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Acts 14.8–18
Acts 17.16–34
Apologetics: Having & Defending a Biblical Worldview Lesson 02: What Is a Worldview & Why Is it Important?
What Is a Worldview?
The lens through which a person views everything
A worldview is a view of the world
God
Beginning of universe / humanity
God’s interaction with the world, if any
Miracles
Make-up of the person: soul, body, both; mortal or immortal
Life after death
Origin and end of evil
Ethics / morality: basis and nature
Development and purpose of life / humanity
Acts 14.8–18
Acts 17.16–34
Acts 23.6–8
What Is a Worldview?
How Does it Impact Me?
God
Beginning of universe / humanity
God’s interaction with the world, if any
Miracles
Make-up of the person: soul, body, both; mortal or immortal
Life after death
Origin and end of evil
Ethics / morality: basis and nature
Development and purpose of life / humanity
Our worldview drives our thoughts, feelings, decisions, and actions
Life’s most important questions
Affects every area of our lives
What we eat
What we wear
Where and how we work
How we interact with other humans / earth
Politics
Laws
Money
History
How Does it Impact Me?
What Are Some Differing Worldviews?
Theism: an infinite, personal God exists beyond and in the universe
Theism: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Deism: God is beyond the universe, but not in it
Deism: Voltaire, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine
Atheism: no God exists beyond or in the universe
Atheism: Karl Marx, Richard Dawkins
Pantheism: God is the ALL / Universe
Pantheism: Hinduism, [Zen] Buddhism, Christian Science
Panentheism: God is in the universe, as a mind is in a body
Finite Godism: a finite God exists beyond and in the universe
Polytheism: many gods exist beyond the world and in it
Polytheism: Greeks, Mormons, wiccans
What Are Some Differing Worldviews?
What Is the Biblical Worldview?
There is one God who is infinite and personal
This God created the universe out of nothing to be finite
This God is beyond the world (unseen realm) and in the world
This God has performed miracles throughout history
This God made man with immortal soul and body
This God will resurrect all humans to reward or punishment
This God gave humans a free will and we have chosen to do evil
This God will bring evil to an end with a final victory over the Evil One
This God is the basis of all ethics and morality, making them absolute
This God has revealed himself in his inspired scriptures and by incarnation
What Is the Biblical Worldview?
How Can We Know the Biblical Worldview Is Right?
Jesus
Apologetics: Having & Defending a Biblical Worldview Lesson 02: What Is a Worldview & Why Is it Important?
What Is a Worldview?
How Does it Impact Me?
What Are Some Differing Worldviews?
What Is the Biblical Worldview?
How Can We Know the Biblical Worldview Is Right?
Matthew 7.21–27
Everything is wrong
We can know God
Blissful future with God
Do you have a biblical worldview?
Are you faithfully following God?