Class
5 Chapter 4
Date: 10-3-02
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5 MP3 File
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For
next week:
Chapter
5 Sin and Evil
IDEAS
(Note: Although these questions arise from
specific sections of the chapter, please allow
the whole chapter to possibly supplement your
answers.)
Discuss
the two categories into which the reasons for
the gap between hopes/dreams and reality can
be divided.
In
what historic event are these problems (this problem,
"evil") ulitmately rooted.
Discuss
the creation and fall of angels.
What
is Satan's primary goal?
How
does this goal of Satan relate to "original
sin"?
How
is original sin evident in babies?
Why
is the teaching of "original sin" offensive
to people?
Discuss
the relationship of ?original sin? to the bound
will and both horizontal and vertical relationships.
Why
does KOLB discuss the Fall as a "falling
upwards"? How is this related to "Pride"?
Discuss
"defensiveness," both Adam's reaction
to God after the fall and our own.
"We
cannot do it right because at the core of our
beings we are not right, that is, we are not right
with God." Discuss (How would you explain
this idea to somebody),.
After
discussing several ways of distinguishing sin,
KOLB discusses the complexities of evil in human
experience. Discuss the four forms of evil which
do not sort out easily as either our fault or
the fault of someone or something else.
What
is the human reaction to being overwhelmed by
evil from outside ourselves? From inside ourselves?
What ultimately can bring resolution to each of
these reactions?
TERMS
AND PEOPLE
sin
evil
original
sin(p. 90, 92, 98)
Shama
pesha
awon
chata't
"being curved in upon ourselves" (incurvatus
in se)
actual sin
"first table"
"second table"
external sin
internal sin
sin of commission
sin of ommission
voluntary (or planned) sin
involuntary (or unplanned)sin
occassional sin
habitual sin
individual sin
communal sin
venial sin
mortal sin
"unforgivable sin"
Satan
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