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Abraham Man with whom God made a covenant, in which He chose his family to lead humanity into conflict with Satan and his followers, and through whom He began the nation of Israel. |
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Accommodation When speaking of divine revelation, it means that God designed the message to be understood by the original audience in their own context. |
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Adam Man with whom God made the covenant of foundations, in which man was to fill and subdue the earth. |
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Allegorical Approach to interpreting Scripture that interprets people, places, things and events as if they were symbols or metaphors for spiritual truths. |
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Anthropomorphism It refers to the way God sometimes speaks or behaves in ways that seem almost human. |
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Application In hermeneutics it refers to appropriately connecting the original meaning of a biblical document to contemporary audiences in ways that impact their concepts, behaviors and emotions. |
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Bacon The "father of modern science" |
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Ceremonial Term used to refer to aspects of God's Old Testament Law that applied to forms of worship and are object lessons to teach eternal truths |
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Civil Term used to refer to aspects of God's Old Testament Law that were eternal principles put into time-conditioned settings in the nation of Israel |
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Common Grace God's non-saving mercy toward all of humanity |
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