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Ben LaCorte WordTrax.
(919) [email protected]
www.wordtrax.com | www.facebook.com/benlacorte | Twitter: @truthontrial
Slides provided by:Ben LaCorte
WordTrax.(919) 796-4346 | [email protected]
www.wordtrax.com | www.facebook.com/benlacorte | Twitter: @truthontrial
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World Views World Views & &
ApologeticsApologetics
World Views & ApologeticsWorld Views & Apologetics
BTW - We’re Off June 24th !BTW - We’re Off June 24th !
Our goal is to make this a safe
environment
Open to ideas
Open to questioning
Open to skepticism
But your thinking But your thinking will be challengedwill be challenged
World Views & World Views & ApologeticsApologetics
Objectives:
To learn to critically engage the culture
Think Logically
Think Critically
Think Biblically
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Ready ?
The Really Interesting The Really Interesting Questions Questions
Who am I ?Who am I ?
Where did I come from ?Where did I come from ?
Why am I here ?Why am I here ?
What is the meaning of What is the meaning of life?life?
Where am I going? Where am I going?
We’re Going to Attempt to We’re Going to Attempt to Answer The Really Interesting Answer The Really Interesting
QuestionsQuestions
?
9 weeks - how are we 9 weeks - how are we going to get there from going to get there from
here?here?• What is “Apologetics” • What does it mean to have a World View? • The Problem of Evil• Reliability of the New Testament• The Resurrection• Faith and Science• Evolution• How then shall we live?
What Does Apologetics What Does Apologetics Mean?Mean?
Are we going to learn how to apologize?
Where does “apologetics” come from?
Why should we be ready to defend?
Yet with what? Is that hard to do?
What Does Apologetics What Does Apologetics Mean?Mean?
What’s the end game anyway?
“…to smash the other guy is NOT the endgame, it's to love him into the Kingdom."
What Does Apologetics What Does Apologetics Mean?Mean?
“Go forth and make _________”
What Does Apologetics What Does Apologetics Mean?Mean?
Greek word “apologia” from 1 Pet. 3:15
“to give an account”
Apologetics is opening doors, knocking down barriers, removing
the rubble
Yet with what? Is that hard to do?
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So What is a World View:So What is a World View:
1. The overall perspective from which one sees and
interprets REALITY.
2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe.
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So What is a World View:So What is a World View:
A World View makes a of difference
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Week 1 - What’s A World View?Week 1 - What’s A World View?
how many of you were alive in 1997?
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Top Stories of 1997Top Stories of 1997
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So A World View Is:So A World View Is:
How you LOOK
at the world
LET’S EXPLORE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WORLD VIEWS
don your red glasses
LET’S EXPLORE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WORLD VIEWS
don your red glasses
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So A World View Is:So A World View Is:
How you LOOK
at the world
don your purple glassesdon your purple glasses
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So A World View Is:So A World View Is:
How you LOOK
at the world
Do We See Our World Do We See Our World View ?View ?
do we “see” our world view ...
or do we see through it ?
what if you were BORN with Blue contacts?
Would you KNOW you were wearing red contacts?
what if you were BORN with Blue contacts?
Would you KNOW you were wearing red contacts?
Apologetics and World Apologetics and World ViewsViews
what does it matter ?
aren’t they all the same ?
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What’s What’s YourYour World View? World View?
How do you look at the world?
What color are your glasses?
How do you make decisions about what’s real?
How has your upbringing influenced the way you think?
Haven’t you been Haven’t you been exposed to all the same exposed to all the same
stuff ?stuff ?
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What What shapes your attitude about:
GodMoralityMan
RealityKnowledge
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Is there such a thing as Is there such a thing as absolute Truth ?absolute Truth ?
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Or is it all just a matter of Or is it all just a matter of opinion ?opinion ?
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TRUTHTRUTH
But I thought:
“only the Sith
deal in absolutes” tell dentist storytell dentist story
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TRUTHTRUTHThere is
objective truth
but not based on
feelings.
“Luke”
“Person is a label we apply socially, with legal
ramifications. We get to define what a person
is. . . The moment we choose will always be
arbitrary, whether it is conception, birth, any
point in between. What we call personhood
entails certain rights and obligations, which can
be applied gradually during pregnancy. It is in
our hands.”
“. . . you conclude that accepting that personhood is
socially defined means I agree with Hitler . . . no I don't agree with Hitler's
classification of Jews as non-humans”
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TRUTHTRUTH
What isUniversal Truth ?
That which true at all people at all times.
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TRUTHTRUTHwhere must
absolute truth come from?
from within ourselves?
why or why not?
if not from us, from whom?
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TRUTHTRUTH
TranscendentTranscendentSourceSource
You Me
Truth
Same Truth
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TRUTHTRUTH
You MePersonal Opinion??
MeMeSourceSource
Opinion
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TRUTHTRUTH
absolute truth to be
absolute must come
from beyondbeyond
absolute truth must
come from the Source of the Source of
all Truthall Truth
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TRUTHTRUTH“for this reason I came into the
world, to bear witness to the truth.” Jn 18:37
Then Where Should Then Where Should Our World View Come Our World View Come
From:From:What does the Bible say about it?
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
John 17:14-16 I have given them your word and
the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them
out of the world but that you protect them from
the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
what does john mean by “world”what does john mean by “world”
Then Where Should Then Where Should Our World View Come Our World View Come
From:From:
1 John 2:15 Do not love the worldworld or anything in the worldworld. If anyone
loves the worldworld, love for the Father is not in them.
But Be Careful !But Be Careful !Your Biblical World View Might Your Biblical World View Might
Set You Apart:Set You Apart:
““Take Home” for Take Home” for TonightTonight
A World View is how you ____________ at the world.
Our world View is formed by our ______________ .
_____________ has a World View (including who?)
““Take Home” for Take Home” for TonightTonight
As Christians we should have a ____________ WORLD VIEW
have a great week and . . .
and one more encouragement . . .
“ ”
But What Makes But What Makes YoursYours
Better Than Another’sBetter Than Another’s
But What Makes But What Makes YoursYours
Better Than Another’sBetter Than Another’s
Can’t we ALL be right?
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Week 3 - Why Do We Study World Week 3 - Why Do We Study World Views?Views?
What’s the best way to engage others?
How can we become aware others’ Pre-Understandings?
Should we become aware of our own?
How do we know which one is right?
If we become aware of the cracks, can we fill them for ourselves and our friends?
Slides provided by:
Ben LaCorte WordTrax.
(919) [email protected]
www.wordtrax.com | www.facebook.com/benlacorte | Twitter: @truthontrial