Worldview%20%20Overview

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• Worldview Overview
• By
• Chuck Edwards

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CREATION EVOLUTION
DATA FOSSILS, LIVING THINGS SAME FOR BOTH
THEISM God of the Bible Creator,
Inventor, Designer, Sustainer, Redeemer
ATHEISM No God Accidental, Non-directed, Random,
Chance, Mindless processes
WORLDVIEW GLASSES DETERMINE CONCLUSIONS
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WORLDVIEW GLASSES DETERMINE CONCLUSIONS

• The worldview ideas of Creation or Evolution have
  certain inherent consequences.
• The assumptions behind the Creation/ Evolution
  controversy determine the conclusions you come to
  regarding the origin, purpose and destiny of life
  in general and your life in particular.

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• What are some of the anti-Biblical worldviews
  promoted by the god of this world, Satan, that
  are popular on the campuses of the world?

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Secular Humanism Marxism/ Leninism Cosmic Humanism Biblical Christianity
Sources Humanist Manifestos I, II Writings of Marx and Lenin New Age writers Ferguson, Bailey Bible
Theology Atheism Atheism Pantheism Theism
Philosophy Naturalism Dialectical Materialism Non-Naturalism Supernaturalism
Ethics Relativism Proletariat Morality Relativism Absolutes
Biology Evolution Evolution Evolution CREATION
Psychology Self-actualization Behaviorism Collective Consciousness Mind-Body Dualism
Sociology Non-Traditional Family Abolition of Home Church and State Non-Tradition Home Church and State Traditional Home Church State
Law Positive Law Positive Law Self-Law Biblical Law
Politics World Gov. (Globalism) New World Order New Age Order Justice, Freedom Order
Economics Socialism Socialism Enlightened Production Stewardship Private Prop.
History Historical Evolution Historical Materialism Evolutionary Godhood Historical Resurrection
Postmod
Islam
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www.summit.org Summit Ministries Manitou Spgs. CO
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is
he. Proverbs 237
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NATIONWIDE SURVEY REVEALS. . .

• Of the college freshmen who indicated they were
  born again . . .
• up to 88 had dropped out of that category by
  their senior year!

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Nothing short of a great Civil war of values
rages today throughout North America.... Two
sides with vastly differing and incompatible
worldviews are locked in a bitter conflict that
permeates every level of society. . . James
Dobson and Gary BauerChildren At Risk , p. 19
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. . . It is a struggle for the hearts and minds
of people. It is a war over ideas.
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IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
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BY JOHNNY HEART
B.C.
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WERE IN A BATTLE!

• 2 Corinthians 103, 4
• For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
  after the flesh for the weapons of our warfare
  are not carnal, but mighty through God to the
  pulling down of strongholds.

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WHERES THE BATTLEGROUND?

• 2 Corinthians 105
• Casting down imaginations (arguments,
  speculations), and every high thing that exalts
  itself against the knowledge of God and bringing
  into captivity every thought to the obedience of
  Christ.

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THE BATTLEGROUND. . .

• . . .Our Minds

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THE PROBLEM

• The basic problem of the Christians in this
  country in the last eighty years or so, in regard
  to society and in regard to government, is that
  they have seen things in bits and pieces instead
  of totals.
• - Francis Schaeffer
• A Christian Manifesto, p. 17.

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IMPORTANCE OF WORLDVIEW THINKING

• Without a biblical worldview, all the great
  teaching goes in one ear and out the other. There
  are no intellectual pegs . . . in the mind of the
  individual to hang these truths on. So they just
  pass through. They dont stick. They dont make
  a difference. - George Barna

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THINKING IN WORLDVIEW CATEGORIES
Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
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Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
What about GOD?
Is there a God?

• What is God like?

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Whats REAL?
Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History

• How do I KNOW?

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What about LIFE?
Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
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What about HUMAN NATURE?
Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
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Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
Whats RIGHT?
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Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
What about RELATIONSHIPS?
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Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
Who makes the RULES?
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Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
What about GOVERNMENT?
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Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
What about MONEY?
Interventionist or Mixed
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Theology Philosophy Biology Psychology Ethics Soci
ology Law Politics Economics History
What about the PAST?
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C.S. Lewis

• "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the
  Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but
  because by it I see everything else."

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Biblical Leadership

• 1 Chronicles 1232
• the tribe of Issachar. . .
• UNDERSTOOD THE TIMES
• KNEW WHAT ISRAEL SHOULD DO

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• Politics
• Republic
• Psychology
• Sin nature
• Theology / Philosophy
• God / Bible

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Worldviews in Focus Thinking Like a Christian

• Josh McDowell one of the most important youth
  Bible studies to come out in recent years.
• Dr. Norman Geisler Every Christian teenager in
  the country needs to study this book. It is the
  best brief study available for helping them to
  develop a truly Christian worldview.

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