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world with God’s eyes

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Worldview

• What is it?

• Why is it important?

• How does it inform and transform our faith?

Definition

• Worldview - is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society’s knowledge and point-of-view.

Definition

• Worldview provides the unexamined underpinning from perception and the nature of reality as experienced by individuals who share a common culture.

Multicultural Assessment Perspectives for Professional Psychology

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What forms it?

• Culture- Language- Shared Stories - Folktales, legends, and myths- Symbols and Art- Media- Technology

• Family of Origin

• Knowledge

• Conflict

Questions It Answers?

• Is there a god and what is he like?

• What is the nature and origin of the universe?

• What is the nature and origin of man?

• What happens to man after death?

• Where does knowledge come from?

• What is the basis of ethics and morality?

• What is the meaning of human history?

Worldview Test

• Coherence

• Mean

• Power and Scope

• Correspondence

• Verification

• Pragmatic

• Existential

• Competition

• Predictive

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What is Next?

• Session 2 - The Leap of Doubt

• Session 3 - The Reason for Faith

• Session 4 - The World Will Never be the Same

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Definition

• Worldview - is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society’s knowledge and point-of-view.

Can there be just one?

• Outlaw religion

• Condemn religion

• Keep it private

• Respect in whole practice

What about suffering?

• Evil and suffering are not evidence against God

• Evil and suffering may be evidence for God

• Life of Christ

• Redemption, suffering, and resurrection

What about Truth?

• Truth is unavoidable

• Community cannot be completely inclusive

• Christianity is not culturally rigid

• Freedom is not simple

• Love is more constraining than we might think

What about the Church?

• Flaws in practice

• Religion and violence

• Fanaticism

• The Biblical critique of religion

• Justice in Jesus’ name

What about Hell?

• A God of judgment cannot exist

• A God of judgment cannot love

• Hell and equality

• Hell and love

What about Science?

• Miracles and science cannot coexist

• Science and Christianity in conflict

• Evolution disproves the Bible

• Healing the world

What about the Bible?

• You cannot take the Bible literally

• You cannot take the Bible historically

• You cannot trust the Bible culturally

Next Week

• The Reason for Faith

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Definition

• Worldview - is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society’s knowledge and point-of-view.

The Clues of God

• Mysterious bang

• Regularity of nature

• Clue of beauty

• Cognitive faculties

The Knowledge of God

• Concept of moral obligation

• The problem

• Issue of human rights

• The argument

The Problem of Sin

• The meaning of sin

• Personal consequences of sin

• Social consequences of sin

• Cosmic consequences of sin

Religion and the Gospel

• Two forms of self centeredness

• The difference of grace

• The threat of grace

The Cross

• Real forgiveness is costly suffering

• Real love is a personal exchange

The Reality of the Resurrection

• Empty Tomb

• Witnesses

• Resurrection and immortality

• A new worldview

Next Week

• The World Will Never be the Same

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Definition

• Worldview - is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society’s knowledge and point-of-view.

What is it?

Crisis of Faith

• The call to grow

• The fear of loss

• The opportunity of thriving

Critical Thinking

• Understand the crisis

• Identify and evaluate sources

• Synthesize information

• Solidify solution

• Continue to follow

Faith and Knowledge

• Faith seeking understanding

• Imperfect trying to understand the perfect

• Knowledge is not negative

• Humility is key

• God gives us the “right” to be wrong

Circles of Importance

Essential for Salvation

Essential for Orthodoxy

Important but not Essential

Not Important

Pure Speculation

Where to Go From Here?

• Examine your motives

• Counting the cost

• Taking inventory

• Making the move

• Committing to community

The Trauma of Grace

• It is mind blowing

• It is costly

• It is beautiful

• It is truly amazing