What tells about the world and carries powerful ideas that help to answer questions like where did we come from? what's wrong with the world? where are we all headed?
a big story
What is the role of loves in a worldview?
show whom we believe to be the most important in the world and whom we are living for
What is one assumption about God that the world makes?
It isn't possible for God to be a God of love and yet punish humans for their sins.
The two types of glasses people use to see the world through
evolutionary and Biblical
What do people's love shape about the world?
their views of it
the view that says God doesn't really rule real life, but He rules religion. He doesn't have anything to do with all the other stuff that's considered part of life
two-story view
What happens to your worldview when you solely love yourself?
it becomes distorted
How does a person's big story relate to the way he looks at evidence?
a person will interpret the evidence based on the big story he believes
The three big points the Bible's story tells
Creation, Fall, Redemption
Everyone looks at the same evidence but through different what?
lenses
What are the two kinds of proof?
experience and authority
What bad assumption comes from a worldview that rejects God's standards of morality and accepts things He does not?
Everything is progressing toward better morality.
What bad assumption comes from a worldview in which God hasn't explained through the Bible what young people's priorities should be?
You should always be available, at all times.
Through the evolutionary glasses, how are you and the world viewed?
a very advanced ape, programmed to seek your own happiness and to protect your group, and soon enough you will die.
What bad assumption comes from a worldview in which God doesn't exist, so there are no supernatural and therefore, unobservable causes?
Only observation counts as proof.
How can you make both your head and heart obedient?
Love like God does (refers to the two greatest commandments)
Where do assumptions originate from?
from someone's worldview (which is shaped by what we believe or who we believe in)
What are the different lenses that people view the world through?
the authorities they trust, their loves and values, and their own big story
What the actions that worldviews are to be shaped by?
beliefs, loves, and big stories
whatever really ought to convince someone else of the truth of something
proof
Name some areas from your text where you can find assumptions.
on TV, at school, through technology, in society, and with God
What story will distort your worldview?
evolutionary story
What should the biblical worldview produce in us?
love for God and others
the half-truth with which Satan tempted Adam and Eve with
"You will be like God." (Genesis 3:5)
What do your loves drive about you?
your thinking
What are the three parts to a worldview?
Big story, basic beliefs and assumptions driven by what a person loves, and actions
What will twist our heads and hearts in the wrong directions?
sin
What bad assumption comes from a worldview in which romantic love has replaced God's love as the highest and best love?
Everyone needs a boyfriend or girlfriend to have a truly good life.
What is the relationship between the head and heart?
Both are involved in virtually every decision you make. The head thinks through decisions and the heart desires which affects what someone chooses.
Where can you find good assumptions?
through cultures or anywhere
What does the upper level of a two-story view represent?
the area God rules, containing spiritual things like church, prayer, and Bible reading
Explain the evolutionary story.
God is never mentioned. In the beginning, stuff just was. The bang expanded to become the universe. The story is still unfinished.
Define proof by authority.
reliable, eyewitness testimony
How do you know the Bible is true?
God was present at Creation and He spoke. Scripture also says that God "cannot lie" so His testimony alone is true.
an idea that people believe without trying to prove, or without even caring to prove; an idea people don't know they have
assumption
Two things that are related and involved in every decision you make
head and heart
Because of what, people choose not to be convinced by reasons disproving their choices?
loves
Worldviews should be shaped by eventual __.
actions
What does the lower level of a two-story view represent?
where science and our senses rule because it is where we live life according to the facts we can observe
What is the role of authority in a worldview?
gives people the power to direct others' understanding of the world
Define proof by experience.
it is direct and personal, uses your five senses especially your eyes
How do stories affect both the head and the heart?
They give ideas to the head but reach the heart because of a person's love for stories.
The two parts of the two-story view
upper and lower
what's actually wrong or right
morality
putting something on God's throne with Him; there's another god or authority, that is equal to God the Creator
dualism
If you want to think the right things, you'll have to start by __ the right things.
loving
How do arguments affect both the head and the heart?
They speak to the head, but the heart's desires affect how someone responds to the arguments.
Things that you believe but probably never think about
basic beliefs
What is the role of evidence in a worldview?
all the pieces must be interpreted (understood) in order to build an understanding of the world
What story represents the biblical worldview?
the good, big story of the Bible
What an individual or groups of individuals see the world through (a different lens or pair of glasses)
worldview
What are worldviews called that are held by groups that result in group action?
culture
Through the Biblical glasses, how are you and the world viewed?
made in the image of God, made to glorify God, salvation is provided through Jesus Christ, death is evil which is the last enemy
Who is the ultimate authority and proof?
God, as Creator
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