Keeping Your Kids On God’s Side - Natasha Crain

XX. Why Did Jesus Need to Die on the Cross for Our Sins?

135. A critic asks why Christians would _________________ “taking a pure-hearted

_________________, beating the crap out of him and then nailing him to a cross… Could you

please _________________to me exactly why it is that this particular _________________

_________________made anything better?”

136. “This popular perspective on Jesus’ death betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the

Christian worldview. … [there are] three core points our kids need to know in order to answer

such questions:

a. ___________________________________________________________________

b. ___________________________________________________________________

c. ___________________________________________________________________

137. By definition, sin is ‘an _________________act considered to be a

_______________________against _________________law.’

138. “From the Christian perspective, a _________________good God exists, and His goodness is the

_________________standard for our morality. An objective standard is a standard that

_________________our personal _________________; it’s what gives meaning to the words

_________________and _________________.”

139. In an atheist worldview, it follows that ________ is a _________________concept because

there’s no way for a person to actually do something ________________. … if sin isn’t a real

concept, it’s not possible to _________________ _________________of Jesus’ death.”

140. “Not only does sin _________________in the Christian worldview, it’s a major

_________________that needs a _________________. … we are _________________dead

because sin _________________us from the _________________of ‘the _________________,

and the _________________ (John 14:6)”

141. “The Bible makes it clear that God is a God of both _________________and

_________________. … Overlooking sin would actually make a perfectly holy God

_________________, …”

142. What does Natasha mean when she writes, “In the case of God, He’s both the judge and the

offended party.”?

a. ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

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143. Why is the crucifixion not comparable to child abuse?

a. ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

144. What is “imputed righteousness”?

a. ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

145. Extra credit: So, how would you answer the question, “Why would an all powerful, all loving

God require His only Son to suffer such a horrible death?”

a. ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

XXI. What Are the Historical Facts of the Resurrection that Nearly Every Scholar Agrees On?

146. “If the _________________isn’t true, Christianity is _________________.”

147. What are the four historical facts, as described by Habermas and Licona, that “are generally

accepted, even by skeptics …”?

a. _____________________________________________________________

b. _____________________________________________________________

c. _____________________________________________________________

d. _____________________________________________________________

148. Extra credit: How would you respond to someone who says lots of people undergo changes in

their beliefs?

a. ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

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149. “So What Should You Conclude from the Facts? To recap, here are our minimal facts: Jesus

_________________by crucifixion, the disciples _________________He rose and appeared to

them, and the church persecutor Paul and Jesus’ skeptic brother James were

_________________ _________________after the alleged event.”

XXII. What Are the [Most Popular] Major Theories People Use to Explain Those Facts?

150. Theory 1: ______________________________________________________________

151. Theory 2: ______________________________________________________________

152. Theory 3: ______________________________________________________________

153. Theory 4: ______________________________________________________________

154. Theory 5: ______________________________________________________________

155. Theory 6: ______________________________________________________________

156. Theory 7: ______________________________________________________________

157. Why is Corinthians 15:3-7 so important?

a. ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

158. “When we consider all of these theories in light of the minimal facts from chapter 21, we can

see that they fail to make _____________ of the basic ___________________ data on one or

more levels. … Christians, of course, have another explanation: that Jesus really did ________

from the _________.”

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