Abbreviated Study Help for Ethics

Utlitarianism—Greatest good for the greatest number

Cultural Relativism--Society determines right and wrong

Situation Ethics—The Love principle

Kant’s Imperative--Act as if the maxim from which you act were to become through your will a universal law.

Natural Law—Ethical principles are self evident

Aristotle’s Ethic—Telos, meaning end or goal determines right or wrong

Plato’s Ethic—The greatest good of man is happiness

Psalm 139—God’s relationship with child in the womb

Genesis 1—the Image of God

2 Timothy 3—Scripture and Ethics

The Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade separated personhood from humanity True

Euthenasia—“good death”

Derek Humphrey—Hemlock Society, Final Exit

Jack Kevorkian—“Dr. Death”, suicide machine

Durable Power of Attorney—Proxy makes decision for you

Genesis 1:24—God created “kinds” of species

Genesis 3—Genetic disease is the result of the fall

Exodus 20:13—The Bible condemns murder

Psalm 139:16—God has ordained our days

Clone—Identical Twin

False—Kerby Anderson believes that human clones will not have souls

Attention First Years

A public Apology

I just want to aplogize to all of the 2nd year collegians.  I have fallen behind on my promise since you left.  I must further ask your forgiveness since i am unsure what to write for Dr. Ware's class.

Your friend who is not currently too faithful to you,

JosephBurt

Ecclesiastes--Mike Calhoun

1. Wealth will satisfy you as long as you have alot of it
2. Wealth is not necessary
3. Ch 9                           a. Significance
4. Ch 10                         b. Purpose
5. Ch 11                         c. Order
6. Ch12                          d. Life
7. Wealth without the divine gift of ____________ is nothing.                                    a.organization  b. enjoyment  c. contentment   d.patience
8. Wealth brings rest and relaxation
9. Hoarded wealth can be harmful
10. Wealth can be lost
11. Wealth can satisfy personal desire
12. None of us would like to be wise
13. A wise person should cutivate a good character
14. Hard times teach more than happy times
15. Wisdom is better than position
16. Wisdom is sufficient to understand life
17. Wise people do not allow dishonesty in their lives
18. The wise take charge of today
19. Hard times make us reflect on the brevity of life
20. God ordains most authorities, but not all
21. Do not be too quick to turn your back on a leader with whom you disagree
22. Remember that God will sometime correct authority, but not always
23. You can control events
24. Justice is often delayed
25. God is our utmost authority
26. The truth is that everyone ends up in the ground
27. There is joy in the grave
28. Ecclesiastes 9 is a call to confront death and denounce yourself
29. The five assets of Human success are the swift, strong, wise, discerning, learned.
30. Chapter ten is a call to order
31. You can react to authorities when they are wrong
32. Don't be careless with your words
33. The only way to act wisely is to use God's wisdom to direct your activities
34. Everything is meaningless
35. We all need to be involved in right living
36. We are to enjoy the present and look forward to nothing
37. If there is no God there is no purpose
38. Life is curable
39. Life is futile
40. Life is filled with repetition
41. Ecclesiastes says life is on the level of animal existence
42. The three exhortations are Remeber your creator,  Fear God and Keep the Sabbath.
43. The work of God should bring us to a fear of God
44. "Remebering God" just means recalling Him mentally
45. There are no benefits to fearing God
46. "Keepers of the house" are legs
47. "Windows of the house" are eyes
48. The almond tree is a reference to white hair
49. Death is likened to a silver bowl on a gold cord
50. I have read Ecclesiastes 2 times this week.

