20696379 Christian Worldview[1]

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What is Worldview?

Everyone has

- a view of the world,

- a mental map for everything

- vision for life

- lens through which we look at life,our own selves, the world and whatis ultimately real.

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The Big Questions Of Life

Where do we comefrom?

Who am I?

Why am I here?

Where are we going?



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Some Worldview Examples

Naturalism We arehighl evolved !iologi"alma"hine# S"ien"e is the

ultimate provider !oth for$nowledge and morals#There is no ultimate

purpose or freedom of"hoi"e# %n the long run&all of us are dead#



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Eastern spiritualit

'll of us have a spar$ ofdivinit& souls trapped ina material world ofillusions and desires that

result in suffering#Solution is to es"apeshamsara! getting ridof desires# The goal isnirvana (emptiness)&es"ape from ""le ofre!irths#



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he !uestion of "rigin

here is aninfinite-

personal #odwho hascreated the

universe out ofnothing



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The Question Of %dentit

Created in Gods

image, humans are

endowed dignity,creativity and

ethics



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The Question Of *urpose

o $ove, #lorifyand %erve #od

as a community



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The Question Of +estin

,istor leads to

the fulfillment of

-od.s redeemedand renewed

"reation of pea"and /usti"e



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Why is Worldview Important?

0Ever religion or faith serves twofun"tions1 a message of personalsalvationand a lens for interpretingthe world#2Martin Marty

3' world view provides a model of theworldwhi"h guides its adherentsinthe world#3 Walsh and Middleton



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Discipleship

Love the Lord

ith all our mind, soul andstrength. Be

transformed by therenewal (not removal)of our minds. Develo

a biblically informedersective on allreality.



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'uthenti" ,uman Life

'void split mentalit&spiritual s"hi4ophrenia#Separation of our

fragmented lives into3sa"red3 and 3se"ular3realms has negativelaffe"ted how we wor$&

view "ulture and readthe Bi!le# Worshipinvolves all of life#



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Mission In Pluralistic Society

0The pro!lem is notonl to win souls !ut

to save minds# %f ouwin the whole worldand lose the mind of

the world& ou willsoon dis"over ouhave not won the

world#2 Charles Malik


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Transforming 5ision

Layeole in every facet of

life ! media, olitics,business, education andothers ! should be enabled

to challenge the revailingassumtions of society inlight of the gosel.

"heology should not bereserved for astors andscholars only#

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