A student is deeply troubled by the Westminster Confession’s teaching that God has from eternity decreed some human beings to everlasting life and others to everlasting death, regardless of anything those individuals will do or choose. Based on the notes, the main theological problem with this doctrine is that:

A student dismisses the Marxist critique of religion — that doctrines of God function ideologically to sanction existing conditions of exploitation and justify the status quo — as simple anti-Christian propaganda that theology has no obligation to engage seriously. Based on the notes, the more theologically adequate response is that:

A student argues that since God is omnipotent, God can and should exercise coercive force to compel justice in the world — divine power means the capacity to override all resistance and enforce righteous outcomes. Based on the notes’ account of omnipotent love, the most theologically adequate response is that:

A student argues that because the Enlightenment demonstrated that all authority must be questioned, the Christian Church should simply abandon any claim to scriptural authority in order to remain intellectually credible. Based on the notes, the most theologically adequate response is that:

A student asks what practical implications the doctrine of perichoresis carries for how Christians understand human personhood and identity. Based on the notes, the correct answer is that:

A student argues that a fully Christocentric reading of Scripture is entirely self-sufficient — there is no theological need to attend to God as Creator or to the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit. The notes identify this reductive error as:

A student argues that the literary diversity of Scripture — its mix of poetry, narrative, prophecy, wisdom, hymn, lament, and apocalyptic — is a sign of editorial confusion that ultimately weakens its theological authority. Paul Ricoeur’s position, as presented in the notes, would respond that:

A student asks where the Bible’s metanarrative begins and ends. Based on the notes, the correct answer is:

A literature professor teaches a university course on the Bible as a great work of Western literature, comparing Jesus to Hamlet as a complex and puzzling literary character. Based on the notes, the central theological problem with this approach is that it:

A new Christian asks which books of the NT narrate the story of Jesus’ life, teachings, death, and resurrection. Based on the notes, the correct answer is: