Lesson 1: Characteristics of a Worldview
What analogy do we often use to describe a Worldview?
glasses
What are the 3 main monotheistic world religions?
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
What are the 3 major themes of God's Great Story?
Creation, Fall, Redemption
How many books are in the Old Testament?
27 books
What is the term that we use when God is always "around" or "present?"
Omnipresent
What world religion believes in the Torah?
Judaism
What is a Worldview that believes in the existence in one personal God?
monotheism
What's the term for when sin entered the world?
The Fall
"that which aligns with reality"
Truth
What is the term for the fact that God is all-knowing?
Omniscient
What did God tell Moses His name was?
I am (Yahweh)
What is the worldview that people only believe that things have to be proven by science?
Naturalism
What did God create on the 1st day?
light, day and night
"the power of God that enabled people to write the words of scripture"
Inspiration
The term that means "can't be changed"
Immutable
"the set of beliefs people use to interpret life and the world and which guide their choices and behaviors"
A Worldview
What is the worldview that believes there is a "force" and that everything and everyone is God?
New Spirituality
What book do Jews believe in?
Hebrew Scriptures, or Torah
How many people wrote the bible?
Approximately, 40 people
What is known as the birthday of the church?
Pentecost
What is the angel that Muslims believe in?
Muhammad
What are the 4 primary ways that people acquire a Worldview?
Teaching, Observation, Person Study, and Imagination/Reasoning
Name 3 ways God reveals truth to humankind.
Through creation, the bible, and Jesus
What are the 5 categories of beliefs about the world?
Truth, People, God, Universe, Right and Wrong
"to know the difference between right and wrong"
Moral