Lesson 3 of a multipart series. Everyone has a Weltanschauung and most don’t know it. Defining a Worldview. What is prime reality – the really real? (i.e. God) What is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us? What is a human being? What happens to a person at death? Why is it possible to know anything at all? How do we know what is right and wrong? What is the meaning of human history?
Lesson 2 of a multipart series. Approaches to Apologetics. Covers different styles of apologetics including evidential, presuppostional, missional, integrative, and combinational.
Lesson 2 of a multipart series. Approaches to Apologetics. Covers different styles of apologetics including evidential, presuppostional, missional, integrative, and combinational.
The Essentials of Apologetics - Why God (Part 1)?Robin Schumacher
This presentation presents the first of three core arguments for the existence of God and presents evidence for God being the beginning cause of the universe.
This presentation examines the moral argument for God and presents evidence that shows if God does not exist, then neither do objective moral values and duties.
Lesson 7 of a multipart series. The Cosmological, Ontological, Teleological and other arguments don't prove the God of the Bible, however, they do support a Theistic world view.
Basic overview of introductory apologetics: (1) Can we prove God's existence? (2) Is the Bible reliable? (3) Was Jesus God or a good guy? [additional references found in "notes" section of each slide]
The Essentials of Apologetics - Why Christianity (Part 1)?Robin Schumacher
This presentation examines the problem of evil in the world and looks at how to reconcile the concept of an all-powerful and loving God with the reality of evil.
Lesson 5 of a multipart series. Are faith and reason opposite ends of the spectrum or do they complement each other and work together? Are Science and Religion at odds? The “Galileo Affair” The emergence of anti-intellectualism. Reclaiming Faith and Reason
The Essentials of Apologetics - Why God (Part 1)?Robin Schumacher
This presentation presents the first of three core arguments for the existence of God and presents evidence for God being the beginning cause of the universe.
This presentation examines the moral argument for God and presents evidence that shows if God does not exist, then neither do objective moral values and duties.
Lesson 7 of a multipart series. The Cosmological, Ontological, Teleological and other arguments don't prove the God of the Bible, however, they do support a Theistic world view.
Basic overview of introductory apologetics: (1) Can we prove God's existence? (2) Is the Bible reliable? (3) Was Jesus God or a good guy? [additional references found in "notes" section of each slide]
The Essentials of Apologetics - Why Christianity (Part 1)?Robin Schumacher
This presentation examines the problem of evil in the world and looks at how to reconcile the concept of an all-powerful and loving God with the reality of evil.
Lesson 5 of a multipart series. Are faith and reason opposite ends of the spectrum or do they complement each other and work together? Are Science and Religion at odds? The “Galileo Affair” The emergence of anti-intellectualism. Reclaiming Faith and Reason
Apologetics Presentation for First Trinity, Part 1Kaitlyn Nowak
These are the slides for the first of a two-part talk given by Kaitlyn Nowak at First Trinity Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh, PA on her experience and what she learned at the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. It gives background on the Academy, what apologetics is, and why it's necessary. In doing so it lays the foundation for part two's focus on the historicity of Christianity and the reliability of the Gospels.
The cosmological, teleological and moral arguments for the existence of a god; Week 2 of a multi-week home group course by a BEd and Biola MA Apologetics grad. Does a god(s) exist? How can we know? Can we make a case for/against his/her/its existence given what the cosmos itself? How to lay out a positive case demonstrating that belief in a gods existence is rational.
Part 4-3 in the series. Stewardship of the mind: practical guidance, worldview & apologetics.
According to Jesus, the greatest commandment in the Old Testament is: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37-38). How are we to fulfill this commandment, especially the part about loving God with all our mind? Jesus implied that what we think and what we believe is extremely important to God, and being a thinking Christian is a major part of our loving God. Using Dr. J.P. Moreland's book, Love Your God With All Your Mind, this class will explore how we can use our minds to love and glorify God.
Based upon Scott B. Rae's Moral Choices. This is designed to be a simplified and accessible aid for Christians interested in exploring contemporary moral issues from a biblical perspective.
This presentation in detail shows the relationship between evolution, and Islam and evolution and Social Sciences. Moreover, it explains in detail the criticism of the Darwinian ideas present in social sciences.
