Summary he definition of worldview- Michael Kearney- philosopher - CORRECT ANSWERS Parallel anthropological and philosophical development "WV... consists of basic assumptions and images that provided a more or less coherent, through not ne

he definition of worldview- Michael Kearney- philosopher - CORRECT ANSWERS Parallel anthropological and philosophical development "WV... consists of basic assumptions and images that provided a more or less coherent, through not necessarily accurate, way of thinking about the world." (ON TEST!!!) Weltanschauung (Emanuel Kant)- - CORRECT ANSWERS he spoke German, outlook, view or perspective on the world "A perspective or outlook on the world" Wilhelm Dilthey () - CORRECT ANSWERS First to use the concept philosophically Structure of autonomous self- provides the structure as who you are as an individual We see what we see. We understand what we understand. we see we understand see and understand differently WV as something unique and personal to the individual To what he or she perceives of the surrounding world and the riddles it presents." WV ... a set of mental categories arising from deeply lived experience which essentially determines how a person understands, feels and responds in action to what he or she perceives of the surrounding world and the riddles it presents." (BOLD PART ON TEST!) Friedrich Nietzsche () - CORRECT ANSWERS Nothing matters- nietzalism "God is dead"- observation more than proposition No purpose, no reason = Nihilism Early existentialists = centrality and power of the self Humanity needs a "Superman" - acts as god, creates and imposes values WVs are cultural entities WVs are relative to their time, place and circumstance. Ludwig Wittgenstein () - CORRECT ANSWERS Grammar and language are governing principles of WV We can't knowledge anything apart from language Rejects possibility of knowing objective truth There cannot be over- objecting truth then everybody makes up God as who they want Michael Foucault () - CORRECT ANSWERS WVs are linguistic constructions of power elite "Facades of an absentee reality..." "Function as a means of social oppression" Contributed to cynical view of power He emphasizes power, our whole world engage in aa power struggle It is all about power, in our present day it is working like that, who has the means of power Jacques Derrida () - ON TEST - CORRECT ANSWERS Inspired by Nietzsche, Heidegger who was unrepentant member of Nazi party. Questioned assumptions of Western philosophy and Western culture Gave seminars at UCI from 1986 to 2003. Developed "deconstructionism" Related it to a form of Marxism Questions traditional assumptions of truth and certainty, no one interpretation of reality, less essence (absolutes) more appearance (context), reality is power struggle. Democratized and politicized the university scene. We tend to have a negative view of history. Marxism wants to cut off past and tradition, so they establish a new reality. When you across worldview arguments that want to bad mouth tradition and history and they have done bad things. Christian philosophers James Orr () - CORRECT ANSWERS WV is "the widest view which the mind can take of things... from the standpoint of some particular philosophy or theology" (Sire, 2004, 27) A philosophy/ theology become the standard of measuring. Abraham Kuyper () - CORRECT ANSWERS WV "flows from a single conception principle" There is Christian view of the world that is founded on a godly perspective (Sire, 2004, 27). James Sire (The Universe Next Door/ Naming the Elephant) - CORRECT ANSWERS WV tries to answer the questions What is really real (prime reality)? Center of reality. What is the nature of external reality (the world around us)? Real? A dream? Dimensionally constrained? What is a human being? Regards to other living things. What happens to a person at death? Why it is possible to know anything at all? How do we know what is right and what is wrong? What is meaning of human history, if any? Mark Cosgrove - CORRECT ANSWERS "A worldview is a set of assumptions or beliefs about reality that affect how we think and how we live" pg. 19 Your Own Worldview sharing with others: - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. What did you include in your worldview description in order to explain it to someone else? Philosophy/ perspective of life? Events? People? 2. Was this difficult for you? Why or why not? Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany- puzzles, How does one determine what one's worldview is?