Worldview Assessment

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Worldview Assessment Training

• Dan Smithwick
• Nehemiah Institute

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This seminar will give you

• Education Meaning of worldview
• Information Trends of worldview
• Motivation The why of worldview in every
  classroom
• Inspiration You can do it!

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Definitions

• Any ideology, philosophy, theology, movement, or
  religion that provides an overarching approach to
  understanding God, the world, and mans relations
  to
• God and the world.
• Dr. David Noebel
• Summit Ministries

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Definitions

• In simplest terms, a worldview is a
• set of beliefs about the most important issues
  in life.
• Dr. Ronald Nash
• Reformed Theological Seminary

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Worldview verses

• For my thoughts are not ______ __________,
  neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.
  Isaiah 558
• and bringing into captivity _______
  _________to the obedience of Christ.
  II Cor. 105

thoughts
your
every
thought
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Common Worldviews

• Atheism
• Existentialism
• Hedonism
• Humanism
• Materialism
• Nihilism

• Pantheism
• Polytheism
• Postmodernism
• Pragmatism
• Socialism
• Theism

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War of Worldviews

• Anti-Christian
• Atheism
• Existentialism
• Hedonism
• Humanism
• Materialism
• Nihilism
• Pantheism
• Pragmatism
• Postmodernism
• Socialism

• Christian
• Biblical Theism

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Worldview Categories
Politics How we govern  
Economics How we prosper Education How
we learn Religion What we
worship   Social Issues How we relate  
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PEERS Testing

• A Biblical worldview assessment program designed
  to assess how one views God, man and world around
  him.

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Limited Government-

• Purpose of civil government

Limited?
or
Expansive?
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Meaning of Biblical Worldview Education

• Politics
• Economics
• Education
• Religion
• Social Issues

Objective knowledge
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Question the significance of the Word-

• Politics
• Economics
• Education
• Religion
• Social Issues

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Look elsewhere for real life issues

• Politics
• Economics
• Education
• Religion
• Social Issues

Philosophers
Scientists
Talking Heads
Politicians
Media
Word of God
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Worldview of youth-

• Shaped more by MTV,
• than by KJV

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Worldview Categories

• Score Range
• Biblical Theism 70 - 100
• Moderate Christian 30 - 69
• Secular Humanism 0 - 29
• Socialism lt 0

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Summary test results

• (Scale -100 to 100)
• Biblical Scholars (several dozen) 87.8
• Humanists (several dozen)
  -45.4
• Christian school faculty (500) 52.9
• Homeschool students (700) 48.6
• Christian school students (20,000) 27.8
• Public school students (2000) 7.9

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Comprehensive analysis

Christian school youth
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Ministry Leaders
Biblical Theism
Moderate Christian
Secular Humanism
19
Humanists New Agers
Biblical Theism
Socialism
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Influence on Society?
Two bodies of thought
Humanists
Biblical Scholars
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PEERS Trend Analysis
Christian youth in public schools
Moderate Christian
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PEERS Trend Analysis
Christian youth in worldview schools
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PEERS Trend Analysis
Traditional Christian schools
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Highest scoring schoolCovenant Academy, Boise, ID

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Lowest scoring school

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Your students?-

• What are the dominant factors shaping their
  worldview?
• Do they start with scripture?
• Do they have a burden for truth?
• Is secular culture shaping their views?

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Contributing factors-

• Curriculum selection
• State of Christian home/church
• Education philosophy of faculty

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If this is so-
Two bodies of thought
Humanists
Biblical Scholars
Humanist Manifesto
The Bible
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And if this is true-

• God despises Humanism
• And these shall go away into everlasting
  punishment but the righteous into life eternal.
  (Matt 2546)

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Then this is disaster in making.
Biblical Theism
90 of Christian youth
Humanism/Socialism
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Raise the bar-
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The end--

Come, let us build Neh. 217