January 08, 2023 AM
Paul Gotthardt
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A Night of Worldview: The Importance of Worldview
What are preliminary thoughts about our worldview nights?
What are personal concerns related to the Church and culture? I’m concerned that...
- Christians are losing their ability to __ difficult information through a biblical lens.
- Christians are struggling to discern between cultural __ and Christian __.
- Christians are primarily taught how to answer __ questions, not __ questions (and definitely not the world's questions).
- Christians are rapidly losing their __ for knowing truth and their __ to stand for truth.
- __ or disengaged Christians are adding to the __ instead of being a part of the solution.
- Our society has lost the ability to have __, meaningful conversations without hurling __, name calling, or making threats.
- There are too few __ (if any) for Christians to discuss big/controversial issues in a __ environment.
- Some Christians are more tied to a __ party than representing Jesus and __ values.
What are the goals of the worldview nights?
1) To __ believers
2) To foster a biblical worldview
3) To show the beauty and the relevance of the __
4) To prayerfully seek to understand God's heart
5) To encourage believers to act in __
What are some guidelines of the worldview nights?
1) Be __.
2) Speak what is __.
3) I reserve the right to table any conversation that's doing more harm than good.
What are my predictions for the worldview nights?
What is a worldview, and why should Christians develop a biblical worldview?
A worldview is how you __ the world.
There are eight primary categories that come together to create a worldview:
1) __ / Environment
2) Religion / Spirituality
3) __ / Development
4) Relationships / Experience
5) __ / Institutions
6) Science / Technology
7) __ / Vocation
8) Community / Government
A biblical worldview is seeing the world from God's __ as revealed in __.
A biblical worldview is inseparably linked together with the __ of Scripture.
There are two reasons Christians believe or act in opposition to Scripture:
1) __: We don't know what Scripture says.
2) __: We reject what Scripture says.
What are the basic steps for developing a biblical worldview?
1) Actively pursue an intimate __ with God through Jesus Christ.
2) Study Scripture (contextually and completely) as it relates to a topic.
3) __ God's perspective as your perspective.
4) If anything seems to contradict God's perspective—give Him the benefit of the doubt, trust Him, and wait for clarity.
5) Intentionally __ with and __ from those who are on the same path.
6) Repeat this process for the rest of your life.