Dr. John Oakes taught a class titled Christianity in a Postmodern World at the 2013 ICEC at San Diego State University. He proposes a rational Christian response to both the good and the bad which comes with postmodern thinking. The class covers the history of modernism and why it was replaced by postmodernism, as well as a brief bio of the major influences in the movement as well as suggesting both the strengths and weaknesses of the postmodern mood.
What is Science?
For much of the last century, Science has held a pre-eminent place of authority to many people around the globe, a place once held by religious leaders. This is no accident. Many scientists claim that Science has replaced religion as the source of ultimate truth about our world.
Thus, it is worthwhile to examine this claim. What is science? How did it get here? What assumptions does it make? Is it worldview neutral as many claim? What is the nature of scientific proof? What kinds of proof exist and how do we determine which is the correct kind?
As a professional scientist and science educator, I have seen first hand that we do NOT teach this to our students, except in optional electives that are not advertised well. Therefore, we have generations of scientists growing up with unclear understandings of the philosophy and history of their own field, and it is affecting the quality of the scientific endeavor.
Lecture presented by Dr. Robb Wilson
This power point helps Anthropology students to understand about anthropology of religion.
Mr. Kebede Lemu (Lecturer of Social Anthropology, Bule Hora University)
Dr. John Oakes taught a class on Modernism and Scientific Materialism at the 2015 International Christan Evidence Conference at York College in York, Nebraska, June 19-21. He gave a brief overview of the history of modern science and then give a world view critique of the philosophy, comparing it to Christianity. Here are notes and power points from the presentation.
Similar to Apologetics 1 Lesson 3 Worldviews and Presuppositions (20)
When someone here the word apologetics they often run for the hills. Some say it is only for the theologian, others say it is too combative. Both views are wrong. Simply put, apologetics is giving answers to those who have questions. Evangelism is telling the world about what God has done and apologetics is answering the questions people have about it. Now some people may think telling the whole world is too large a task. No worries God has placed people in our lives to witness too and we are to be ready to answer their questions, with gentleness and respect.
Main Points
The current popular belief is that Science is the most certain way to know something
The current popular belief is that science and religion are incompatible or answer different questions
What is and is not science is still hotly debated, (The demarcation problem)
The current popular belief is that science is fact and faith is myth
Christians don't hold to the notion that faith is blind
Most scientists believe there is a God
Science and religion are compatible with each other
Christianity in particular gave birth to modern science with the idea that God created an ordered world that follow law
Part 4 in the series. Stewardship of the mind: renewing our minds, thinking & reading. Responsibility & practical guidance.
According to Jesus, the greatest commandment in the Old Testament is: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37-38). How are we to fulfill this commandment, especially the part about loving God with all our mind? Jesus implied that what we think and what we believe is extremely important to God, and being a thinking Christian is a major part of our loving God. Using Dr. J.P. Moreland's book, Love Your God With All Your Mind, this class will explore how we can use our minds to love and glorify God.
Part 3 in the series. The message in the music. Double Minded. Biblical view of the mind.
According to Jesus, the greatest commandment in the Old Testament is: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37-38). How are we to fulfill this commandment, especially the part about loving God with all our mind? Jesus implied that what we think and what we believe is extremely important to God, and being a thinking Christian is a major part of our loving God. Using Dr. J.P. Moreland's book, Love Your God With All Your Mind, this class will explore how we can use our minds to love and glorify God.
Part 2 in the series. According to Jesus, the greatest commandment in the Old Testament is: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37-38). How are we to fulfill this commandment, especially the part about loving God with all our mind? Jesus implied that what we think and what we believe is extremely important to God, and being a thinking Christian is a major part of our loving God. Using Dr. J.P. Moreland's book, Love Your God With All Your Mind, this class will explore how we can use our minds to love and glorify God.
Part one in a small group series, Love God with All Your Mind. What is the state of the mind in the church today? According to Jesus, the greatest commandment in the Old Testament is: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37-38). How are we to fulfill this commandment, especially the part about loving God with all our mind? Jesus implied that what we think and what we believe is extremely important to God, and being a thinking Christian is a major part of our loving God. Using Dr. J.P. Moreland's book, Love Your God With All Your Mind, this class will explore how we can use our minds to love and glorify God.