- Understand worldview by starting with behavior. Pre-modernism definition - CORRECT ANSWERS Authority of tradition of church and nobility-decides who could do what, who could marry who. Societal roles and stations The power of Church and clergy Decided on heaven and hell Education and educational institutes. no political freedom no religious freedom no vocational freedom no freedom of conscience Skeptics and doubters not tolerated Inquisitions (were go around and torture people until they would repeat their sins) 3 things of existentialism - CORRECT ANSWERS chance over destiny, freedom over rules, experience over reason, (love is the ultimate goal) chance over destiny - CORRECT ANSWERS Try to make the right choices freedom over rules - CORRECT ANSWERS No ultimate ruling authority Inhibits free choice experience over reason - CORRECT ANSWERS that which Self can experience is best Human love is the ultimate goal Post-modernism defintion - CORRECT ANSWERS no objective truth, everybody makes up their own truth Existentialism and beyond/with attitude Enhanced distrust of authority Rejecting absolutes as a governing authority Everything is hierarchical, power Focuses on victimization. Multiple realities/ extreme relativism - what real it you is real to you, may conflict, everybody relativistically decide for themselves. Post-modernism answer: - CORRECT ANSWERS Truth is entwined with power Claims of absolute truth rejected Resentment of traditional "power" structures, have to overthrow w/ power Since no trustworthy moral authority, therefore: There can be no moral authority Whoever is promoting truth is trying to be a jerk and have power over me. All roads lead to heaven. Reassessment of traditional power structures. You decide what you want to do, unless it hurts someone else. All religion leads to heaven, all roads lead to heaven, coexist bumper sticker Postmodernism and Concept of Self - CORRECT ANSWERS Only we need to EXPERIENCE our own nature. Postmodernism and Language - CORRECT ANSWERS Post-modern: suspicious of tradition or schemes Language has been used in oppressive ways. "Final Solution" BUT Post modernism uses atypical even bizarre uses of language. Words mean what you want them to. No sharp distinction between fact & interpretation No objective truth "Normal" diminishes the unique Language shapes thought - CORRECT ANSWERS "Pro..." rather than "anti.." Fundamentalist = radical adherent Disagreement characterized as psychological condition, phobic "toxic" "Everyone should take responsibility for his own actions." Traditionally "his" Schematically = rules of grammar are neutral Postmodern = rules are not neutral "Everyone should take responsibility for her own actions." OR "Everyone should take responsibility for his/her own actions." OR "Everyone should take responsibility for their own actions." post-modernism actual definition - CORRECT ANSWERS Winners write history No authoritative version Authoritative version is a power play Deconstruct history- as armchair quarterback- No meta- narrative = NO ONE BIG STORY Past is to be held in suspicion, therefore is discarded Nihilism = No god, didn't like catholic church- political ideology take its place Don't throw out the good with the bad- "don't throw the baby out with the bath water" — marxism has used since the 1800s New Ageism and pantheism-where is the truth found?- - CORRECT ANSWERS truth found within yourself, reincarnation (for some curious everybody is always reincarnated from a princess or fancy warrior, etc.) Pantheism - CORRECT ANSWERS Despite secular tendencies, still spirituality Alternative to atheism and theism 60's rejection of rationalism and materialism Meditation and yoga popular The Beatles had to do with this, eastern religions, George Harrison- he was pantheistic until his death Taylor Swift Premise of Pantheism: - CORRECT ANSWERS "Everything is god" Impersonal god Pan-psychism- everything is mind or soul Atman (human soul)/Brahman (universe's soul) Religious activity moves beyond the unreal physical No good or evil, no sin, all is perfect or good Death ends the illusion of reality Leads to Brahman (reality) New Ageism - CORRECT ANSWERS The self contains all truth and power Self grows into greater consciousness Employs spiritual guides Universe is both visible and invisible Cosmic consciousness Human problems due to ignorance Death is the not the end The ultimate state is nirvana Dowtny Abbey- shirley maclaine Ethics- What ethical category we should never use? - CORRECT ANSWERS ethical relativism (NEVER USE)— people use their own ethics for whatever situation you are in, you are not consistent with anything, bottom