Prolegomena

Question 1

Why should we study theology?

Answer 1

1. ) Evangelism- Have answers to people’s questions (1 Pet. 3:15).
2. ) Discipleship- Help new believers understand God and their faith better.
3. ) Relationship- we need to know who God is in order to have a relationship with him (John 17:3).
4. ) Combat Heresy and Dangerous Philosophies- to confront and attack spiritually dangerous ideas.
5. ) Develop a Balanced Christian Character- to understand who God is and how to be more like him.

Question 2

What are the dangers of studying theology?

Answer 2

1. ) Putting God in a box- thinking we have God figured out.
2. ) Technical terminology and jargon- talking over people’s heads so that they don’t understand what we’re saying.
3. ) Excessive speculation- pet theories and speculation that cannot be proved from the Bible.
4. ) Lack of practical application- failing to help people see the connection between theology and “real life”.
5. ) Becoming a know-it-all- knowledge puffs up, love builds up (1 Cor. 8:1).
6. ) Leanness in your soul- knowing theology but little or no life/experience with God.
7. ) Unbelief- knowing theology but not believing it (falling into doubt or skepticism).

Question 3

Things necessary to be a good theologian.

Answer 3

1. ) A genuine desire to know God and serve him better.
2. ) Humility and teachableness
3. ) Willingness to apply God’s truth- even if we have to change our ideas or behavior.
4. ) Prayer

Question 4

Angelology

Answer 4

The doctrine of angels

Question 5

Anthropology

Answer 5

The doctrine of humanity

Question 6

Biblical Theology

Answer 6

The study of the teaching of individual authors and sections of the Bible and of the place of each teaching in the historical development of the Bible.

Question 7

Bibliology

Answer 7

The doctrine or ordered study of the Bible

Question 8

Christology

Answer 8

The doctrine or study of Christ (his nature, attributes, work).

Question 9

Cosmogony

Answer 9

The doctrine of Creation

Question 10

Doctrine

Answer 10

What the whole Bible teaches us today about a particular topic.

Question 11

Ecclesiology

Answer 11

The doctrine of the Church

Question 12

Eschatology

Answer 12

The doctrine of “last things” (end times, the intermediate state of the dead)

Question 13

Hamartiology

Answer 13

The doctrine of sin

Question 14

Pneumatology

Answer 14

The doctrine of the Holy Spirit (his deity, person, and work).

Question 15

Prolegomena

Answer 15

Introductory matters of theology, assumptions, and definitions, ones approach to theology.

Question 16

Soteriology

Answer 16

The doctrine of salvation

Question 17

Systematic Theology

Answer 17

“What does the whole Bible teach us today on this topic?”