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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. Who does the German Christian Church admire in 1933?

2. How many people are killed in the earthquake of 31 B.C. in Palestine?

3. What is the image Yancey first has of Jesus?

4. Who writes For the Time Being?

5. What does Jesus refuse to do with Satan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yancey grow up not knowing any Jewish people?

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

3. What does Yancey say the Communist party had trouble with?

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

5. What is the one word label Yancey would bestow upon Jesus?

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

7. What did Jesus look like?

8. What does Yancey object to in sentimental Christmas card portrayals of Jesus?

9. What did the students at Texas A & M think of the Beatitudes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Jesus mean by the term "my kingdom"? How does Yancey see the Kingdom of God as different from national or political entities? What does Yancey believe the kingdom of God means?

Essay Topic 2

The book begins with a personal account of Yancey's life in Christianity.

1) What is Yancey's personal story in terms of his understanding of Jesus?

2) How does his history growing up in the church affect this book?

3) Why does he use his personal experience?

Essay Topic 3

What is Yancey's theory about why the historical figure of Jesus has been changed by various cultures and groups to represent very different images? How and why did this happen over time?

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