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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 is missing from Thomas Jefferson's version of the New Testament?

2. When Jesus departs, where does he leave the keys to the kingdom, according to Yancey?

3. What did Constantine do that changed Christianity forever?

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

5. How do traditional Jews say the name of God?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Jesus's first miracle?

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

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

5. What does Yancey note about the end times?

6. What does Jesus leave behind?

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

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

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

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

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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