Vocabulary for Lesson 14 (Vocab Quiz 3.2)

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Learning is work. There are multiple ways to study. Different study strategies will work differently for each student. Serious students should try all of them several (6-7) times to see how they work when done well. For the best learning, every student will likely need to use more than one strategy and switch between them. Here are some tips:

  1. Use multiple senses: read, speak, and hear the material aloud. Then, write your version with a pencil into your notebook and notice how that feels. Then, read your own definition aloud as you study. (combine with the next two strategies)
  2. Use your brain: condense the definitions into a form that makes sense to you. Identify key words for every definition. Think of synonyms that you would use. (combine with the other strategies)
  3. Use your body: say your definition and act it out with an expressiveness that fits the meaning.
  4. Use your friends and family: Ask someone to quiz you using spaced repetition for a set amount of time, from your notes. (Example: for 10 minutes, all questions get repeated, but the quicker and more accurate your answer, the longer the interval until that question comes back. Questions you get wrong are repeated sooner.)
  5. Use basic technology: Show all definitions and hide all the terms on this page. Try to remember each term before you show it (by clicking the definition) to check your answer. Then, show all terms and hide the definitions on the page. Only show a definition (by clicking the term) after you have made your best effort to remember your own version of it.
  6. Use tools: Make a stack of index cards with terms on one side and your definitions on the other. When reviewing, don't check the opposite side until you've made your best effort to remember. Sort them into three stacks: Easy, Hard, and Failed. Then re-sort the Failed cards and work through the Hard cards until they are all Easy.
  7. Use advanced technology: On the web (Example: SuperNotes with free signup or with subscription.) or on an app (Example: Anki), create a stack of virtual cards and let the software quiz you. It will use spaced repetition automatically.
  8. Use brute force memorization: Copy a term and definition from this page. Then navigate to Catechesis Contents > Memorization Tool and paste it into the box, then follow the instructions on that page. (Caution: this works quickly for memorizing texts, but must be repeated a few times after a break for long-term recall. It is less effective than the other strategies for understanding what you memorize.)
the will of God
What God requires or promises in His Word. God's desire to save the lost and to preserve His people in the true faith against all the attacks of the devil, the world, and their own sinful flesh.
the theology of the cross/theologian of the cross
The teaching of the Bible that says, "God accomplishes His greatest good in the midst of suffering and when human reason is contradicted." This teaching can only be received by faith and centers in the death of Christ for sinful man: "When God makes alive he does it by killing, when he justifies He does it by making men guilty, when he exalts to heaven he does it by bringing down to hell" (Luther's Works, AE, vol. 33, p. 62).
daily bread
The gifts that God provides to sustain us each day in life and faith, including food for the body and spirit.
trespasses
The term in the Lord's Prayer for sins against God or another person.
godly lives
Lives that are lived by faith in the Gospel and, through such faith, learn to love God and the neighbor. The life of God inspires the lives of all who trust in Christ.
the Psalms
God's prayer book from Holy Scripture used by the people of God since the time of the Old Testament. They speak about Christ and His people, and Jesus prayed them on our behalf, in order that we may now pray them to God through faith in Him.
Matins
The historic morning prayer of the church which includes the Venite (Psalm 95), the praying of psalms, hearing or instruction in the Word of God or catechism, the singing of the Te Deum Laudamus or the Benedictus, the Lord's Prayer, and other hymns, collects, prayers, and petitions of the faithful.
Vespers
The historic evening prayer of the church which includes the praying of psalms, hearing or instruction in the Word of God or catechism, the singing of the Magnificat or the Nunc Dimittis, the Lord's Prayer, and other hymns, collects, prayers, and petitions of the faithful.
Compline
The historic prayer of the church at the close of the day which includes confession of sin, the praying of a psalm, contemplation of a brief reading from Scripture, the singing of the Nunc Dimittis, and prayers commending ourselves to God in peaceful sleep.
shame
The spiritual and emotional pain that arises in a person's conscience from the vileness of his sinful actions, words, and thoughts.
false belief
When a Christian looks away from Christ to someone or something else for help, comfort, and joy in life (see also "idolatry”).