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World Views World Views & &

ApologeticsApologetics

World Views & ApologeticsWorld Views & Apologetics

BTW - We’re Off June 24th !BTW - We’re Off June 24th !

Our goal is to make this a safe

environment

Open to ideas

Open to questioning

Open to skepticism

But your thinking But your thinking will be challengedwill be challenged

World Views & World Views & ApologeticsApologetics

Objectives:

To learn to critically engage the culture

Think Logically

Think Critically

Think Biblically

World Views & World Views & ApologeticsApologetics

Ready ?

The Really Interesting The Really Interesting Questions Questions

Who am I ?Who am I ?

Where did I come from ?Where did I come from ?

Why am I here ?Why am I here ?

What is the meaning of What is the meaning of life?life?

Where am I going? Where am I going?

We’re Going to Attempt to We’re Going to Attempt to Answer The Really Interesting Answer The Really Interesting

QuestionsQuestions

?

9 weeks - how are we 9 weeks - how are we going to get there from going to get there from

here?here?• What is “Apologetics” • What does it mean to have a World View? • The Problem of Evil• Reliability of the New Testament• The Resurrection• Faith and Science• Evolution• How then shall we live?

What Does Apologetics What Does Apologetics Mean?Mean?

Are we going to learn how to apologize?

Where does “apologetics” come from?

Why should we be ready to defend?

Yet with what? Is that hard to do?


What’s the end game anyway?

“…to smash the other guy is NOT the endgame, it's to love him into the Kingdom."


“Go forth and make _________”


Greek word “apologia” from 1 Pet. 3:15

“to give an account”

Apologetics is opening doors, knocking down barriers, removing

the rubble

Yet with what? Is that hard to do?


So What is a World View:So What is a World View:

1. The overall perspective from which one sees and

interprets REALITY.

2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe.


So What is a World View:So What is a World View:

A World View makes a of difference


Week 1 - What’s A World View?Week 1 - What’s A World View?

how many of you were alive in 1997?


Top Stories of 1997Top Stories of 1997


So A World View Is:So A World View Is:

How you LOOK

at the world

LET’S EXPLORE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WORLD VIEWS

don your red glasses

LET’S EXPLORE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WORLD VIEWS

don your red glasses



How you LOOK

at the world

don your purple glassesdon your purple glasses



How you LOOK

at the world

Do We See Our World Do We See Our World View ?View ?

do we “see” our world view ...

or do we see through it ?

what if you were BORN with Blue contacts?

Would you KNOW you were wearing red contacts?

what if you were BORN with Blue contacts?

Would you KNOW you were wearing red contacts?

Apologetics and World Apologetics and World ViewsViews

what does it matter ?

aren’t they all the same ?


What’s What’s YourYour World View? World View?

How do you look at the world?

What color are your glasses?

How do you make decisions about what’s real?

How has your upbringing influenced the way you think?

Haven’t you been Haven’t you been exposed to all the same exposed to all the same

stuff ?stuff ?


What What shapes your attitude about:

GodMoralityMan

RealityKnowledge


Is there such a thing as Is there such a thing as absolute Truth ?absolute Truth ?


Or is it all just a matter of Or is it all just a matter of opinion ?opinion ?


TRUTHTRUTH

But I thought:

“only the Sith

deal in absolutes” tell dentist storytell dentist story


TRUTHTRUTHThere is

objective truth

but not based on

feelings.

“Luke”

“Person is a label we apply socially, with legal

ramifications. We get to define what a person

is. . . The moment we choose will always be

arbitrary, whether it is conception, birth, any

point in between. What we call personhood

entails certain rights and obligations, which can

be applied gradually during pregnancy. It is in

our hands.”

“. . . you conclude that accepting that personhood is

socially defined means I agree with Hitler . . . no I don't agree with Hitler's

classification of Jews as non-humans”


TRUTHTRUTH

What isUniversal Truth ?

That which true at all people at all times.


TRUTHTRUTHwhere must

absolute truth come from?

from within ourselves?

why or why not?

if not from us, from whom?


TRUTHTRUTH

TranscendentTranscendentSourceSource

You Me

Truth

Same Truth


TRUTHTRUTH

You MePersonal Opinion??

MeMeSourceSource

Opinion


TRUTHTRUTH

absolute truth to be

absolute must come

from beyondbeyond

absolute truth must

come from the Source of the Source of

all Truthall Truth


TRUTHTRUTH“for this reason I came into the

world, to bear witness to the truth.” Jn 18:37

Then Where Should Then Where Should Our World View Come Our World View Come

From:From:What does the Bible say about it?

Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

John 17:14-16 I have given them your word and

the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them

out of the world but that you protect them from

the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

what does john mean by “world”what does john mean by “world”

Then Where Should Then Where Should Our World View Come Our World View Come

From:From:

1 John 2:15 Do not love the worldworld or anything in the worldworld. If anyone

loves the worldworld, love for the Father is not in them.

But Be Careful !But Be Careful !Your Biblical World View Might Your Biblical World View Might

Set You Apart:Set You Apart:

““Take Home” for Take Home” for TonightTonight

A World View is how you ____________ at the world.

Our world View is formed by our ______________ .

_____________ has a World View (including who?)

““Take Home” for Take Home” for TonightTonight

As Christians we should have a ____________ WORLD VIEW

have a great week and . . .

and one more encouragement . . .

“ ”

But What Makes But What Makes YoursYours

Better Than Another’sBetter Than Another’s

But What Makes But What Makes YoursYours

Better Than Another’sBetter Than Another’s

Can’t we ALL be right?


Week 3 - Why Do We Study World Week 3 - Why Do We Study World Views?Views?

What’s the best way to engage others?

How can we become aware others’ Pre-Understandings?

Should we become aware of our own?

How do we know which one is right?

If we become aware of the cracks, can we fill them for ourselves and our friends?

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