Guest Brooke Butler with CRU at UC Berkeley
Ravi Zacharias said, “We have to find the back door to peoples’ hearts because the front door is heavily guarded.” Arguing on the basis of facts, reason and rationality can often lead to mere debate and sharp exchanges of opinions rather than any significant discussion and dialogue. Using cultural “tools” such as films, art, stories and music, we can more readily access the deeper thoughts and feelings of the people who we are trying to reach with the Gospel. Two interesting outreaches we have developed are; a Renaissance dinner that employs the food, story and art of Rembrandt; and Story of the Soul that employs a combination of short presentations and discussion in small groups.
A Christian Argument for Fostering Intellectual Virtue
Short version presented at Evidence for Christ conference in Fresno, CA 6 FEB 2015.
Moral confusion pervades our culture and the Church struggles with responding to the culture in a relevant way. With an alarming rate of college student leaving the faith for intellectual reasons, it is time to respond. Scripture teaches that we are stewards for everything God has given us. One of the highest blessings for human beings is our intellect. That intellect should not be left stagnant; we must learn to think well. The church needs to incorporate intellectual discipleship into its educational program to equip Christians to be able to respond to this moral confusion with clarity and compassion. Christians need to understand their responsibility to put their minds to use for His kingdom. As the old hymn states "Take my intellect and use, Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose."
As a pastor of a local church, Carey Waldie and his team have observed a great need for apologetic teachings in the local church. They have integrated these key truths into every level of their programming. This webinar will cover the need and strategies we used to teach the Bible like it really matters.
Some topics we will cover:
Convincing church leadership of the need for apologetics.
Using a four-point sermon builder strategy to answer questions people are asking
Integrating apologetics into the preaching calendar
Apologetics for teenagers
The Forum Online Event: The Incoherent Notion of “Tolerant” Indifference Appl...Third Column Ministries
Guest Bruce Boeckel with Evidence for Christ
The demand for “tolerance” in today’s society is an item in an ideological programme rather than an actual commitment to accept or at least consider new and different ideas. In addition, the demand for “tolerance” makes little sense when that demand is made of a monotheistic religion committed to the truth of an exclusive divine revelation. In other words, for historic and orthodox Christians, the demand that we be “tolerant” reveals that those making the demand either understand nothing about Christianity or that they do understand and demand that we stop being Bible-believing Christians. This is the incoherence of contemporary “tolerance”: I demand that you stop believing what you believe, that you stop acting according to your beliefs, then I congratulate myself on how “tolerant” I am of those whose beliefs differ from mine. We will look at this incoherent demand for “tolerance” both in present-day academia (including religious studies) and in the European Enlightenment of the 18th century, the period in which demands for “tolerance” first emerged in Western society and when “ideology” first appeared as a word and as a socio-political programme. As a result of this presentation, you will know more about the history and dynamics of “tolerance” than do 95% of those who throw the word around — most of whom know nothing of this history and haven’t spent a single minute thinking critically about a concept that they pretend to understand.
This deck covers the intersection of faith and science and covers topics like fideism and scientism. Covers the history of the conflict and intersection of religion and science.
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: The Critical Evidence for ChristianityThird Column Ministries
These slides are designed around two resources. Video Lectures: The Case for the Resurrection, by Dr. Michael Licona & Michael Patton (available from Credo House) and Book: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary R. Habermas and Michael R. Licona. The slides were designed to be used with the book and using the lecture videos as supplements.
Apologetics 1 Lesson 4 The Art of Argumentation, Developing Your ApproachThird Column Ministries
Lesson 4 of a multipart series. The goal is to argue without being argumentative. Why good arguments often fail. How emotion plays a role in a discussion. Active Listening. Psychological Barriers. Antagonists. Certainty and the burden of proof.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
5. Weltanschauung?
• Weltanschauung is the German word for
worldview
• It is a term used by philosophers and
theologians
• It is a academic term
6. Worldviews
• In order to answer objections to Christianity
we need to uncover people’s basic beliefs.
• Not just belief in God, but their underlying
beliefs concerning a number of questions.
• How people answer those questions
determines how they view and respond to
event in their lives.
7. Worldview.
A worldview is how one views or interprets reality. The
German word is Weltanschauung, meaning a “world and life
view,” or “a paradigm.” It is the framework through which or
by which one makes sense of the data of life. A worldview
makes a world of difference in one’s view of God, origins, evil,
human nature, values, and destiny.
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
A worldview is the overall perspective from which one sees
and interprets the world or a collection of beliefs about life
and the universe held by an individual or a group.
thefreedictionary.com
8. People’s true beliefs
• A person’s real worldview may not be what
they profess.
