PASTOR-TEACHER EXAM QUESTIONS

SECTION 1:  * THEOLOGY *

1. WHAT ARE THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD?
 
2.  WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD AND THE THREE PERSONS OF THE GODHEAD?

3.  IN WHAT SENSE, IF ANY, IS JESUS CHRIST SUBORDINATE TO GOD THE FATHER?

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SECTION 2:  * BIBLIOLOGY *

4. IN WHAT WAY AND TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE BIBLE THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD?
 
5.  IN WHAT LANGUAGE(S) WAS THE BIBLE INSPIRED?
 
6.  WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND IN THESE LANGUAGES, AND AS A TEACHER OF BIBLE DOCTRINE, WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERNING THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGES OF SCRIPTURE?
 
7.  WHAT SOURCES OF SPIRITUAL TRUTH, IF ANY, EXIST TODAY APART FROM THE WRITTEN CANON OF SCRIPTURE?
 
8.  WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMPUTED SIN, INHERENT SIN AND PERSONAL SIN?
 
9.  THE "WAGES OF SIN" REFER TO WHAT TYPE OF DEATH?
 
10. AT WHAT POINT IN LIFE DOES AN INDIVIDUAL FIRST BECOME SINFUL?
 
11. ARE ALL MEN TOTALLY DEPRAVED? EXPLAIN.
 
12. WHERE IS THE OLD SIN NATURE LOCATED?
 
13. WHAT EFFORT, IF ANY, CAN THE UNBELIEVER EXERT TO PLEASE GOD?
 
14. HOW, IF AT ALL, CAN THE BELIEVER ATTAIN SINLESSNESS DURING HIS LIFE ON EARTH?
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SECTION 3:  * SATANOLOGY *

15. WHO IS SATAN?
 
16. WHAT IS HIS GOAL AND WHAT CHARACTERIZES HIS PLAN FOR ATTAINING THAT GOAL?
 
17. HOW DOES MAN FIT INTO THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SATAN AND GOD?

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SECTION 4:  * SOTERIOLOGY *

18. STATE THE GOSPEL COMPLETELY BUT CONCISELY.
 
19. HOW IS SALVATION MAINTAINED AND PERPETUATED? PROVE FROM SCRIPTURE.
 
20. WHAT IS MEANT BY "THE BLOOD OF CHRIST"?
 
21. HOW WERE MEN SAVED BEFORE THE CROSS OCCURRED HISTORICALLY?
 
22. WHAT ARE AT LEAST FIVE RESULTS OF SALVATION?
 
23. BRIEFLY DEFINE PREDESTINATION AND ELECTION.
 
24. WHERE ARE BELIEVERS AND WHERE ARE UNBELIEVERS WHO HAVE DIED?
 
25. CAN AN UNBELIEVER BE SAVED AFTER HE DIES?
 
26. WHAT IS THE HYPOSTATIC UNION? THE VIRGIN BIRTH AND KENOSIS?
 
27. WAS IT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT JESUS BE BORN OF A VIRGIN? EXPLAIN?

28. WHY DID CHRIST DIE SPIRITUALLY THEN PHYSICALLY ON THE CROSS?
 
29. DID CHRIST RISE BODILY FROM THE GRAVE?
 
30. WHAT IS HE DOING NOW?
 
31. WILL HE RETURN TO EARTH, AND IF SO, WHEN AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
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SECTION 5:  * PNEUMATOLOGY *

32. IS THE HOLY SPIRIT A REAL PERSON, AND IS HE DEITY?  PROVE FROM SCRIPTURE.
 
33. WHAT IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THE UNBELIEVER, TO THE BELIEVER AT THE MOMENT OF SALVATION, AND TO THE BELIEVER AFTER SALVATION.
 
34. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE OLD SIN NATURE?
 
35. CAN A CHRISTIAN BE PARTIALLY SPIRITUAL AND PARTIALLY SINFUL AT THE SAME TIME? EXPLAIN.
 
36. WHAT IS THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT AND HOW IS IT ATTAINED?
 
37. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY?
 
38. WHAT IS THE GIFT OF TONGUES AND WHAT, IF ANY, IS ITS ROLE TODAY?
 
39. IS FAITH-HEALING LEGITIMATE TODAY?
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