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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the name Judas died out?

2. What does Surgeon General Koop say the new leprosy is?

3. What do 1st century Jews and modern evangelical Christians have in common?

4. Where does Jesus leave his teaching and life's journey?

5. What miracle makes it into all four gospels?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Yancey's kitten is killed, what does he, the child, learn?

2. What did the Pharisees of Jesus's day think of him?

3. What is the one miracle that is in all four biblical gospels?

4. What did the Zealots want to do in the 1st century?

5. What does Jesus say to Pilate when asked if he is the King of the Jews?

6. Who betrays Jesus to the Jewish and Roman authorities?

7. Does Yancey think Jesus wanted to leave?

8. What is the significance of the grandmother's tombstone, which says, "Waiting"?

9. What does Yancey note about the end times?

10. What does Yancey say about how Easter affects who Jesus is for us?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Jesus mean by the term "my kingdom"? How does Yancey see the Kingdom of God as different from national or political entities? What does Yancey believe the kingdom of God means?

Essay Topic 2

What is meant by "dangled promises" in terms of the Beatitudes? What are the promises?

Essay Topic 3

What is the contrast that Yancey draws between the modern American depiction of Christmas and what he understands might have been the actual experience? What is the modern culture missing about who Jesus was in terms of his birth?

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