Saturday, 4 May 2024, 2:14 AM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Making Biblical Decisions (Making Biblical Decisions)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-6

Ceremonial Law

Aspect of the law that gives instructions for worship and the sacrificial system.

Ethics

Dr. Frame defines it for Christians as theology viewed as a means of determining which human persons, acts and attitudes receive God's blessing and which do not.

Euthanasia

The practice of deliberately intervening to terminate someone's life in order to relieve their suffering.

Situational Perspective

Ethical perspective that considers the problem itself, the goals, and the consequences.

Sarcasm

The use of language contrary to its literal meaning in order to criticize or taunt.

Creation Ordinance

A command revealed through God's first acts of creation when He made the heavens and the earth.

Great Commission

Christ's appointment of the eleven faithful apostles as his authoritative representatives, and his charge to them to spread the kingdom of God throughout the whole world.

Cultural Mandate

God's command that humans expand his kingdom to the ends of the through the development of human culture.

Bereans

People who are praised in the Book of Acts for examining the Scriptures to see if the words of Paul were true.

Athanasius

Theologian of the fourth century AD who affirmed the Trinity and refuted Arianism.