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

2. What did Jesus believe was the true power?

3. Where is the opening quote of Chapter 8 from?

4. What does Yancey think of what the church brings?

5. What do Peter and Judas have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the day of crucifixion called "Good Friday"?

2. What did Jesus mean by the Kingdom of God?

3. Who were the first witnesses to the risen Christ?

4. What did Yancey's study of the Old Testament teach him about the word Messiah?

5. What does Jesus leave behind?

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

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

8. What did Mother Teresa say about what she tried to provide for the ill?

9. What is unusual about leprosy patients and their illness?

10. Who is the only named person in Jesus's parables?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the Gospels mean when they identify Jesus as the Son of God and what then is the importance of his meeting with Satan in the wilderness? Would the meaning change if Jesus were simply a rabbi?

Essay Topic 2

What in the Pharisee-influenced world that Jesus lived in did he stand against? Why was he so radical in terms of his own present day religious climate?

Essay Topic 3

What are the psychological realities within the teachings of the Beatitudes? Describe them and why Yancey believes they are so profound.

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