line- how can you make this beneficial for yourself- Ethical relativism - CORRECT ANSWERS Each to his/her own Morality is relative to each cultural group or personal norms Eg: infanticide, polygamy, racism, sexism, bribery, duty to care for parents, etc. Cultural change produces individual relativism • Overarching standards unclear and unacceptable. • Not a good position to have because your moral behavior changes according to each situation. Problems • Divergence from norms would be unethical. • Eg. Apartheid, Nazism • Some norms are morally reprehensible regardless • Inhibits moral reform? Benefits • Ethical relativism reminds that there are differences in perspectives BUT. • Overall, it is undesirable option. telelogical (utilitarianism) - CORRECT ANSWERS Reasoning from consequences • Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill • Action is right if brings good results • Actions judged by outcomes, regardless of motive. • Do the actions maximize humans interests? • Satisfy desires or pleasures? Minimize harm? • Human interests include life, health, wealth, human dignity, autonomy, or mere pleasure. Considerations when making ethical decisions teleologically • Decisions must be impartial, equally applied. • The fewest people possible should be harmed (identity). An ideal decision maximizes the pleasures, or preferences, desire, interests, or well-being of the greatest number of people. Can be expressed as an ethic of care. Dentological - CORRECT ANSWERS Reasoning from duty or obligation: The Common-Good Approach (rules, rights, justice) • The common good — Plato and Cicero • Rightness or wrongness determination. • Keeps or breaks rules or moral principles. • Asks, "How you would want others to treat you?" • Immanuel Kant- categorical imperatives First Maxim- action that is "right" conduct for anyone anywhere Second Maxim- treat others as an end, not as a means to an end. Third Maxim- act as if establishing a universal law for anyone to follow. • Standard of truth telling, promise keeping, equal rights, and fairness are moral rules (principles). • Community members are bound by the pursuit of common values and goals (norms). • You have a situation in which family is in desire poverty and you need some money. • Will you spy on your country, we will provide you money Areteological (Ontological Virtues) - CORRECT ANSWERS Appeals to principles/virtues as character traits rather than as goals or rules. • Virtues are inherent in moral agent rather than characteristics of the act. MOTIVE MATTERS If you are in an ethical situation and you are following orders does that remove you from ethical responsibility? - CORRECT ANSWERS NO IT DOES NOT! What Analogies he used from Scripture to suggest a Christian has a responsibility to be in society functioning and interacting with society? - CORRECT ANSWERS salt and light Arguments against the separation of secular and sacred - CORRECT ANSWERS The Great Commission + salt and light Taint the world Personhood in God has eternal value, not our religious activities. Suffering - CORRECT ANSWERS understand the Christian understanding of suffering, not to be avoided it is find things about God and about us- exemplified in Job's story What Atheism has to offer with people who are suffering, what does none suffering have to offer you? - CORRECT ANSWERS if you don't believe bc of suffering in the world, what does not belief in God offer you? atheism - CORRECT ANSWERS NOT - "I don't believe in God" subjective statement No God/ no supernatural- belief is delusional All is natural, No religious faith beyond nature BUT If everything is not known, how can one discount God? Faith is required to not believe Hard to explain origins (Darwin doesn't) Richard Dawkins What was Donald miller kinds of things (basic relationship with Christ)- - CORRECT ANSWERS can not be formulaic his relationship with Christ, we can not rely on formulas to be in a relationship with Christ, we have to rely on our relationship and the give and take of that relationship, follow the rituals of the world Miller talks about our identity and where we get our identity from ? - CORRECT ANSWERS God, human beings have a natural decency to get our identity from other people and perspectives, the perceptions of other people and culture, and society. We are concerned about what other people think of us. Other aspects the importance of stories in the Bible - CORRECT ANSWERS God relates to us in stories God relationship with Adam and Eve- - CORRECT ANSWERS What was unique to them in comparison to the rest of humanity in terms of