The
World View Series will be a minimum of six sessions, depending on class participation. Each of the six sessions has three ten-minute sections. Between each of the three sections, we will take time for questions and discussion.
Below is an outline for the WV Series:
WIDE ANGLE
Framing Your Worldview
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Session One:................ My
Worldview Matters
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What
differences do worldviews make? Are these differences important?
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How
do you see those around you compartmentalizing their lives? How do you see
yourself doing the same thing?
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When
we look at the world, in what ways do we cry out “mine,” when we should cry out
“his”?
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Session Two: ............... How
Do We Know What’s True?
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Is
it possible to be tolerant and articulate truth at the same time? If so, how?
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Which
of these three approaches to knowing truth do you think is the most effective
defense of the faith? Why?
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How
can you use the four worldview questions to show people that their worldviews
do not work, but that the biblical worldview does?
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Session Three:............. Where
Did We Come From?
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Why
is the Biblical idea that we are created in the image of God so important?
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How
is Darwinism more than just science?
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How
are “sanctity of life” issues related to the first worldview question: “Where
did I come from?”
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Session Four:............... It’s
a Messed Up World
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Explain
the impact of original sin (the fall). Why is it important?
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How
do you think love, free will, and human responsibility fit together in God’s
plan?
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Compare
the Biblical worldview to other explanations of the problem of suffering. Which
explanation makes more sense?
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Session Five:............... What’s
the Solution?
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What
alternative “solutions” do you most often encounter? How do they affect you?
How do you respond to them?
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To
be free you must first surrender you r life. Why is this paradox important?
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How
have you seen God’s reconciling power in our life?
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Session Six:.................. What
Do I Do Now?
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In
what ways could you see your work as an area of ministry?
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In
what area of your life do you have the most difficulty recognizing God’s
sovereignty?
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What
do you find most challenging about living out the Biblical worldview?
