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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Tolstoy when he wrote Resurrection?

2. What does supersessionism mean?

3. According to Yancey, what is the primary emotion in most religions when one approaches God?

4. What does the Gospel of Mark say about why Jesus chose the Twelve?

5. Where does Yancey teach the Beatitudes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yancey start Chapter 5 with a quote from Napoleon?

2. What is Yancey's interpretation of why God decided not to come in clouds of glory and fix everything?

3. What does Yancey say is the true meaning of Christmas?

4. What is Jacob Neuser's primary objection to Jesus?

5. How does the gospel of Matthew open and what is the importance of that?

6. What does Henri Nouwen do that is so unusual?

7. What may Satan have taken away from the confrontation with Jesus in the wilderness?

8. What is the Golden Rule?

9. What is it that restores Jesus's humanity for Yancey?

10. Where did Philip Yancey first become acquainted with the stories of Jesus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Yancey believe in the Resurrection? What is his struggle? How does he overcome his doubts and fears?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the major stages of the last week of Jesus based on Chapter 10.

1) Identify each stage.

2) What does each stage represent theologically for Yancey?

Essay Topic 3

Why is it important for Christians to acknowledge the Jewish roots of Jesus? What might have been different over the past 2000 years if Jesus had been identified more strongly as a Jewish rabbi?

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