WorksheetsTheology Questions Chapter 3 - 6
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
What does Williams not say about Jesus?
In him we see a God who is entirely out to promote our life and lasting joy
In him the action of God is completely ‘transparent’, without hindrance
He is supremely the one who makes God credible, trustworthy
He’s mostly divine but also somewhat human
None of the above
There were plenty of claims of people said to be divinely anointed messengers in Jesus’s day.
True
False
There were plenty of claims of people being God in human form in Jesus’s day.
True
False
Williams thinks the view that the disciples spun up fantasies about Jesus that weren’t true to the real Jesus is very plausible.
True
False
What does Williams insist Jesus had a lot to say about during his life?
What happens after death
Different types of angels
The Kingdom of God
The personal lives of prophets
None of the above
For Williams, the message of Jesus was sharply social and political, not just individual.
True
False
What view does Williams not say existed concerning how to be a true member of God’s people during Jesus’s earthly life?
If you were obedient to the sacrificial laws and the demands of the priestly caste
If you obeyed the oral law in all its detail
If you went off to the desert and lived a life of strict ritual purity in community
If you were ready to accept Jesus as the Messiah
None of the above
Williams insists that Jesus’s life and teachings faced little to no opposition.
True
False
Williams thinks it’s possible to accept the New Testament’s teachings and still consider Jesus as just a good teacher or prophet.
True
False
Williams thinks because Jesus expresses dependence upon the Father, he can’t be fully divine.
True
False
What image does Williams not offer for the relationship between Jesus and the Father?
Child to parent
Light from one candle to another
Gift and gift-giver
Performer and composer
None of the above
For Williams, God is Christlike.
True
False
What human individual is not involved in “mapping out the territory in which we all live”?
Jesus
Mary
Pilate
John
None of the above
What does Williams say is Mary’s primary role?
Co - Mediatrix
Saint
Older Sister
Just another person
None of the above
The main focus of Ch. 3 is…
Who Jesus is
What Jesus did
What Jesus does
What Jesus is going to do
None of the above
What does Williams suggest is the purpose of God?
Peace
Praise
Reconciliation
Delight
All of the Above
What does Williams not say about “original sin”?
It goes to the very roots of humanity
It has to do with the ingrained habit of turning inwards towards ourselves rather than
outward towards others
It expresses itself in how readily we take the path of least resistance
It is characterized as an ‘economy of gift’
None of the above
What does Williams say is needed to ‘reverse the flow’ or ‘break the cycle’ of sin?
Better education
Inspiring leaders
Better technology
A divine-human act of deliverance
None of the above
Williams thinks the reason why Jesus ought to be considered fully human and fully divine is because that’s the only way that salvation can happen.
True
False
Williams says humans tend to find true goodness unsettling and often attack those who are good.
True
False
Who does Williams use as an example of someone attempting to bring peace and who was killed in the process?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Gandhi
Mother Theresa
John Calvin
None of the above
How does Williams further describe “sin”?
State of revolt against truth
An ingrained revolt against who we really are
An inherited resistance to God
Living against the grain of reality
All of the above
For Williams, Jesus saves us primarily by satisfying God’s vengeful demands for human sacrifice.
True
False
Which does Williams not think about Jesus’s death?
That it is a sacrifice of obedience to God
That it is a ransom paid to the powers of destruction
That it is a sign of God’s willingness to accompany us through all the consequences of sin
That it is necessary for us to be at peace
None of the above
Williams says Jesus freed underground spirits of those who had died after descending into hell.
True
False
Where does Williams draw the metaphor of “peace dividend” that is the title of the chapter?
WWI
WWII
Cold War
War of Armageddon
None of the above
Williams says that when Christians speak about salvation, they really only mean what happened on the cross.
True
False
What does Williams not say about the resurrection of Jesus?
It is in part about the sheer toughness and persistence of God’s love
It mostly just happened inside the heads of the disciples
It displays God’s triumphant love as forever having the shape of Jesus
It goes along with the crucifixion of Jesus as a central part of salvation
None of the above
Williams says that meeting a Christian in whom the breath or spirit of Jesus is working is to meet Jesus, as the Church is Jesus’s Body
True
False
Williams thinks the biblical language for Jesus’s ascension should be treated as ‘pictorial’ more than ‘literal’.
