Intro to WVs
The conceptual lens through withch we see, understand, an interpret the world and our place in it.
What is a worldview?
Jesus died for the world because all people are sinful.
What is a core belief of Christianity?
A type of selective thinking where ones tends to notice and look for what agrees with your beliefs and ignore or undervalue other ideas.
What is confirmation bias?
God reveals Himself through the creation, history, and human nature.
What is General / Natural Revelation?
a statement cannot be true and false at the same time
What is the law of non-contradition?
What is our world? our Nature? Our Problem? and Our end?
What are 4 wv components?
After death, human beings go to heaven if they have a relationship with Jesus Christ.
What is a core belief of Christianity?
changing your beliefs without changing the core of your worldview.
What is worldview adjustment?
Jesus Christ living on earth and the Bible shows us who God is.
What is Special Revelation?
Preferences, but not objective truths, that are relative to the individual.
What is opinion?
Core, negotiable, perefery
What are the levels of a worldview?
Muhammad is god's messenger and the Qur'an is gods word.
What is Islam?
Rejecting beliefs that were once non-negotiable and at the center of your beliefs.
What is worldview conversion?
History shows God at work on earth.
What is general revelation?
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
What is Roman 1:20
Unexamined and unconscious worldviews
Which worldviews are most easily altered and changed?
Scientific observation and testing is the only way to discover the truth of the universe. There is no afterlife.
What is Naturalism?
So we can understand ourselves, understand others, reveal false ideas, and be able to communicate with clarity and empathy.
Why should we engage in worldview analysis?
This type is available to all people, giving them no excuse against God's judgement.
What is Natural / General Revelation?
Observing the 5Ws and H, plus repeated words, contrasts and lists in a chapter.
What is inductive Bible Study?
No question exists in isolation. They are not independent and are intricately intertwined and interrelated.
What is a warning about answering the components of a worldview.
The idea that there’s no single “right” or “true” answer for everyone. What’s true or right depends on your perspective, culture, or personal opinion.
What is relativism?
Media influences, personal experiences, and confirmation bias.
Why do people confuse truth and opinion?
Creation, Fall, Redemption, Glorification
What is the Christian narrative?
1 Peter 3:15
what is "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,