their disposition and transparency with God Miller talks about Circus Performers- what was the point he was tying to make about circus performers? - CORRECT ANSWERS We want people to applause our abnormalities, then. There are reasons we are attracted to moral codes he says and rules rather than a relationship with Christ because it gives us control, makes us feel some kind of semblance over how things are gonna turn out, Know the quote that Miller uses from C.S. Lewis uses - CORRECT ANSWERS "Most of us are not really approaching the subject in order to find out what Christianity says. We are approaching it in hope of finding support from Christianity from our own views. We are looking for an ally where we are offered either a master or a judge" Faith and Learning - CORRECT ANSWERS Faith: Two go together, dynamic relationship Faith is not equated w/ (with) religious experience Faith is not anti-intellectual Faith without learning can't be tested Bible = special revelation of God Science and arts = general revelation of God Faith provides the moral compass Contributions of the Bible to knowledge: 1) Contributes a worldview in real life situations Apostles (examples) 2) Contributes knowledge in human interaction David and Goliath story (examples), the relationship of God with us The Bible is not exhaustive truth Bible's relational truth- God, humans, each other Learning - CORRECT ANSWERS General revelation is truth Contributions: 1) humans are capable of discovering truth 2) All truth is God's truth Example: Payback in life Limitations: finite being, interpret facts, faith for the "why." Learning without faith trivializes knowledge. Attempt objectivity Humility is needed in faith and learning Models of Faith and Learning - CORRECT ANSWERS Offers a filter for our thinking Are there things I should avoid thinking about? Philippians 4:8 "Finally... whatever is true, whatever is pure, what is lovely, whatever is admirable— if anything is excellent or praiseworthy —- think about such things." Can change us and how we think? What is God up to? "Prayer doesn't change God— it changes me." C.S Lewis Is a two-way process to growth How/why things happen, how and why relates to me. What do I know/ don't know? What is my responsibility? What is God's?... a life-long tension Worldviews must be tested (Cosgrove) - CORRECT ANSWERS Evidence— does it fits the "facts" (scientific/ experience) Logical consistency- are there contradictions Existential repugnance- if everyone manifested this WV would the world be a better place? Can humans live with the WV universally lived out? Human nature- is it consistent with human nature? Christian Worldview In A Real World - CORRECT ANSWERS Evidence: Humans different than animals Language, arts, desires, love, religion Archaeological/ historical accounts of Jesus Josephus, Bible, locations, people Science can't disprove the supernatural Personal experiences and testimony of God Logical Consistency - CORRECT ANSWERS Christianity speaks of God as personal Self-aware (I AM), communicative, creative, loving, compassionate, anger, justice Created humans in His image Personal, self aware, language, creative, loving, compassionate, anger, justice Christian Worldview: Existential Repugnance - CORRECT ANSWERS What if teachings of Christ are followed? How would the world look? Sermon on the mount, servant leadership, ethics, love, compassion Life after death gives purpose to our being Relationship with God, we count for something, a reason for being Does it Fit Human Nature? - CORRECT ANSWERS Conceive of higher level of personhood Recognize a greater dimension to ourselves and the reality around us. Values: determine right and wrong Sense of purpose Deep desire for more than the natural realm Capable of humility We suffer, a Christian reality. Christian Worldview Scared vs. Secular - CORRECT ANSWERS Ongoing tension (dualism) in Christian life. Reasons why: 1. The "sacred mission" takes priority. Only life associated with Church is important. 2. Avoid offensive secular teachings. 3. Call to holiness: come out from the world and be separate. Arguments against separation of secular and sacred The Great Commission + salt and light Taint the world Personhood in God has eternal value, not our religious activities. How can Christianity interact with other WVs? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Christianity gives purpose and value to humans. Glorify and love God— eternal purpose Love each other —- each person is valued. 