Week 1 PP Week 1: Introduction Part I

1. Biblical Worldview: Week 1
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2. Romans 12:2
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“Do not be conformed to this
age, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, so that
you may discern what is the
good, pleasing, and perfect
will of God.” (HCSB)

3. Ideas in Culture

George Lucas said:
“I've always tried
to be aware of
what I say in my
films because all
of us who make
motion pictures
are teachers,
teachers with very
loud voices.”

4. Beliefs & the Common Cold

Popular culture: describes the
predominant ideas, values, and
beliefs transmitted through movies,
video games, music, television,
books, magazines, radio, advertising
and the internet.
− A collection of values, themes,
ideas and behavior popularized
mainly through media and
technology. The most visible forms
of popular culture are seen in TV,
movies, music, social media, etc.

6. What is a Worldview?

Worldview: an interconnected set of
ideas that shape our view of and for
the world, and are the basis of our
decisions and actions.
− Most basic beliefs
− Answers to life's big questions
− Interpretations of life and the
world
− Starting point for all
decisions/actions

7. Worldview is like...
a pair of glasses: you need the
right prescription in order to
see the world clearly and
accurately.

8. Asking the Right Questions
How did life get here?
What is wrong with the world?
Can we make the world better?

10. The Fall affected it all

11. Redemption Pays Our Way

13. 
What about God? Theology

What is true and how do we know it?
Philosophy

How should we behave? Ethics

What is the origin of life? Biology

What is human nature? Psychology

What makes a healthy society? Sociology

What is the basis for law? Law

What is the purpose of government?
Politics

How should we use our resources? Economics

What is the meaning of history? History
Worldview = what IS and
what SHOULD BE

14. Biblical Christian Worldview
Christians have very gradually
“become disturbed over permissiveness,
pornography, the public schools, the
breakdown of the family and finally
abortion. But they have not seen this as a
totality---each thing being a part, a
symptom of a much larger problem. They
have failed to see that all of this has
come about due to the shift in
worldview---that is, through a
fundamental
change in the
overall way
people think
and view the
world and life
as a whole.”

15. Ideas Have Consequences

16. How do You View the World?