John 8:32
Truth will set you free.
John 4:24
Worship in Spirit and in truth
John 14:6
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life
John 14:16-17
Jesus will send the Helper, the Spirit of Truth
John 1:17
Law came from Moses, grace and truth from Jesus Christ
John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth, your word is truth.
John 18:37
Jesus came to testify to the truth.
According to John 18:37, why did Jesus come into the world
to testify to the truth
T/F truth and salvation go hand in hand
True
T/F Popular culture often mirrors Satan's truth claims
True
T/F People who do not know God are children of the Devil
True
T/F People who do not know God are the enemy
False
T/F People who do not know God are captives
True
Where God brings_______, the world brings ______
unity, division
Where God brings_______, the world brings ______
diversity, unification
Where God brings_______, the world brings ______
roles, jealousy
Where God brings_______, the world brings ______
responsibility, blame
Where God brings_______, the world brings ______
authority, rebellion
Truth and morality are determined by society or individually
Relativism
In relativistic worldview...
All roads lead to God, Jesus is one of many great spiritual leaders, there is no absolute truth
What is an example of something that is really relative
Manners, clothing, Certain family dynamics
T/F Relativism is self
contradictory -True
T/F The laws of logic don't apply to all of reality
False
T/F You can't doubt forever
True
T/F Words are sufficient to convey truth
True
T/F Postmodern values expression, relationship, beauty, freedom, diversity, but God does not
False
T/F We don't know God by logic, we know him by revelation
True
T/F God values our expression and diversity
True
T/F Apologetics in the postmodern age should get the audience attention with beauty, relationship, and expression
True
Rationalism
Reason is King
Fideism
Faith is King
Strawman
Misrepresenting opponents view
Tu quoque
Answering reason with reason
What has been the source of truth through history
Premodern: authority, Modern: logic, postmodern: beliefs held personally
What happened during the Renaissance
Birth of Humanism, exalting the physical
Capricious
impulsive, unpredictable
Carl Sagan
scientific naturalist, star of "Cosmos" TV show
Epistemology
study of knowledge
Metaphysics
nature of reality
Unitarian
value is measured in terms of usefulness
William Provine
Professor of evolutionary biology at Cornell, atheist, opponent of intelligent design
Summarize 2 Timothy 2:24-26
Gently correct the opposition
Summarize Colossians 2:8
All scripture is God Breathed
____________ language: statements we accept without conscious dialogue
Assumptive
If we buy the statement, we buy the underlying __________ without even realizing it
Assumptions
What are the box analogies for each idea
Christian = God outside intervening inside the box, naturalism = God inside the box, Deism = God created the box but is not in it or intervening, Pantheism = God inside the box, Polytheism = many gods inside the box
Naturalism
true knowledge from scientific study
Determinism
there really is no knowledge, we react to stimuli
Relativism
No absolutes
Hedonism
Pleasure is good, pain is bad
Materialism
Matter is the only reality
Empiricism
Knowledge comes from experience
Mentalism
Mind is reality. Objects exist as aspect of awareness
ethics from a Christian worldview are founded on
God's character
ethics from a godless perspective are founded upon
Might makes right, popular vote, self interest, etc
implications of evolutionary biology
- No God or purposeful forces
- No life after death
- No ultimate foundation for ethics
Set of truth claims that paints a picture of reality
formal worldview
set of truth claims that you embrace
personal worldview
If _________ does not exist, objective moral values don't exist
God
objective moral values ________ exist
do
therefore _________ exists
God
T/F you can posit any god and still end up with our understanding of the moral law
false
T/F the existence of moral values not only gives us a compelling reason to believe in God, but also points out some of our most profound needs and leads us to the cross
true
Facets of consequentialism
- Mills Utilitarianism
- Ends justify the means
Facets of deontology
- Duty to a principle
- only do what should be a universal law
Facets of virtue theory
- Aristotle
- act as a virtuous person would
explain the ship or orchestra illustration from C.S. Lewis
- Ship must float - personal integrity
- Ships must not crash into each other - interpersonal ethics
- Fleet must arrive at the right port - absolute truth, God's character as the foundation for ethics
what is A fortiori
- From the stronger
- finds common ground and then provides a related example
what is Reductio ad absurdum
- Reduce to absurdity
- exposes areas where the opponents argument fails
Abraham Maslow
developed hierarchy of needs
Carl Rogers
popularized idea that people are basically good
Dualistic
man is natural and supernatural
Monistic
man is only natural or physical
Self-actualization
developing to full potential
States of man
innocent, fallen, redeemed, dead