Lesson 1:Characteristics of a Worldview
What analogy do we often use to describe a Worldview?
Glasses
Another name for New Spirituality is?
New Age
What are the three steps - in order - of the Greatest Story of All?
1. God's Good Creation
2. The Fall and Disharmony of Creation
3. Redemption and the Restored Harmony of Creation
"That which aligns with reality."
Truth
What is the term for the fact that God is all knowing?
Omniscient
Beliefs lead to choices. Actions lead to what?
Consequences
What is Monotheism?
A Worldview based on a belief in one personal, living, creator God.
What are the four ways there is harmony in creation?
1. Harmony with God
2. Harmony with Self
3. Harmony with Others
4. Harmony with Earth
List four ways how we know what is true?
1. Through our senses
2. Through logic or reasoning
3. Through our experiences
4. Through revelation from God
What is the study of God?
Theology
Name three things that contribute to your Worldview?
Possible answers:
Family
Culture
Observation
Schooling
Reasoning
Insight
What is Theism?
A Worldview based on a belief in a god or god's.
As part of God's plan for redemption to restore harmony, how did He do this through Jesus?
Through Jesus' death and resurrection.
How does God speak to us?
Through Revelation
Name who is in the Trinity.
1. God the Father
2. God the Son
3. God the Holy Spirit
What are four ways that our Worldview is developed?
1. Through Observation
2. Through Teaching
3. Through Personal Study
4.Through Imagination/Reasoning
What is the Worldview based on the belief that one's senses and science prove that the material universe is all that exists?
Naturalism
As part as God's plan for redemption, what does Jesus' sacrifice restore harmony in?
1. Our relationship with God
2. Our relationship with ourselves
3. Our relationship with others
4. Our relationship with nature
How does God reveal Truth to us?
1. Through Creation
2. Through the Bible
3. Through Jesus
What is the word for a God that does not change?
Immutable
What are the five categories of beliefs?
1. Beliefs about God
2. Beliefs about people
3. Beliefs about the Universe
4. Beliefs about Truth
5. Beliefs about Right and Wrong
In what three major world religions can Monotheism be found?
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
3. Islam
List three examples of what happened during the fall?
Possible answers:
1. Creation was in Disharmony.
2. Humanity had sinned, which leads to death.
3. Discord between people exists.
4. Sickness, pollution, and lack of provision exist.
5. Man experiences strain in his relationship with God because of sin.
What is the definition of Revelation?
God's communication of Truth that we never could have known if he had not chosen to reveal it.
Name four things the Trinity is:
Possible answers:
1. Eternal
2. Immutable
3. Omnipotent
4. Omniscient
5. Omnipresent
6. Transcendent