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Topic 3 Review

This topic review is a tool designed to prepare students for the Topic 3 Quiz. Instructors will grade the topic review for completion. Save the topic review to your computer and submit when complete.

When completing this review, answers should be in your own words or quoted with quotation marks and be drawn from one of the course readings (textbook andoverview referenced below), or other sources listed in the syllabus. Outside sources,including internet sites, are not acceptable. When quoting and paraphrasing, include all authors’ last names for citations that have multiple authors. For quoted citations, be sure to include the page or paragraph number(s).

The quiz will be graded for accuracy, so take time to seek the correct answers for this topic review before you attempt the quiz. Once you start the quiz, do notexit the quiz until the entire quiz is completed. Exiting out of the quiz before it is complete may result in a zero grade.

Please type your answers below each question.

1. Summarize Isaiah 59:1-2.

 

2. The textbook and overview make mention of Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (ESV). This is a common refrain in Scripture (Deut. 12:8; Prov. 12:15; 26:12). What does this refrain indicate about the spiritual state of the people?

 

3. What is the prophecy in Genesis 3:15 known as, and what does it mean?

 

4. A main idea, according to the textbook, is that the history of humanity is characterized by a departure from what?

 

5. Which book of the Bible begins with the story of Moses?

 

6. What kind of prayer is found in Nehemiah 9, and how does it contrast God and the people?

 

7. Although created in the image of God, humanity became sinful by nature after the fall. How extensively does this original sin or depravity affect us according to Romans 3:10-23?

 

8. How did the fall (sin of Adam and Eve) affect the world according to Genesis 3:16-19?

 

9. What metaphor does the textbook use to describe idolatry?

 

10. According to the textbook, what was the primary message of the Old Testament prophets?

 

11. List the names of Israel’s first three kings.

 

12. After Israel divided into the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom, the southern kingdom of Judah endured much longer but eventually fell to what nation?

 

13. According to the textbook, the Wisdom literature (Job through Ecclesiastes) has what central theme?

 

14. According to this topic’s assigned reading, “The Mystery of Original Sin: We Don’t Know Why God Permitted the Fall, but We Know All Too Well the Evil and Sin That Still Plague Us,” by Shuster, what is the problem with the world?

 

15. According to that same Shuster article, why might God want us “to believe, trust, and obey him even when there is not a reason to do so that we can wrap our minds around”?

 

 

 

 

References

Diffey, D. (2015). Departure from wisdom. In Grand Canyon University (Ed.), The beginning of wisdom: An introduction to Christian thought and life (2nd ed.). Available from http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2015/the-beginning-of-wisdom_an-introduction-to-christian-thought-and-life_ebook_2e.php

 

 

 

Fall of Humanity: Then and NowWorksheet

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PART ONE: THE FALL – THEN

Read the assigned readings in Topic 3 (textbook Chapter 4, Topic 3 Overview, “The Mystery of Original Sin”article, and Bible passages) and address the following questions with a total word count (including all questions and answers combined) of 500-900 words.

Cite all of the resources used with in-text citations, using at least two sources from the Topic 3 readings. Include these in the reference list at the end of the assignment.

Write your paragraph response directly below each question:

1. What is revealed about human nature (from Genesis 1-2)?

 

2. What are the consequences of the fall for human nature (from Genesis 3)?

 

3. What is revealed about human purpose from the readings? What does it mean for humans to flourish, in other words to achieve spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being?

 

4. How might these questions about human nature, purpose, and flourishing be answered by those holding a pantheistic or atheistic (choose one) worldview?

 

PART TWO: THE FALL – NOW

Consider how the fall and humanity’s exposure to good and evil are seen in the way some people treat themselves and others in dehumanizing ways today (examples: abuse, addiction, bullying, domestic violence, eating disorders, human trafficking, pornography, poverty, racism, vandalism, etc.).

Choose one act of dehumanization and write the script for a short TV public service announcement in 350-650 words. Use at least two different sources from the cited in the text and listed below in the list of references.Include the following:

• Highlight how the act of dehumanization is evident in the world today.
• Provide solid ideas for prevention.
• Include statistics, causes, and impact on people (victim, perpetrator, others as appropriate).
• Discuss how a God-centered worldview contributes to a solution.

• Include notes within the script about the images and video that would be included when shooting the commercial.

From the topic materials, view the two examples of a public service announcement:

1. Child Internet Safety PSA – Online Predators
2. Dangers of Sexting: What Teens Need to Know

 

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REFERENCES

List at least two references below for each part of the assignment above, for a minimum of four references.

Example reference:

Shuster, M. (2013). The mystery of original sin: We don’t know why God permitted the fall, but we know all too well the evil and sin that still plague us. Christianity Today, 57(3), 38-41. Retrieved from

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