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21 Cards in this Set
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freedom
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the ability to live according to God's purposes for us.
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glorification
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the future transformation of saved persons in which we will be like Christ in every way.
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holiness
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the condition of being set aside as special for a divine purpose. It is the work of the Holy Spirit in "sanctification" whereby the person becomes more like Christ.
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Illumination
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That work of the Holy Spirit by which the Spirit causes the Bible to "come alive" and become meaningful for life in the present.
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imago dei
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The image of God in humans by which they reflect something of god in a limited and imperfect way.
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immanence
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God's presence in and with creation. Not a spatial concept but a relational concept that expresses God's gracious involvement with the world of nature and history.
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incarnation
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The divinity or deity of Jesus Christ in which he is God in human flesh.
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infallible
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Not liable to deceive; trustworthy.
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inspiration
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That work of the Holy Spirit in influencing the authors and compliers of Scripture to produce writings which adequately reflect what God desired to communicate to us.
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intellectualism
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The tendency to emphasize the mental understanding of something to the exclusion of the personal, emotional, intuitive approach. For example, in theology intellectualism would be any approach that tends to reduce religion to a set of rational beliefs to be grasped by the mind.
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intercession
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Praying on behalf of others
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interpretive framework
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The set of foundational categories that determine how we experience and interpret the world around us. Everyone has such a framework and lives to of it in identifying himself or herself and encountering the world.
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justification
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An aspect of salvation in which we are declared righteous by God even when we are still sinners.
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liberation
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An aspect of salvation in which the Holy Spirit frees us from bondage to sin, death , and Satan.
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millennium/millennial
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The millennium is a one thousand year reign of Christ on earth. Millennial refers to views that embrace this hope. Christians who believe in a millennium disagree about its details.
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monism
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A worldview or philosophy that believes in the underlying oneness of everything.
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monotheism
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Belief in one God who is personal, transcendent (other than the world), and immanent (present with the world).
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objective atonement
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A view of Jesus' mission that focuses on his death paying the price or taking the punishment for humanity's sinfulness.
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ontological
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Having to do with being and its structures. Ontology is the branch of philosophy that studies concepts such as being and nonbeing and investigates the nature of existence and non-existence. The ontological proof of God's existence begins from the concept of a being great than which none can be conceived and proceeds to its necessary existence.
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ordinance
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An act which Christ ordained (instituted for the church to continue) and, therefore, which Christians practice as a sign of obedience to him. The most common ones are baptism and the Lord's Supper. Some churches consider a foot washing ceremony an ordinance.
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Ordination
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the act whereby the church sets apart persons whom the sovereign Sprit has called, gifted, and empowered for pastoral ministry.
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