Practicing Christian Doctrine 4-7

The doctrine of creation is about the dependence of all things on God.

• True

• False

The doctrine of creation starts with scientific evidence on the origin of matter.

• True

• False

Modern culture trains us to treat the world as 50% controllable by humankind.

• True

• False

God overcomes sin and death in creation through the theodicy.

• True

• False

Practicing the doctrine of creation involves turning from independence to  dependence on God.     

• True

• False

Which term describes what Scripture says about the action of God to create everything?

• lex talionis

• ex nihilo

• consubstantio

• gnosis

What word did God say seven times in the account of creation in Genesis1?

• love

• sin

• finished

• good

The doctrine of ______________ teaches God’s ongoing work in and care for creation.

• substance

• providence

• holism

• deism

Christian thought consistently rejects all forms of _____________, the belief that the world itself is divine.

• asceticism

• hierarchical dualism

• pantheism

• deism

The Christian may live in __________________ about God’s final victory over sin, evil, and suffering.

• resignation

• confidence

• fatalism

• openness