Across
- 3. A system for understanding the overall structure of the Bible that emphasizes how God’s plans are always worked out according to his covenants
- 9. Commands that usually begin with “do” or “do not”
- 11. Set apart or separate
- 12. The books we currently have in our Bible
- 13. The explanation of a text based on careful, objective analysis
- 14. A form of American Protestant Christianity which emphasizes the authority of an inerrant Bible
- 19. A dictionary developed to define the terms of a particular work
- 20. The science of defending the faith
- 21. Withdrawn from profane usage
- 25. A strong written or spoken attack against a belief or set of beliefs
- 27. The section of systematic theology dealing with what is going to happen in the end times
- 30. Written text about something that has never been experienced
- 32. An emphasis on certain gifts of the Holy Spirit as a sign of the Spirit’s presence
- 33. A message from God
- 34. A type or category of literature
- 35. Traditional tales held by a group of people, usually containing supernatural characters and events
- 36. A formal definition or summary of the Christian faith
- 37. The way words are constructed with stems, prefixes, and suffixes
- 40. How someone thinks Scripture ought to be interpreted and why they think that’s the best way
- 41. A theological system that emphasizes the sovereignty of God over the freewill of man when it comes to salvation
- 42. The grammatical structure of words and phrases to create coherent sentences
- 43. An overarching storyline that gives context, meaning, and purpose to all of life
- 44. To decide ahead of time that something will happen
- 45. Right belief
Down
- 1. A modern Protestant movement that discourages religious formalism and emphasizes a personal relationship with Christ
- 2. A system of religious beliefs and rituals
- 4. To be chosen for a specific use
- 5. The organization of theological concepts into categorical systems
- 6. The idea that mankind is the sole source of all problems and therefore, is the answer to all problems
- 7. Unmerited and free favor towards the undeserving
- 8. Not sanctified for religious usage
- 10. An event or person in the Old Testament that foreshadows something in the New Testament
- 15. One who does not know
- 16. A portion of Scripture that is interpreted to have a hidden or symbolic meaning
- 17. The sum total of ideas that a word can mean
- 18. Psalms that ask God to curse or bring evil upon enemies
- 22. A theological system that emphasizes the freedom of man while denying absolute predestination
- 23. Laws in the Bible that have the “if, then” pattern
- 24. The process of becoming Christ-like
- 26. The section of systematic theology that deals with the Church
- 28. God knows what is going to happen before it happens
- 29. To fall away or defect from the faith
- 31. A literary device in which a sequence of ideas is presented and then repeated back in reverse order
- 38. The doctrine that because of Adam’s sin, all of mankind inherits a sinful nature from our parents
- 39. Cleansing so that sinful people can have fellowship with a holy God