Worldview Teacher Manual samples - Summit Ministries
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What Is a <strong>Worldview</strong>? Why Does It Matter?<br />
Now, what would death mean to someone whose worldview<br />
includes a belief in God and the Bible as God’s Word? This<br />
person would say that death means the beginning of eternal<br />
life with God for all Christians. But it also means the beginning<br />
of eternal life separated from God for all who reject Jesus as<br />
God’s Son and their Savior.<br />
<strong>Teacher</strong>’s Notes<br />
If we don’t have a correct or truthful worldview, the meaning<br />
we give to events such as death will be false. And an untruthful understanding<br />
of death, life, and the world leads not only to separation from God, but also to<br />
problems in our present life on earth.<br />
Does your worldview matter? Absolutely!<br />
Lesson 1<br />
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Not All <strong>Worldview</strong>s Lead to Right Choices and Actions: As you saw in the<br />
conversation between Joshua and Amanda, worldviews influence a person’s<br />
choices and actions. If we don’t understand the true meaning of life and the world,<br />
we will not make right choices. And wrong choices<br />
and behaviors always lead to painful consequences.<br />
People who don’t accept or believe they have to<br />
obey the law suffer the consequences of arrest and<br />
imprisonment. And atheists who don’t believe in God<br />
or eternal life make the choice to reject Jesus as their<br />
Savior. This choice results in the painful consequence<br />
of eternal separation from God.<br />
Not All <strong>Worldview</strong>s Explain the Meaning of<br />
Life and the World Tr uthfully: All people try to<br />
explain the meaning of life and the world by looking<br />
through their worldview (or belief) glasses. But as<br />
you have already learned, all worldview glasses<br />
do not provide a truthful or focused view.<br />
For example, what would death mean to someone<br />
who does not believe in God? An atheist would<br />
say that death means the end of life forever.<br />
Now, what would death mean to someone whose<br />
worldview includes a belief in God and the Bible<br />
as God’s Word? This person would say that death<br />
means the beginning of eternal life with God for<br />
all Christians. But it also means the beginning of<br />
eternal life separated from God for all who reject<br />
Jesus as God’s Son and their Savior.<br />
If we don’t have a correct or truthful worldview, the<br />
meaning we give to events such as death will be<br />
false. And an untruthful understanding of death, life,<br />
and the world leads not only to separation from God,<br />
but also to problems in our present life on earth.<br />
Does your worldview matter? Absolutely!<br />
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Not All <strong>Worldview</strong>s Lead to Right Choices and<br />
Actions: As you saw in the conversation between<br />
Joshua and Amanda, worldviews influence a person’s<br />
choices and actions. If we don’t understand<br />
the true meaning of life and the world, we will<br />
not make right choices. And wrong choices and<br />
behaviors always lead to painful consequences.<br />
People who don’t accept or believe they have to<br />
obey the law suffer the consequence of arrest and<br />
imprisonment. And atheists who don’t believe in<br />
God or eternal life make the choice to reject Jesus<br />
as<br />
their Savior. This choice results in the painful<br />
consequence of eternal separation from God.<br />
Does your worldview matter? Absolutely!<br />
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Does your worldview matter? Absolutely!<br />
Suggested Discussion Questions:<br />
Do all worldviews explain or interpret life and the world in the same<br />
way?<br />
How would the worldview of an atheist and the worldview of a Christian<br />
differ in the meaning of death?<br />
Would both the atheist's and Christian's worldview about the meaning<br />
of death be equally true? Why? Why not?<br />
What must you understand about each worldview's interpretations or<br />
beliefs about God, people, the universe, truth, and right and wrong?<br />
Does it really matter what worldview you have? Why?<br />
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What Is a <strong>Worldview</strong>? Why Does It Matter?<br />
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What determines our choices and actions?<br />
Why is it important for your worldview to be in harmony with the truth<br />
about God, people, the universe, truth, and right and wrong?<br />
Do our beliefs have consequences?<br />
Do worldviews matter? Why?<br />
Have students complete the reading of Topic 6 (SWT pp. 25-26).<br />
We Can Be Influenced or Captured by Other <strong>Worldview</strong>s: You will learn<br />
throughout this study that there are many kinds of worldviews. People hold all<br />
kinds of beliefs about God, the universe, people, truth, and right and wrong. How<br />
We Can Be Influenced or Captured by Other<br />
<strong>Worldview</strong>s: You will learn throughout this study<br />
that there are many kinds of worldviews. People<br />
hold all kinds of beliefs about God, the universe,<br />
people, truth, and right and wrong. How can we<br />
know which beliefs and which worldview provide<br />
the true or focused view of life and the world?<br />
Most people believe that the worldview glasses<br />
they are wearing give them the true view of the<br />
world around them. They believe in their worldview<br />
and may consciously or unconsciously influence<br />
others to accept or believe it as they do. But<br />
how can this happen? Can we be infl uenced to<br />
believe in another person’s worldview even if it is<br />
not true? Can we be infl uenced by more than one<br />
worldview? If so, how?<br />
Observation: As you learned earlier in this lesson,<br />
you can learn a lot about a person’s worldview by<br />
just watching his or her behavior. Not only that, but<br />
your own worldview can be greatly infl uenced by<br />
the worldview and actions of those you observe.<br />
You may like and envy how others live, especially<br />
if their lives seem to be fi lled with fun and excitement.<br />
Then deliberately or even without thinking,<br />
you may begin to adopt their attitudes and<br />
behaviors. All or part of their worldview becomes<br />
a part of yours.<br />
The World of <strong>Worldview</strong>s<br />
Reading Material: In Topic 3, your learned that your<br />
worldview is influenced through study and reading.<br />
Whether you’re reading a textbook, a magazine,<br />
a<br />
book of fiction, or a newspaper, you’re reading<br />
words written by someone who has a worldview.<br />
What people write always reflects their worldview,<br />
even if they never use the word “worldview” in<br />
their writing. The pages they write are always<br />
filled with events or comments that reflect their<br />
own personal beliefs about God, the universe,<br />
people, truth, and right and wrong. Unfortunately,<br />
some people believe that everything they see in<br />
writing must be true. What you read can and does<br />
influence your worldview!<br />
Television Programs, Movies, Music, Internet<br />
Web Sites: Television shows, movies, music,<br />
and internet web sites are produced by people<br />
with worldviews. Media are very powerful tools<br />
that can shape what you believe to be true about<br />
life and the world. Without even thinking about<br />
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The World of <strong>Worldview</strong>s<br />
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