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4. Why is a belief in God actually foundational to logical thought and scientific inquiry?5. What is faith? What is the difference between faith in God and faith in evolution?6. What is a difficulty some people have in accepting a Creator God?18 First Semester/First Quarter

The New AnswersBook 1Why Shouldn’t ChristiansAccept Millions of Years?Day 7Chapter 2Worksheet 1NameQuestions1. List six reasons why a six-day creation is vital to the Christian faith.a.b.c.d.e.f.2. How did the idea of millions of years come about? Who developed this idea?3. Discuss the evidences of a young earth listed in the chapter, and discuss why each is significant.First Semester/First Quarter 19

4. Write a short paragraph on the concept of the Bible being a history book — cite a couple of historicalfacts not already noted in the chapter (for example, ancient cities like Petra, ancient cultures like theHittites, etc.).5. Before starting this course, did you ever consider science an area of interest for someone interested indefending the Bible as truth as written? Why or why not?20 First Semester/First Quarter

Cultral Issues Worksheetsfor Use withThe New Answers Book 2

The New AnswersBook 2Why Is the Christian WorldviewCollapsing in America?Day 92IntroductionWorksheet 1NameQuestions1. Describe how thinking about morality has shifted since America’s founding.2. How can the culture war be fought using Scripture?3. You are midway through this apologetics course. What are the three most important things you feel youhave learned?Second Semester/Third Quarter 75

4. Why was William Tyndale was persecuted, imprisoned, strangled, and his body burned at the stake?5. Read 1 Chronicles 12:32 — what does it mean to have an understanding of the times? When you thinkof Christianity in our world or country today, what are your thoughts on how it has been changed —either for better or for worse?76 Second Semester/Third Quarter

The New AnswersBook 2What Is a Biblical Worldview?Day 94Chapter 1Worksheet 1NameQuestions1. Summarize each of the 7 Cs in your own words.2. How could you personally use the 7 Cs framework in witnessing to the unsaved?3. How could you personally use the 7 Cs framework in discipling or teaching other Christians?Second Semester/Third Quarter 77

4. Which of the 7 Cs would you use to explain the following situations from a biblical perspective?a. Layers of sedimentary rock in a stream bedb. The birth of a mulec. Thistles growing along the roadsided. A manger scene outside of a churche. An evangelistic crusade at a local arenaf. A rainbow after a stormg. Walking through a shopping center and hearing several different languages being spokenh. The beauty of a star-filled skyi. A nature program showing lions hunting zebrasj. A disobedient child78 Second Semester/Third Quarter

The New AnswersBook 2What’s the Best “Proof ”of Creation?Day 97Chapter 2Worksheet 1NameQuestions1. Support or refute the claim, “The facts speak for themselves!”2. What is a presupposition? Who has presuppositions?3. Develop an analogy for agreeing to a debate without using the Bible.Second Semester/Third Quarter 79

4. Pick a topic of interest that is related to scriptural authority or creation/evolution. Write a fictitiousdialog between yourself and a skeptic of the issue using the Bible and any other relevant evidence.5. Why is the issue of creation versus evolution not a case of “their facts versus ours”?80 Second Semester/Third Quarter

Practical Tests SectionforCultural Issues

The New Answers Book 1Practical Faith TestGlossary Exercise:PracticalTest 1For use afterChapter 6Total score:of 100Name(5 Points Each Question)The purpose of this activity is to familiarize yourself with the words in the glossary; defending your faith intoday’s increasingly hostile world means that you have to have more than simple talking points — you haveto have an understanding of concepts that enable you to truly defend what you believe.1. the alleged spontaneous generation of living organisms fromnon-living matter2. a physical trait or behavior due to inherited characteristicsthat gives an organism the ability to survive in a givenenvironment3. the process of speciation as populations spread and encounterdifferent environments4. systematic study of the characteristics of humans throughhistory5. extinct species of perching bird (known from fossils) withteeth, wing claws, and a bony tail6. an item or its remains produced in the past by humans;generally recovered through archaeological exploration7. the belief that God, or any supreme intelligence, does notexist8. genus of extinct apes known from fossils found in Africa,including the infamous “Lucy”9. a mutation that confers a survival advantage to an organismunder certain environmental conditions; usually a result ofthe loss of genetic information (see mutation)10. a scientific model based on the biblical account of creation,the curse of nature brought about by Adam’s sin, and theglobal catastrophe of Noah’s Flood11. the cosmological model suggesting the universe began as asingle point that expanded to produce the known universe12. the doctrine that changes in the geologic record are a resultof physical processes operating at rates that are dramaticallyhigher than are observed today13. a theory of biology consisting of three parts: (1) cells arethe basic unit of all living things; (2) all living things arecomposed of one or more cells; and (3) all cells come frompreexisting cells 143