Quiz 1

1. Put the following points in order:    Observation, Application, Orientation, Consideration, Experimentation.
2. Ecclesiastes is written as wisdom literature from God's perspective
3. God needs to be central to everything
4. The thesis of the book is that Life is vain
5. The proof of the book is that All is vanity
6. The Counsel of the book is to fear God
7. Man's wisdom is from below
8. God is visible
9. One solution of the book is to "enjoy life"
10. The major theme of the book is that there are limitations on what people can do.
11. the book was read at Jewish funerals
12. Not all the statements in Ecclesiastes are true
13. Solomon's first conclusion is that life is worth living
14. Key words are "under the sun, end, God"
15. Key words are "Wisdom, wise, Man"
16. Vanity is not a keyword of the book
17. Proverbs wisdom is God's wisdom
18. Ecclesiastes wisdom is human wisdom
19. A good asssessment of Ecclesiastes is that it is fatalistic and cynical
20. A really good assesment of the book is that it is conclusion to which the search for the meaning of life had led
21. Solomon is the author of Ecclesiastes
22. One statement from Ecclesiastes could be that life is brief, so enjoy what God hgas given you
23. The term used for God in the book is what we interpret as "YHWH"
24. Ecclesiastes could be called Solomon's testimony
25. Solomon talks about the cycles of life in comparison with everything BUT...           History, Sun, Wind, Rocks, River
26. The more wisdom the more pleasure
27. Solomon looked for pleasure in parties
28. Solomon looked for pleasure in accomplishments
29. Solomon looked for pleasure in his posessions
30. Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes late in his life

Quiz 2

Chp 2                  a.Authority
1. Chp 3                  b.Comforter
2. Chp 4                  c.Meaning
3. Chp 5                  d.Lasting Treasure
4. Chp 6                  e.Wisdom     
5. Chp 1                  f.Happiness
6. Chp 7                  g.god not equal to God
7. Chp 8                  h.Control
8. There are 15 pairs of opposites
9. We live in a society of extreme individualism
10. Do not be careful in your worship
11. It is okay if you ignore some of your vows to God
12. It is wrong to use excessive words in prayer
13. Injustice will not alsways exist in this world
14. God is in control
15. Life is fair without God
16. Individual worship should be an indicator of how you worship corporately
17. There are not many expressions of worship
18. There is only one way to worship God
19. When worshipping you should watch with a view to obedience

Nehemiah-Dr. Dan Anderson

1. I AM REPOSTING THIS FROM LAST YEAR WITH NO CHANGES--GOOD LUCK
3. Nehemiah is a book from the period of the Old Testament called the _________
4. What is the root of all sin?______________
5. Who was king when Nehemiah was written?_____________
6. What was Nehemiah's relationship to the king?_______________
7. The scribe who was Nehemiah's friend was ____________
8. The prophet that was Nehemiah's friend was _______________
9. Nehemiah was the son of _______________
10. Nehemiah was born in ___________
11. Nehemiah's brother was ______________
12. In chapter seven, his brother is said to _________ _______ more than ___________
13. Nehemiah was written around ____-_____ B.C.
14. The theme of Nehemiah is ____________ the ___________ ________
15. The distance around the wall was around ____________
16. The key verse is __:___                      Outline Information                                                                         
17. __________ of the _____ (Neh 1-7)
18. __________ (ch 1)
19. __________ (ch 2:1-8)
20. __________ (ch2:9-20)
21. __________ (ch 3-6)
22. __________ (ch 7)
23. _____________of the _________ (Neh 8-10)
24. __________ (ch 8)
25. __________ (ch 9)
26. __________ (ch 10)
27. _____________ of the _________ (Neh 11-13)
28. ___________ (ch 11-12:26)
29. ___________ (ch 12:27-47)
30. ___________ (ch 13)
31. The ceremony used to present the completed wall is an __________ ceremony
32. Nehemiah kept up with his duties when he heard of the state of the city (T/F)
33. Nehemiah sobbed when he heard the state of the city
34. Nehemiah was most concerned over the safety of the city
35. Nehemiah immediately sought a solution from the king
36. You can tell a lot about a person's spiritual state based on their prayer life.
37. Nehemiah spends most of his first prayer asking God for a solution
38. His first recorded prayer is the longest recorded prayer
39. Nehemiah only repents of his own sin in his prayer
40. Nehemiah demands help based on God's promises
41.  Nehemiah fasted before he took his problem to the king 
42. How many people does it take to kill a 1500 pound critter in West Virginia

Know your memory verses for the quiz.Neh. 4:6b and 6:9c