REvision key concepts

• Creation ex nihilo


  Creation out of nothing. Only God can do this.
• What is Evolution


  The process of mutation where species change in order to suit their environment.
• Imago Dei


  Made in the image of God. Humans are a unique reflection of God. For example humans can love like god
• Inspiration


  The belief that the spirit of God guides a person to act or write what is good and true
• Omnipotence


  The belief that God is all powerful
• Revelation


  How god makes himself known to humans. Christians believe that Jesus is the final and full revelation of God to humans.
• Stewardship

  The duty that humans have to care for creation and protect it for future generations rather than being consumers
• Transcendence


  Existing outside of time and space. God is above and beyond the creation and so is like nothing else.
• Conscience


  Human reason making moral decisions. The god given desire within humans to do what is right and avoid what is evil
• Evil 


  The absence of good or seeking our own desires at the expense of others. Often this results in suffering
• Free-will


  The ability to choose what is right and wrong without being controlled by other sources.
• Goodness


  The quality of being like god. Seeking wellbeing of others selflessly
• INcarnation


  "Made flesh".The christian belief that god became man in jesus who was fully human and fully divine
• Natural Law


  Universal and absoulte laws of right and wrong which can be discovered b all human beings at all times.
• Privitation


  The loss or absence of something. Evil is the privitation of good#
• Suffering


  The pain or loss which harms human beings. Suffering caused by humans is moral evil and suffering caused by nature is natural evil.