Leviticus Reading Assignment

Please read the following reading on Leviticus and answer the following questions, illustrating in your answer you have read the assignment.

Please answer with 4-6 sentences unless marked by as asterisk (*).

1. Does Leviticus advance the STORY of the Bible? Why or why not?*

2. What are the major divisions of the book of Leviticus?

3. What is the major event in Exodus that makes Leviticus necessary?*

4. What things are necessary for God to dwell in the midst of his people?

5.What does Leviticus teach us about who God is?

6. What are the similarities between the dedication of Solomon's temple and Leviticus?

7. How does Leviticus look forward to Jesus?

National Secular Society Reading and Essay

Please read from this "Introduction to Secularism" from the National Secular Society, the section entitled "What is secularism?" (pgs. 9-16).

Write a one-page essay comparing and contrasting how this organization, a proponent of secularism, and our textbook, written by a Christian company, talk about secularism.

Understanding the Covenants Reading

Please read this chapter on Understanding the Covenants and then answer the following questions, illustrating in your answers that you have read the chapter. Please answer with 4-6 sentences unless the question has an asterisk (*).

Questions:

1. What is a Covenant?

2. What are some modern-day examples of covenants?

3. What is the difference between a vertical and horizontal covenant?*

4. What are the four major covenants in Scripture.

5. Discuss the relationship between faith and obedience as discussed in the chapter.

6. How does the structure of the book of Ephesians illustrate the role of obedience in the believer's life?

7. What is the Davidic Covenant?

8. What is the New Covenant and where is it found?

Secularism Reading from UTT

Please read the following chapter on Secularism from Understanding the Times and then answer the following questions, illustrating in your answers that you have read the chapter. Please answer with 4-6 sentences unless the question has an asterisk (*).

Questions:

1. Define Secularism.*

2. What is the secularist narrative?

3. How has secularism manifested itself in the American context?

4. Define Secular Humanism.*

5. Why would someone say that secularism isn't a real "worldview." Is secularism a worldview?

6. Where do secularists turn for direction? What are some of their sources of "special revelation?"

7. What does Secularism have to say about the human condition?

8. What are the ethics of a secularist worldview? 

What the Bible Is and Isn't

Please read the following assignment on "What the Bible Is and Isn't" and answer the following questions.

Please answer in 3-5 sentences, demonstrating in your answer that you've read the assignment. If the question is marked with an asterisk (*), you may answer in less than 3-5 sentences.

1. What famous atheist said "A native speaker of English who has never read a word of the King James Bible is verging on the barbarian."?*

2. Discuss the five benefits the Bible promises to believer who study it.

3. Is the Bible only a book of instruction?

4. What does it mean to call the Bible "revelation"?

5. Discuss the difference between special and general revelation.

6. What is scientism?*

7. What is a self-refuting claim?*

Reading from Koran Sura 3-4

Read the Koran Sura 3, which discusses the Islamic account of creation.


Also read the Koran Sura 4, which is often used as supporting Jihad.

Primer on Islam

Read this Primer on Islam from the International Association of Religions Journalists. Answer the following questions, demonstrating you have read the primer in your answers.

4-5 sentences per question.


1. What is Sufism?
2. Discuss "The Resurgence of Islam in Muslim Politics and Society"
3. What does the author mean by Islamic reform, particularly in the 21st century?