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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 do the Pharisees think of Jesus?

3. What does Yancey's father die of?

4. Who killed the kitten?

5. What was torn in two when Jesus died on the cross?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Yancey title Chapter 11 "A Morning Beyond Belief?"

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

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

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

8. What is the ultimate portrait of Jesus that Yancey comes up with?

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

10. What is ironic about Jesus entering into Jerusalem on a donkey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the two reasons Yancey gives for Jesus investing so much in the 12 disciples? What is Jesus revealing about himself in his choice and commitment to his disciples?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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