Test Description – 525
A Describe the knowledge and skills required to pass the test
1. The student should be acquainted with salient literature and crucial issues related to
contemporary evangelical Christian theology.
2. The student should be able to critically evaluate important classic and recent issues
relating to the nature, necessity, and method of systematic theology, inspiration and
inerrancy of Scripture, the nature and work of God, theological anthropology, and the
doctrine of sin.
B List the topics covered in the test
1. Prolegomena (Introduction to systematic theology)
2. The nature and attributes of God
3. The Trinity
4. The work of God including Creation and Providence
5. Revelation and Inspiration of Scripture
6. Protestant and Catholic views of Authority
7. Angels and Demons
8. The origin and nature of humanity as the Image of God
9. The constitution and unity of human nature
10. Humankind as male and female
11. The nature and consequences of the Fall of Adam and Eve into sin
12. Theories of original sin
C What is the format of the test? Essay
D How many Questions are on the test? 10
E List suggested study resources.
1. Erickson, Christian Theology
2. Elwell, Evangelical Dictionary of Theology