14. Reinterpreting Scripture based on outside beliefs anddeveloping theology around this belief. Common originscompromise positions accept the secular view of millions ofyears, as opposed to the global Flood of Noah. Some of thesepopular views are: progressive creation/day age theory, gaptheory, framework hypothesis, and theistic evolution.15. The original organisms (and their descendants) createdsupernaturally by God as described in Genesis 1; theseorganisms reproduce only their own kind within the limits ofpreprogrammed information, but with great variation. Note— since the original creation, organisms of one kind cannotinterbreed with a different kind, but individuals within a kindmay have lost the ability (information) to interbreed due tothe effects of the Curse.16. an extinct people group of Europe and Eastern Asia17. a belief that all organisms have a single common ancestorthat has produced all living organisms through the process ofnatural selection; popularized by Charles Darwin in On theOrigin of Species18. a compromise belief that the days of Genesis 1 are actuallyvast ages of different lengths; based on secular dating methods19. a belief in a Creator God that denies His intervention in thehistory of the universe since its creation20. an interpretation of Scripture that incorporates theinterpreter’s ideas as opposed to the actual meaning of the text(taking ideas to Scripture and reinterpreting it)21. critical interpretation of Scripture taking into account thewriting style, meaning, and context of the passage (learningfrom what Scripture is saying)22. a type of replacement fossil that includes the concave orconvex impression of an organism; typical of shells and leaves23. an organism in which the porous parts are filled with mineraldeposits, leaving the original superstructure intact24. a compromise belief that Genesis 1 is written in a non-literal,non-chronological way; based on secular dating methods25. a compromise belief that a vast period of time exists betweenGenesis 1:1 and 1:2 during which time the geologic eras canbe fit26. the collection of varying alleles within a population oforganisms144

27. the amount of time required for one-half of the atoms of theparent isotope to decay into the daughter isotope28. interpreting evidence from past events based on a presupposedphilosophical point of view29. extinct and living members of the family Hominidae,including modern humans and their ancestors30. fossils of extinct human people groups that are misinterpretedas missing links in human evolution31. an invalid category consisting of various ape and human fossilfragments32. the category that includes modern humans, Neandertals, andother extinct human groups33. a belief in mankind as the measure of all things; based onrelative truth and morality and rejecting any supernaturalauthority34. the first fossil specimen of Homo erectus35. human remains found in Washington State in 199636. Anything that contains genetic information, can reproduceoffspring that resemble itself, grow and develop, controlcellular organization and conditions including metabolismand homeostasis, and respond to its environment. Note —the Bible defines life in a different sense, using the Hebrewphrase nephesh chayyah, indicating organisms with a life spirit.37. term used by evolutionists to describe the alleged,unobservable change of one kind of organism to another bynatural selection acting on the accumulation of mutationsover vast periods of time38. term used by evolutionists to describe relatively small changesin genetic variation that can be observed in populations39. the most recent common ancestor of humans whose lineagecan be traced backward through female ancestors; allegedsupport for the out-of-Africa hypothesis of human evolution40. the process by which individuals possessing a set of traits thatconfers a survival advantage in a given environment tend toleave more offspring on average that survive to reproduce inthe next generation41. an extinct human people group with relatively thick bonesand a distinct culture; disease and nutritional deficiency maybe responsible for the bone characteristics 145

