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Worldview Conservation, Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation Alteration, and Transformation Sessions 6 and 7 Sessions 6 and 7
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Page 1: Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation Sessions 6 and 7.

Worldview Conservation, Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and TransformationAlteration, and Transformation

Sessions 6 and 7Sessions 6 and 7

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I. Introduction:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

1. No worldview, no matter how conservative is completely static.

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

1. No worldview, no matter how conservative is completely static.

a) The Dynamic Nature of Historically Situated Existence:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

1. No worldview, no matter how conservative is completely static.

a) The Dynamic Nature of Historically Situated Existence:

b) Conservative versus Liberal Worldview Systems:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

1. No worldview, no matter how conservative is completely static.

a) The Dynamic Nature of Historically Situated Existence:

b) Conservative versus Liberal Worldview Systems:

c) Isolated versus Impacted Worldview Systems:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

2. No worldview is completely monolithic.

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

2. No worldview is completely monolithic.

a) Continuums of Adherence:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

2. No worldview is completely monolithic.

a) Continuums of Adherence:

b) Countercultural Dynamics:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

2. No worldview is completely monolithic.

a) Continuums of Adherence:

b) Countercultural Dynamics:

1) Societies and Minorities:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

2. No worldview is completely monolithic.

a) Continuums of Adherence:

b) Countercultural Dynamics:

1) Societies and Minorities:

2) Innovators and Change Agents:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

A. Internal Dynamics:

2. No worldview is completely monolithic.

a) Continuums of Adherence:

b) Countercultural Dynamics:

1) Societies and Minorities:

2) Innovators and Change Agents:

3) Rebels and Outcasts:

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II.II. Why and how do worldviews change? Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:Some General Perspectives:

A.A. Internal Dynamics:Internal Dynamics:

2.2. No worldview is completely monolithic.No worldview is completely monolithic.

a)a) Continuums of Adherence:Continuums of Adherence:

b)b) Countercultural Dynamics:Countercultural Dynamics:

1)1) Societies and Minorities:Societies and Minorities:

2)2) Innovators and Change Agents:Innovators and Change Agents:

3)3) Rebels and Outcasts:Rebels and Outcasts:

3.3. In Extreme Cases, Civil Wars and In Extreme Cases, Civil Wars and Conflicts:Conflicts:

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II. Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:

B. External Pressures and Realities:

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II.II. Why and how do worldviews change? Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:Some General Perspectives:

B.B. External Pressures and Realities:External Pressures and Realities:

1.1. Immigration and Emigration:Immigration and Emigration:

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II.II. Why and how do worldviews change? Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:Some General Perspectives:

B.B. External Pressures and Realities:External Pressures and Realities:

1.1. Immigration and Emigration:Immigration and Emigration:

2.2. International Commerce and Trade:International Commerce and Trade:

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II.II. Why and how do worldviews change? Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:Some General Perspectives:

B.B. External Pressures and Realities:External Pressures and Realities:

1.1. Immigration and Emigration:Immigration and Emigration:

2.2. International Commerce and Trade:International Commerce and Trade:

3.3. International Wars and Conflicts:International Wars and Conflicts:

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II.II. Why and how do worldviews change? Why and how do worldviews change? Some General Perspectives:Some General Perspectives:

B.B. External Pressures and Realities:External Pressures and Realities:

1.1. Immigration and Emigration:Immigration and Emigration:

2.2. International Commerce and Trade:International Commerce and Trade:

3.3. International Wars and Conflicts:International Wars and Conflicts:

4.4. Widespread Rapid Travel and Widespread Rapid Travel and Worldwide Communications:Worldwide Communications:

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III.III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

A.A. Change comes about first and foremost Change comes about first and foremost through the ministry of God and His word through the ministry of God and His word through the power of the Holy Spirit.through the power of the Holy Spirit.

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III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

A. Change comes about first and foremost through the ministry of God and His word through the power of the Holy Spirit.

B. Real change involves a comprehensive restructuring and reorientation of every aspect of life.

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III.III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

A.A. Change comes about first and foremost Change comes about first and foremost through the ministry of God and His word through the ministry of God and His word through the power of the Holy Spirit.through the power of the Holy Spirit.

B.B. Real change involves a comprehensive Real change involves a comprehensive restructuring and reorientation of every restructuring and reorientation of every aspect of life.aspect of life.

1.1. Cognitive:Cognitive:

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III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

A. Change comes about first and foremost through the ministry of God and His word through the power of the Holy Spirit.

B. Real change involves a comprehensive restructuring and reorientation of every aspect of life.

1. Cognitive:

2. Affective:

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III.III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

A.A. Change comes about first and foremost Change comes about first and foremost through the ministry of God and His word through the ministry of God and His word through the power of the Holy Spirit.through the power of the Holy Spirit.

B.B. Real change involves a comprehensive Real change involves a comprehensive restructuring and reorientation of every restructuring and reorientation of every aspect of life.aspect of life.

1.1. Cognitive:Cognitive:

2.2. Affective:Affective:

3.3. Evaluative:Evaluative:

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III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

C. Total life change can come both incrementally and radically.

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III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

C. Total life change can come both incrementally and radically.

D. By its very nature, the church is simultaneously a worldview within a worldview as well as a countercultural worldview. Thus, Christians in any and every culture should be both within the culture and distinctly different from the culture in genuinely Christian ways.