• People act out their true beliefs, not what
they want to believe or what they profess to
believe.
• They may not even realize the contradiction
between what they say the belief and how
they respond to life’s events.
9. Good Worldviews
• A good worldview is one which has at least
the following three traits:
– Internal consistency
• non-contradictory
– Logically valid
• free from logical fallacies
– Explanatory power
• fits the real world as we experience it
10. “The most significant rational reason that keeps arguments from
being persuasive is the gap that often exists between the
worldview of the presenter and that of the audience. Arguments
rest on background assumptions – ideas that are taken so much
for granted that they don’t have to be articulated.” (92)
“Worldviews are rooted deep in the heart. They are fundamental
commitments. They seem so true that one cannot image them
being otherwise. …These assumptions reside in the background of
all our thinking.” (94)
Sire, James W.; Why Good Arguments Often Fail
11. Worldviews influence personal meaning,
values, and the way people act and think.
Thus if you change a person’s worldview,
you change people’s values and the way
they think and act.
12. War of Worldviews
• “Ideas have consequences.”
• If our worldview greatly impacts the way we
act, what we value and how we interpret the
events of life, then some people might have
an interest in changing it.
• There are many competing worldviews today.
• Most of them are an outright opposition to
Christianity.
• Some even hostile…
13. The shot across the bow…
“Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism. What can
the theistic Sunday schools, meeting for an hour once a week, and
teaching only a fraction of the children, do to stem the tide of a
five-day program of humanistic teaching?”
- Charles Francis Potter
C. S. Lewis comments on this war of worldviews…
“Enemy occupied territory – that is what this world is. Christianity
is the story of how the rightful king has landed… and is calling us
to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.”
- C. S. Lewis
14.
15. Seven Basic Questions
1. What is prime reality – the really real? (i.e. God)
2. What is the nature of external reality, that is, the
world around us?
3. What is a human being?
4. What happens to a person at death?
5. Why is it possible to know anything at all?
6. How do we know what is right and wrong?
7. What is the meaning of human history?
James W. Sire, The Universe Next Door
16. Class Discussion
• How does the answer to the previous seven
questions, affect a person thinking?
• Currently being debates is the answer to the
question, “What is a human being?”
– What if the answer is, the product of random chance?
– Given that answer, what is the value of human life?
– Abortion, Euthanasia and Transhumanism are based
on the idea that humans are the product of random
chance. When we talk to someone about one of
these issues where should we start?
17. Worldviews About God
• Theism - An infinite, personal God exists
beyond and in the universe.
• Deism - God is beyond the universe, but not in
it.
• Atheism - No God exists beyond or in the
universe.
• Pantheism - God is the All or God is the entire
Universe.
Baker encyclopedia of Christian apologetics
18. Worldviews About God
• 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.
Baker encyclopedia of Christian apologetics
19. Worldviews
• Scientism - only science can define truth.
• Pluralism - all religions are equally true or
valid.
• Relativism - there is not absolute right or
wrong.
• Naturalism - only natural laws and forces
operate in the universe.
20. Worldviews
• Supernaturalism - there is something beyond
the natural material realm that controls
events not natural law.
• Materialism - the only things that exist in the
Universe are matter and energy.
21. Worldviews
• Humanism - prime importance to human
rather than divine or supernatural matters.
• Secular humanism - embraces human reason,
ethics, and justice while specifically rejecting
religious dogma, supernaturalism,
pseudoscience or superstition as the basis of
morality and decision-making.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism
22. Worldviews
• Moralistic Therapeutic Deism - a form of
deism where God is seen as a moral guide and
as an answer to our emotional problems.
• God is reduced to a “combination of Divine
Butler and Cosmic Therapist.”
– Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton
23. Exercise:
Watch a popular TV show, preferably one you don’t normally
watch. Every TV show, movie, book will reinforce a worldview and
possible undermined other worldviews. This exercise is to help
you ’watch’ media more critically.
• What worldview & values are being portrayed or condoned?
• What worldview & values are being undermined, mocked,
condemned or attacked?
• How are worldviews and values portrayed? (statements,
actions, situations, imagery, emotional)
Be prepared to discuss your discoveries at the next class.
Editor's Notes
It posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or God, it neither assumes humans to be inherently evil or innately good, nor presents humans as "above nature" or superior to it.