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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. How is God's kingdom different than a human kingdom, according to Yancey in Chapter 13?

2. What temptation has the church faced since the time of Constantine?

3. What did the first Christians stake everything on?

4. What is the name of Yancey's kitten that died?

5. What does Yancey believe about the gospel of Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Yancey think Jesus wanted to leave?

2. What does Yancey reveal in Chapter 11 about why he believes in the resurrection?

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

4. What does Jesus's death on the cross bridge, theologically speaking?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Jesus's attitude towards women so revolutionary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Yancey choose the title rabbi to most closely describe who the historical Jesus was? What does rabbi mean? How does Yancey describe what a rabbi is? Why is Jesus a rabbi?

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