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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. Who wrote Mere Christianity?

2. How does Jesus command Jairus's daughter to come back to life?

3. Who wrote the Japanese novel Silence?

4. What does Dr. Paul Brand specialize in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Yancey notice about the last parables that Jesus tells?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What is meant by "dangled promises" in terms of the Beatitudes? What are the promises?

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