BIBLE STUDY

1.) Luke 13:22-30

2.) 2 Corinthians 10:4 (spiritual warfare is an ideological battle) – refuting false ideas w/ truth.

3.) Colossians 2:8

4.) 2 Timothy 3:1-9

5.) Genesis 3

Christian World View

1.) Absolute Truth

2.) Absolute Morality

3.) Only One Way to God (JESUS Christ)

THE GOAL OF BIBLICAL WORLD VIEW IS TO:

1.) ESTABLISH CERTAINTY

2.) SUBMIT TO AUTHORITY

3.) FIND CLARITY

4.) UNDERSTAND THE NOTION OF OBJECTIVE TRUTH

****Post-Modernism World View

1.) No Truth

2.) No Meaning

3.) No Certainty

****All beliefs are equally true

****All behavior is equally wholesome

**** TOLERANCE IS THE GOD OF POST MODERNISM ****

– If you don’t believe that way, they cannot tolerate you.

****PREFERS SUBJECTIVITY

Subjectivity – based on, or influenced by personal feelings, preferences, or opinions (Proverbs 28:26)

***PREFERS AMBIGUITY (more than one interpretation) OVER CLARITY

– Moves the authority of the interpretation from the author to the reader****(2 Peter 1:20)

****HOSTILE TO EVERY WORLD VIEW THAT MAKES A UNIVERSAL TRUTH CLAIM****(John. 14:6)

– Postmodernism writes out its individual stories by denying an over arching story

THE GOAL OF THE POSTMODERN WORLD VIEW IS TO:

1.) ELIMINATE CERTAINTY

2.) QUESTION AUTHORITY

3.) OBLITERATE CLARITY

4.) UNDERMINE THE NOTION OF OBJECTIVE TRUTH