Metanarrative
Is a metanarrative required for a worldview?
Yes
True or False: Everyone has a worldview
True
True or False: by its very nature faith is anti-intellectual
False
The revelation of God's Word ought to be the ultimate ___________ source for any truth claim.
Authority
Two stories of a house
True or False: Secularists do not have a metanarrative.
False, everyone has a metanarrative.
One illustration of a worldview is a ____________ that you can build on.
Cornerstone
Is it possible to defend the faith when you lack knowledge of scientific evidence?
Yes
Although Christians should seek to participate in every realm, ethical _______, purity, and reverence, and a gospel ___________ should never be sacrifices in order to participate in a particular realm.
Integrity
Witness
In the two story view, secularists try to separate the secular from the _____________.
Sacred.
Which component of the Christian worldview describes the way that sin has marred and wounded all of creation.
The Fall
A _________ _____________ is an idea that answers a foundational question.
Basic Belief
In the public square, it is impossible to discern what justice is without a _________ __________.
Value System
What are two biblical metaphors that should illustrate the Christian's participation in culture.
Salt and Light
Lower Story- Secular Realm
Upper Story- Sacred Realm
What are the three main components of the Bible's metanarrative?
Creation, Fall, Redemption
__________ can be understood to be __________ only through the lens of worldview interpretation.
Facts
____________ ___________ must count as the ultimate proof in the worldview apologetics approach
Biblical revelation
To be salt means that Christians are to be?
Distinct and sanctifying (not conforming to the world, but transforming it).
What is the biblical alternative to the two story view?
Define Metanarrative
An overarching master story for interpreting the world from beginning to the end, explaining how the world was shaped into what it is.
What are the three ingredients of a worldview?
-Based on a set of basic beliefs, assumptions, and values
-Arises from a big story about the world (metanarrative)
-Produces individual and group action (culture)
When a person examines a piece of evidence, his conclusions are always formed according to both his _________ _________ (intellect) and his _________ ______________ (affections).
Head System
Heart System
To be light means that Christians are to be?
A witness and have influence in the world, not isolated from it.
Who was the European intellectual that proposed that human reason out to be considered the ultimate neutral standard by which to measure the reliability of all knowledge?
Rene Descartes