Reading and Notes 3.4

1. What are the most common objections to the authority of the Bible?
2. How would you answer the objection “men only wrote the Bible”?
3. How would you answer the objection “the Bible has been corrupted over time”?
4. Why does the “telephone-game objection” not apply to Scripture?

How to take great notes

1. Title each page of your notes with the section, classroom discussion, or video it covers.
2. Review and write your section’s discussion question at the top of your page before taking notes.
3. Take notes after reading the section (or while you read the section.)
4. Your notes should answer the discussion question.

Always

1. If your study guide includes scripture and you find that scripture in your reading section, always write down the reference and verse(s) in your notes.
2. Provide definitions for any important terms, such as those in your glossary.
   • *Recommended*: Include definitions for new words that you need to know to understand the important terms.

Note: This note-taking approach works well for any class that gives you learning objectives or even discussion questions ahead of time.

Reading and Notes – 3.3

1. Discuss the statement, “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” What does this mean when it comes to the Bible’s trustworthiness?
2. What are some recent discoveries that point to the truthfulness of the Bible?
3. What about the historical reliability of the New Testament?
4. What role does external evidence play in establishing the Bible’s authority?

How to take great notes

1. Title each page of your notes with the section, classroom discussion, or video it covers.
2. Review and write your section’s discussion question at the top of your page before taking notes.
3. Take notes after reading the section (or while you read the section.)
4. Your notes should answer the discussion question.

Always

1. If your study guide includes scripture and you find that scripture in your reading section, always write down the reference and verse(s) in your notes.
2. Provide definitions for any important terms, such as those in your glossary.
   • *Recommended*: Include definitions for new words that you need to know to understand the important terms.

Note: This note-taking approach works well for any class that gives you learning objectives or even discussion questions ahead of time.

Classroom plan today,

• Devotion
• work on notes in class
• Examine key passages from the text
• Vocab: condescend
  • to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
  • to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts.
  • to put aside one’s dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior:

Assignments: Reading and Notes 3.1 & 3.2

Discussion Questions

3.1

1. Is it ever okay to question authority? (explain)
2. What does it mean to confess “Jesus is Lord”?
3. What are some of the assumptions Christians bring to the study of the Bible?

3.2

1. On what basis does the Bible claim authority for itself?

How to take great notes

1. Title each page of your notes with the section, classroom discussion, or video it covers.
2. Review and write your section’s discussion question at the top of your page before taking notes.
3. Take notes after reading the section (or while you read the section.)
4. Your notes should answer the discussion question.

Always

1. If your study guide includes scripture and you find that scripture in your reading section, always write down the reference and verse(s) in your notes.
2. Provide definitions for any important terms, such as those in your glossary.
   • *Recommended*: Include definitions for new words that you need to know to understand the important terms.

Note: This note-taking approach works well for any class that gives you learning objectives or even discussion questions ahead of time.

2.9: Reading and Notes

DQ

What is the “correspondence theory of truth”?

How to take great notes

1. Title each page of your notes with the section, classroom discussion, or video it covers.
2. Review and write your section’s discussion question at the top of your page before taking notes.
3. Take notes after reading the section (or while you read the section.)
4. Your notes should answer the discussion question.

Always

1. If your study guide includes scripture and you find that scripture in your reading section, always write down the reference and verse(s) in your notes.
2. Provide definitions for any important terms, such as those in your glossary.
   • *Recommended*: Include definitions for new words that you need to know to understand the important terms.

Note: This note-taking approach works well for any class that gives you learning objectives or even discussion questions ahead of time.

2.8: Reading and Notes

What is the basis for true knowledge?

Which provides a better basis for true knowledge, “naturalism” or “Christian theism”?

is 100 percent certainty a necessary condition for knowledge?

Can we know something with certainty if it hasn’t been scientifically proven?

How to take great notes

1. Title each page of your notes with the section, classroom discussion, or video it covers.
2. Review and write your section’s discussion question at the top of your page before taking notes.
3. Take notes after reading the section (or while you read the section.)
4. Your notes should answer the discussion question.

Always

1. If your study guide includes scripture and you find that scripture in your reading section, always write down the reference and verse(s) in your notes.
2. Provide definitions for any important terms, such as those in your glossary.
   • *Recommended*: Include definitions for new words that you need to know to understand the important terms.

Note: This note-taking approach works well for any class that gives you learning objectives or even discussion questions ahead of time.

2.7

Reading and Notes

Discussion Questions

2.7

• What do we mean when we say the Bible is the Word of God?
• Can we trust the accuracy of the Bible?
• What does it mean to say the Bible is “inspired” by God?
• What does it mean to say the Bible is “inerrant”?

How to take great notes

1. Title each page of your notes with the section, classroom discussion, or video it covers.
2. Review and write your section’s discussion question at the top of your page before taking notes.
3. Take notes after reading the section (or while you read the section.)
4. Your notes should answer the discussion question.

Always

1. If your study guide includes scripture and you find that scripture in your reading section, always write down the reference and verse(s) in your notes.
2. Provide definitions for any important terms, such as those in your glossary.
   • *Recommended*: Include definitions for new words that you need to know to understand the important terms.

Note: This note-taking approach works well for any class that gives you learning objectives or even discussion questions ahead of time.