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We are to be like salt and yeast, bringing about transformation in the world. One danger is to withdraw and form Christian communities that have no impact on the world. Another is to become so captive to our culture that we lose the gospel. We are to live as a countercultural community and as individuals in the world, exemplifying Christlikeness.

Paul Hiebert, Transforming Worldviews, 333

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III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

E. From a Christian perspective, while some changes are imperative, not all change is necessarily desirable.

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III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

E. From a Christian perspective, while some changes are imperative, not all change is necessarily desirable.

F. Recent changes in global migrations and information exchange have given Christians unprecedented opportunities for outreach and growth as well as unparalleled challenges, risks, and difficulties.

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III. Christian Perspectives on Worldview Change:

E. From a Christian perspective, while some changes are imperative, not all change is necessarily desirable.

F. Recent changes in global migrations and information exchange have given Christians unprecedented opportunities for outreach and growth as well as unparalleled challenges, risks, and difficulties.

G. When Christianity appears to lack the resources to manage certain aspects of change, the problem does not lie within Christianity, but within our historically embedded interpretations and applications of Christianity.

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

A. Indigenization and Pilgrimage: Incarnating God’s Cross-cultural, Trans-temporal Truth:

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IV.IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

A.A. Indigenization and Pilgrimage: Incarnating Indigenization and Pilgrimage: Incarnating God’s Cross-cultural, Trans-temporal Truth:God’s Cross-cultural, Trans-temporal Truth:

1.1. First and foremost, prioritize frequent and First and foremost, prioritize frequent and regular time studying and being saturated regular time studying and being saturated with God’s word (Romans 12:1-2; Hebrews with God’s word (Romans 12:1-2; Hebrews 4:12).4:12).

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

A. Indigenization and Pilgrimage: Incarnating God’s Cross-cultural, Trans-temporal Truth:

1. First and foremost, prioritize frequent and regular time studying and being saturated with God’s word (Romans 12:1-2; Hebrews 4:12).

2. Take the time to discern the difference between the non-negotiable truths of Scripture and the various cultural expressions of Christianity that have been offered both through time as well as are in the contemporary context.

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IV.IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

A.A. Indigenization and Pilgrimage: Incarnating Indigenization and Pilgrimage: Incarnating God’s Cross-cultural, Trans-temporal Truth:God’s Cross-cultural, Trans-temporal Truth:

3.3. Critically listen to and learn from other Critically listen to and learn from other cultural expressions of the Christian faith.cultural expressions of the Christian faith.

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

A. Indigenization and Pilgrimage: Incarnating God’s Cross-cultural, Trans-temporal Truth:

3. Critically listen to and learn from other cultural expressions of the Christian faith.

4. Use Spirit-filled imagination and creativity to incarnate God’s truth in every time and place.

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IV.IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

B.B. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Evangelism:and Transformation: Evangelism:

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IV.IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

B.B. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Evangelism:and Transformation: Evangelism:

1.1. Remember that it is God alone, through the Remember that it is God alone, through the power of the Spirit and His word, who power of the Spirit and His word, who brings about genuine life change (John brings about genuine life change (John 16:8; Hebrews 4:12).16:8; Hebrews 4:12).

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

B. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Evangelism:

1. Remember that it is God alone, through the power of the Spirit and His word, who brings about genuine life change (John 16:8; Hebrews 4:12).

2. Create scenarios and provide opportunities that make perspective change more likely.

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

B. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Evangelism:

1. Remember that it is God alone, through the power of the Spirit and His word, who brings about genuine life change (John 16:8; Hebrews 4:12).

2. Create scenarios and provide opportunities that make perspective change more likely.

a) Cognitive:

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

B. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Evangelism:

1. Remember that it is God alone, through the power of the Spirit and His word, who brings about genuine life change (John 16:8; Hebrews 4:12).

2. Create scenarios and provide opportunities that make perspective change more likely.

a) Cognitive:

b) Affective:

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

B. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Evangelism:

1. Remember that it is God alone, through the power of the Spirit and His word, who brings about genuine life change (John 16:8; Hebrews 4:12).

2. Create scenarios and provide opportunities that make perspective change more likely.

a) Cognitive:

b) Affective:

c) Evaluative:

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IV.IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

C.C. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Discipleship:and Transformation: Discipleship:

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IV.IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

C.C. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Discipleship:and Transformation: Discipleship:

1.1. Remember that it is God alone, through the Remember that it is God alone, through the power of the Spirit and His word, who power of the Spirit and His word, who brings about genuine life change brings about genuine life change (Jeremiah 23:29; Romans 12:1-2; Hebrews (Jeremiah 23:29; Romans 12:1-2; Hebrews 4:12;).4:12;).

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

C. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Discipleship:

2. Create scenarios and provide opportunities that make perspective change more likely.

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

C. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Discipleship:

2. Create scenarios and provide opportunities that make perspective change more likely.

a) Cognitive:

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

C. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Discipleship:

2. Create scenarios and provide opportunities that make perspective change more likely.

a) Cognitive:

b) Affective:

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

C. Christian Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Discipleship:

2. Create scenarios and provide opportunities that make perspective change more likely.

a) Cognitive:

b) Affective:

c) Evaluative:

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IV. Christian Strategies for Worldview Conservation, Alteration, and Transformation:

D. Christians Strategies for Worldview Alteration and Transformation: Broader Cultural Engagement:

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V. Conclusion:


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