MS-SOM Text Study Guide 2009 MS-SOM Student Name: # Missed: Grade: Grader s Initials LIC - Introduction to Theology TEXT: Bible Doctrines: A Pentecostal Perspective William W. Menzies and Stanley M. Horton ISBN 978-1-60731-334-2 1. What are the three basic kinds of religious authority? 2. What is special revelation? 3. What does it mean by the phrase God-breathed? 4. What is mechanical dictation and is this view a possibility with the Bible? 5. What is dynamic inspiration (or functional interpretation of inspiration?) What does this view propose? 6. What does the Bible itself teach about the role of the Holy Spirit s manner of inspiration? 7. List 5 of the 8 classifications of alleged discrepancies found in the Bible, according to J. W. Haley. e.
f. g. h. 8. What is canon and a canonical book? 9. List the four tests applied to books considered for canonization in the New Testament. Give the question that defines each test. 10. List 5 of the 6 key concepts that describe the nature of God and define each. e. f. 11. List the natural attributes of God and define each. 12. What are the two important aspects of God s holiness? 13. List and define two major kinds of heresies regarding the Trinity. 14. What is the modern form of Sabellianism that erupted in Pentecostal circles about 1915? 15. In what ways did Jesus acknowledge His own deity?
16. What significant title is given to Christ? Explain the significance of each part. 17. What are the three divine offices of Christ? 18. Explain the difference between trichotomists and dichotomists? 19. What does it mean to be made in the image and likeness of God? 20. The image of God in us consists of both a natural and a moral image. What is included by each of these? 21. What does the Bible teach is the origin of sin? 22. What is the meaning of the Atonement? 23. What is meant by vicarious sacrifice (or atonement)? 24. What is the meaning of the word conversion
25. At what three levels can faith be seen? 26. What is sacramentalism? 27. What are the two ceremonies or ordinances, which the Lord instituted and commanded? 28. What mode of baptism conveys the full significance of such passages as Romans 6:1-4, and why? 29. What does it mean to partake of communion in an unworthy manner? 30.What is the primary purpose of the baptism in the Holy Spirit? 31.Why do Paul s epistles not say much about the baptism in the Holy Spirit? 32.How does one receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit? 33.What were the tongues spoken on the day of Pentecost?
34.If all the references to Pentecostal enduement in the Book of Acts are put together, what is the overwhelming evidence that one had received the experience of baptism in the Holy Spirit? 35.What other functions do the phenomenon of tongues have, other than the evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit? 36.What are the two aspects of sanctification? 37.What does it mean to be sanctified? 38.What are the three facets of sanctification? Explain each. 39.What are the two valid biblical uses for the term church? 40.Who makes up membership within the body of Christ? 41.What are the three objectives of the church? 42.What were the three distinct features of the apostolic ministry? 43.What are the three functions of the Ministry?
44.Is the call to ministry a personal choice? Explain. 45.Why is sickness in the world? 46.Divine healing is a foretaste of what? 47.What are the two major purposes for divine healing? 48.What are 4 reasons that the doctrine of Christ s second coming is so strategic? 49.In what two ways is the term Second Coming used? 50.What does the term Antichrist mean? 51.What Scripture is given concerning setting dates for the Second Coming? 52.What are the purposes of the revelation of Christ?
53.What is postmillennialism? 54.What is amillennialism? 55.What is death? 56.Of what judgments does the Bible speak? 57.The Great White Throne judgment is for what group of people? 58.What is the second death? 59.How will the destruction of the universe affect believers?