Vocabulary for Lesson 32.5

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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 relating to studying vocabulary. You can adapt them for memorizing texts.

  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.)
marriage
The institution established by God for the union of a man and a woman in one flesh, the procreation of children, and the help and comfort given and received by each of them in prosperity and adversity. In this institution the man and the woman are to love, honor, and be faithful to each other until death parts them. It is entered into by the public exchange of promises.
the Sermon on the Mount
The great discourse of Jesus to His disciples containing the Beatitudes, Jesus' exposition of the righteousness of God, the Lord's Prayer, and an exhortation to faith in God's mercy and to hold fast to the Word of Christ.
the Beatitudes
The statements in the Sermon on the Mount which declare the blessedness of Christ which Christians receive and share in through faith in Him.
the Mount of Olives
The famous ridge beyond the Kidron Valley east of Jerusalem, about a mile in length, which included Gethsemane, Bethphage, and Bethany on its slopes.
the righteousness of God
That God the Father offered up His Son in payment for man's sin. Christ's obedient sacrifice and payment for sin in His death upon the cross whereby He fulfilled the whole will and Law of God in our place (see Romans 1:16-17; and 3:21-26).
Nicodems
The curious Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who came to Jesus by night and heard Jesus speak about Holy Baptism. He assisted Joseph of Arimathea in Jesus' burial.
new birth (or born again)
Common New Testament synonyms for Baptism as the work of God through which He gives new life in Christ. To be "born of water and the Spirit" (John 3:5), "not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1:13).
Old Adam (or the flesh)
The rebel "unbeliever" in the Christian who is an enemy of God, a child of the devil, totally sinful and corrupt, completely self-centered, and a hater of God and all that is good.
New Man
The faithful "believer" in the Christian who is the creation of the Holy Spirit and a lover of God and all that is good.
parable
A story Jess told to hide and reveal mysteries about the kingdom of God.