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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 Jesus ask of God in his final prayers?

2. What does Christos/Christ mean in Hebrew?

3. What does Yancey say is the message of Jesus's miracles?

4. What does a Pharisee do according to Greg, in Chapter 8?

5. Why does the leprosy patient cry when Dr. Brand greets him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Yancey note about the end times?

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

7. What was Jesus's first miracle?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Free will is a major concept in Christianity and Yancey ties this theological concept strongly to the temptation of Christ in the wilderness.

Choose one of the following to write about.

1) How does the concept of free will fit in with the temptation of Christ in the wilderness?

2) Why would God send a helpless, suffering Messiah?

3) Why does Jesus have so little power and not accept the power Satan would offer him?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are the basic characteristics of the sub-groups within the Jewish culture: Essenes, Zealots, Sadducees, and Pharisees?

Describe each and what part they played in the culture of Jesus's day.

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