42. an extension of Darwinism that includes modern geneticconcepts to explain the origin of all life on earth from a singlecommon ancestor43. any compromise position that accepts the millions-of-yearsidea from secular science and attempts to fit that time into theevents of Genesis 1–244. a systematic approach to understanding that uses observable,testable, repeatable, and falsifiable experimentation tounderstand how nature commonly behaves45. based on the gradual movement of the plates over hundreds ofmillions of years46. based on rapid movement of the plates associated with Noah’sFlood47. a compromise belief accepting that God has created organismsin a progressive manner over billions of years to accommodatesecular dating methods48. an evolutionary model that suggests evolution occurs in rapidspurts rather than by gradual change49. the process of change in a population that produces distinctpopulations that rarely naturally interbreed due to geographicisolation or other factors50. the false belief that life can arise from nonliving matter51. a compromise belief that suggests God used evolutionaryprocesses to create the universe and life on earth over billionsof years52. an explanation of a set of facts based on a broad set ofobservations that is generally accepted within a group ofscientists53. species that exhibit traits that may be interpreted asintermediate between two kinds of organisms in anevolutionary framework (e.g., an organism with a fish bodyand amphibian legs)54. the doctrine that present-day processes acting at similar ratesas observed today account for the change evident in thegeologic record55. one of the Hebrew words for “day” encompassing severaldefinitions such as the daylight portion of a day (12 hours,Genesis 1:5a), a day with one evening and one morning (24hours, Genesis 15b), or a longer period of time (Genesis 24).The context reveals which definition is in use.146

The New Answers Book 2Practical Faith TestQuestions:PracticalTest 5For use afterChapter 7Total score:of 100Name(5 Points Each Question)Know Your Audience — the Greeks and the JewsThe Bible shows us two different approaches to sharing the gospel through Paul to the Greeks and the Jews.This is important because you need to know who your audience is or the background of the person you arewitnessing to in order to be most effective.The Jewish people had a history of believing in one God who had created everything. So Paul’s approachto them was to focus on Jesus being the Messiah. The Greeks, on the other hand, worshiped a number ofGods and were focused on philosophies and the form of natural evolution. So for them he needed to lay afoundation of God being the true Creator God, the Fall of man, sin, and the need for a Savior (all of whichthe Jews were already aware of ).The following exercise is to help you be a more effective witness for Christ. You will be sharing your owntestimony and speaking of Christ and the need for a Savior to two audiences. Write a testimony for each,keeping in mind the approaches used to reach the Greeks and the Jews, or do these in an oral form beforeyour family.1. A group of new friends at a secular summer camp: 153

2. A church youth group in your hometown:154

Semester Tests SectionforCultural Issues

The New Answers Book 1Practical Faith TestQuestions:SemesterTest 1Scope: Book 1Total score:of 100Name(5 Points Each Question)The following questions are taken from the worksheets you completed from The New Answers Book 1.1. Why is a belief in God actually foundational to logical thought and scientific inquiry?2. The real issue behind saying that God used millions of years of evolution as His method of creation isthat it puts the authority of God’s Word against man’s fallible opinion. How is this true?3. How is the gap theory different from and similar to the ideas of “theistic evolution” and “progressivecreation”? 163

4. What are some of the common objections to the concept of Cain’s wife being a descendant of Adam?5. How was Noah able to build such a large, seaworthy vessel?6. Discuss the geological evidences that support a global Flood of Noah’s day.164

7. Why is it important that we are able to explain the existence of dinosaurs within a biblical worldview?8. How have evolutionary-based ideas provided support for racism?9. What is the definition of natural selection from an evolutionist’s perspective? From a creationist’sperspective? 165

10. How does having an evolutionary foundation impact one’s views on death and suffering? How does itimpact man’s hope for the future?166

The New Answers Book 2Practical Faith TestQuestions:SemesterTest 2Scope: Book 2Total score:of 100Name(5 Points Each Question)The following questions are taken from the worksheets you completed from The New Answers Book 2.1. How can the culture war be fought using Scripture?2. What is a presupposition? Who has presuppositions?3. Write a brief description of how the biblical age of the earth is determined. 167

4. How does the Fall of man connect with the mutations and flaws we see within DNA today?5. How do the starting assumptions of evoluti

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