2. The average person is unaware of his/ her WV. they absorb more than they seek out Many combine WV's Christians can influence Love others, hope for the future, faith in difficulties, through suffering Suffering - CORRECT ANSWERS Why does a just and loving God allow it? Why do "innocent" or "good" people suffer? How can we reconcile God's sovereignty with apparent undeserved suffering? Two ways of looking at God. - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. God is powerful but not good... cruel... even causes suffering. 2. God is good but not powerful... weak... unable. Who needs that kind of God? — Jerry Sittser, A Grace Disguised, 1996 Alternative? - CORRECT ANSWERS No belief in God What does atheism/ agnosticism offer the suffering? What can we get from non-belief in God during suffering that belief in God doesn't give us? "If there is no God there appears to be no ultimate reason why we should feel one way or another, since emotions... have no grounding in a greater, objective reality outside of self" — Sittser, 1996, A Grace Disguised "The soul suffers because bad has appeared to triumph over good." "The system of meaning that makes us feel bad about the loss— and gives us the right to feel bad— reflects a universe that has God at the center of it." Sense of things not as they should be About God's Sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. God's sovereignty... transcends human freedom but does not nullify it. We are not puppets on strings but characters in God's novel God's sovereignty, there is security in knowing God is in control. We have a responsibility of using our freedom to make wise choices and remain faithful to him.. even in grief. 2. God is in control, was a vulnerable human being. He came to suffer with/for us. His sovereignty did not protect him from loss.. and it may not protect us from loss either. God has experienced pain, understands my pain. He is not afar from suffering but draws near when we suffer. God is vulnerable to pain... He feels the sorrow of the world. 3. In our freedom, we choose to believe in, rely on, and move toward God... and find that he has already chosen us. Doesn't nullify our freedom, it affirms the choice in our freedom. We approach him in our freedom, with doubts as well as belief, with hearts that feel sorrow as well as joy, With wills that can choose against God as well as for him. We can because God has already decided to be in relationship with us. God doesn't eliminate suffering, He goes through it with us because he is familiar with it. 1 Petere 4:12,13 (NLT) (Rom.8, NLT) Suffering means partnership with Christ, in suffering and in glory. It is part of the process of finding hope Romans 5:1-5 (NIV) Suffering is more than inevitable hardship. God uses it. as an opportunity to reveal Himself As refinement for his children who He loves As proof that He is with us As glory: He takes Satan's worst and makes it His best... with pain, with failure, with tears and scars Discussion Question— pp. 1-47, Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller Chapter 1— What worldview could be described in accordance with our desire for formulas? - CORRECT ANSWERS "Reality is like a fine wine.. It doesn't appeal to children" Means? This means it acquired taste, adults appreciate the taste of wine, reality is like that- reality should be a lot of fun as a child, easy way of going about things, parents shield you from the harshness of reality Why are formulas appealing in place of relationship with God? Because "They are hidden. It seems that when God put the Bible together. He hid a lot of the ancient wisdom so, basically, you have to read into things and even kind of make up things to get formula out of it. And the formulas are obviously terrible" (p. 9, Miller). Formulas- Chapter 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS Functions as guides, pathways, means of measurement Instrument toward a solution Old Testament: The Law = formula to obey God Pharisees: 613 + rules = formula for holiness New Testament Jesus: Love, God, love your neighbor (relationships) Paul (always in context of Christ and others) Instruments to serve God, becomes the God we serve Gives a false sense of security. "Offers control" (12) Creates expectations that aren't always fulfilled... fine wine that doesn't appeal to children. Doesn't require relationship Can we live as Christians without formulas? Not as means to salvation, but as disciplines. Chapter 2— Describe formulas we can use that can replace a relationship with God?