True
False
What else does Williams not say about the resurrection?
It’s the beginning of New Creation
It’s the 8th Day of Creation
It’s the second ‘Big Bang’
It’s mostly a metaphor of renewal
None of the above
Williams says the final resurrection of the dead has already happened.
True
False
Williams thinks we can predict the date of Christ’s return.
True
False
Williams says that awaiting Christ’s glorious return and putting to death our selfish and fearful habits go hand-in-hand.
True
False
Williams says that salvation is first a matter for individuals, rather than a community of people.
True
False
What’s the dominant topic in chapter five?
The Trinity
Sin and Salvation
The Church
The Holy Spirit
Jesus’s Life
Williams insists that Christians are to believe in the Church in the exact same way as they believe in God.
True
False
The ‘slogan’ of the Church, according to Williams, is…
‘The ends justify the means’
‘Not without the other’; no I without a you, no I without a we
‘From each according to his ability, to each according to his need’
‘Just do it’
None of the above
What does Williams not say about the Church?
It’s a ‘community of universal giftedness’
It’s Christ’s ‘Body’
It’s the ‘communion of saints’
It’s simply those who have been immersed in the life of Jesus and invited to eat
with him and pray to the Father
None of the above
Williams says ‘the good life is simply one in which certain rules are kept’.
True
False
Williams says that ‘holiness’ is more about the relationship between God and his people than the quality of people’s character or moral lives.
True
False
What does Williams not say about the Sacraments?
They show what the Church is really about
They are the ‘holy things’ which are shared between ‘holy people’
Baptism and Communion are on a different level than the others sometimes called
sacraments in other traditions of Christianity
They aren’t all that important in the long run
None of the above
What does Williams say about Communion?
It’s the genuine receiving of Christ’s actual life in the signs of bread and wine
The substance of bread/wine transform into substance of Christ’s Body/Blood
What happens is merely symbolic of receiving Christ
What happens during it is magical
All of the above
What does Williams not say about the Bible?
Listening to the Bible is one major practice that shows what the Church is about
It doesn’t have much to tell people today
It’s the Word of God primarily as it bears witness to Jesus Christ
It’s inspired by the Holy Spirit and tells us what God wants us to know
It’s meant to be read in public, not just in private
What does Williams say about the Church?
It’s ‘one’ mostly because the people in it always agree with one another
It’s ‘holy’ mostly because the people in it always do what’s right
It’s ‘catholic’ mostly because it submits to the Bishop of Rome
It’s ‘apostolic’ mostly because it can trace its leaders back to the apostles
It’s meant to be the place where Jesus is visibly active in the world
For Williams, heaven is what is laid open when the Church is truly the Church.
True
False
For Williams, believing in the ‘resurrection of the body’ and believing in an ‘immortal soul’ are two sides of the same coin.
True
False
Williams says the Bible speaks seldom of life with God in heaven, but rather talks more about a ‘renewal of creation’, a ‘new heaven and a new earth’.
True
False
Williams says that our resurrected bodies will be exactly like our bodies now.
True
False
What does Williams not say about death?
It’s the removal of something that stands between us and God
It’s the ‘nakedness’ or ‘spiritual stripping’ to which we must all come
There is nothing to come after it
It’s followed by a final confrontation with the truth in its fullness
None of the above
What does Williams not say about Purgatory?
Some popular versions of it, especially in the Middle Ages, have deserved a lot of
the negative attention they’ve gotten in subsequent years
It has no place in serious Christian thought
It’s about becoming fully acclimated to the fullness of the love of God
It’s not the same thing as Hell
None of the above
What does Williams not say about Hell?
It’s real
It’s self-chosen
It’s an ultimate refusal to face the truth and to learn to love
There has been a lot of silly and wicked talk of it in Christian history
None of the above
The fifth ‘mark’ of the Church, according to Williams
One
Holy
Catholic
Apostolic
Repentant
What does Williams say about forgiveness?
It doesn’t mean offenses don’t matter
It doesn’t mean things can be easily made right again
It means a restoration of a relationship
It’s for the victim to forgive
All of the above
What does Williams not say about prayer?
It involves contemplating who God is
It’s about letting God be himself in and for us
It’s about twisting God’s arm into doing something
It sometimes feels useless
It’s about letting go of what we want in our to let God work in and with us
