahamic Covenant’s promises to Abraham and his descendants

What did God tell Adam regarding the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?

Who was communicating through the serpent in Genesis 3?

Sin is a refusal to trust God

Sin is a desire to do things on one’s own terms, rather than God’s.

Sin is a failure to take responsibility for what God has entrusted to us.

Sin is an active choice to go against what God says is best.

One of the consequences of Adam and Eve’s rebellion is increased pain in childbearing

One of the consequences of Adam and Eve’s rebellion is easy labor for Adam

One of the consequences of Adam and Eve’s rebellion is a power struggle within the marriage relationship

Secularists assume that human beings are naturally evil

Secularists assume that human beings are made evil by society

Secularists assume that psychology can help cure humanity’s false guilt

Which of the following covenants was not made with the children of Israel?

Which of the following covenants established an eternal dynasty?

Which of the following covenants promised a new heart and forgiveness of sin?

Idolatry is one of the categories of sin most condemned by the Old Testament prophets

Social justice is one of the categories of sin most condemned by the Old Testament prophets

Condemning others is one of the categories of sin most condemned by the Old Testament prophets

Israel’s repeated refusal to faithfully follow God’s covenants ultimately led to what?

One of the primary themes of the Gospels is Jesus is the Gospel

One of the primary themes of the Gospels is Jesus is the prophesied Messiah

One of the primary themes of the Gospels is Jesus did not need to usher in God’s kingdom

Which of the following adequately describes the type of messiah the Jews were expecting?

Every metanarrative is not equally true and valid.

The Biblical authors seem to be unaware of the fact that they are operating within a larger story.

Key elements of the Biblical metanarrative include creation, fall, and redemption.

Elohim is the personal and covenantal name of God used in the Old Testament.

God created statues to bear His image on earth.

A story of historical events is called the theological context.

Genesis 1 and 2 is an example of a Hebrew storytelling technique called recapitulation, in which the overview is given first and then a zooming in on key events or actors.

Imago hominum is the idea that human beings were created in God’s likeness.

Secularists do not believe that redemption is necessary because they deny the Fall.

Throughout the Bible we find instances of God’s grace followed by instances of human sin followed by repeated grace and ultimately sin once again.

For Israel the ultimate covenant curse was exile.

Although paradise was lost to humanity in Genesis 3, it will be regained for believers at the end of the book of Revelation.

In Genesis 12:3 God promises Moses “in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

A prophet’s primary job was calling God’s people back to faithfulness.

After exile comes restoration for at least a remnant of the Israelites.

The doctrine of original sin says that humans are so thoroughly fallen that nothing remains unaffected by our fallenness. It also says that we are so absolutely fallen that there’s nothing we can do to fix ourselves.