- are relationships, friendships. - CORRECT ANSWERS How has your view of God changed over your lifetime? My view of God has changed over my lifetime because Someone you have used (subconsciously?) The Does your view of God bring you shalom (the way things ought to be)? The Relationship- Chapter 2 - CORRECT ANSWERS Requires more than oneself Extra: Relationships can be complicated, arguments, and people have different worldviews than you. Move toward deeper intimacy Inclusion of others = loss of control Others love and want to be loved differently— "love languages" Requires sacrifice and submission (submit to your understanding of the way things to be, submit to the relationship, more important for us to be together than apart) Can't guarantee the response of others Extra: God's love language, obey God, loving him because of who he is, cant guarantee response of God. Chapter 3— How we live according to how others perceive us? - CORRECT ANSWERS How could we change our perception according to how God sees us? What would that do to our self image, our responsibility to God? Identity-Chapter 3 Nature Birth order Nurture Others We seem to live trying to fit a profile from the outside That profile/identity can only come from our Creator How does God sees us? All the love there is.— Give us a significant amount of confidence, the work being done to make me a better person. Why is being loved so important to humans.— one of our most basic needs. Chapter 4— What is meant by, hypocrites around Jesus "lead with their heads, not their hearts? - CORRECT ANSWERS What is Miller seeing in romanticism and not in the "technical" understanding of scripture? Do your agree? How is this similar to how the Romantics reacted to the Enlightenment- thinking that lead to Existentialism? From what you have learned in this class, what do you think he is saying about the worldviews of Modernism, Post-modernism and Biblical understanding? Scripture as Native, Poetry Art, — Chapter 4 Miller: - CORRECT ANSWERS God relates to us in stories not lists (p.56) What about genealogies, tribal statistics, building instructions? Stories: Universal form of communication 2/3 of the world prefers it as a mode of learning Connect with our imagination and emotions (going to a good movie; come out feeling something about it) Every major religion uses stories (part of their teaching) Approx. 75% of the Bible is narrative Stories create instant evangelists Jesus taught theology through stories (parables) Stories are metaphors for life Chapter 5: - CORRECT ANSWERS Describe Adam's Worldview before Eve. Adam's and Eve's WV before Sin. After? What does it mean to have "God's glory shining through you?" (p.68) Why is the point Miller is making about nakedness (Knowing and not knowing it) important? Can you relate to Adam and Eve's relationship with God before sin? What would come close for us? Nakedness— Chapter 5: - CORRECT ANSWERS Adam as lonely... is he? You don't have a frame of reference except he got to name the animals, plants, male and female Here we have a rooster this will be a hen, this will be a ram. I am Adam and there is only me. Other animals have partners. Miller was single when he wrote this book, we do not have how long Adam was in the garden before eve was created, how long Eve and Adam were in the garden together- 4 hours is a thousands years. Miller point is singleness Singleness doesn't mean one is "a screw up" Adam and Eve together (Describe their WV)— worldview was: the ideal christian theistic- not one ounce of worry, resentment, jealously anything we would have naturally have to work through- why not the fruit of that one tree. Garden of Eden- boundaries, two other rivers, tigris and Euphrates river, all of creation, second chapter in the garden, we don't what was happening outside the garden Turkey today sites- oldest communities ever been found, slopes of mount, Adam and Eve perfect worldview. Completely transparent Nothing to hide Knowing everything about each other. Moses to Israel: - CORRECT ANSWERS Nakedness was shameful - Noah story- gets drunk, lying naked in his tent, Noah cures his son, Jacob did not find out about his wife Leah until the wedding night then he realized he had the wrong wife- so much was hidden The children need to understand what God's people are, tells the story Adam/ eve But not for Adam/Eve- (Nakedness and not ashamed) They became embarrassed in front of God, insecurity entered their life- Adam and Eve Losing relationship w/God = insecurity, fear, need. - CORRECT ANSWERS "You will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!"- Isa. 26:3 Trust in God and fix your thoughts on Him Fruit of the tree = knowledge of Good vs. Evil One of their children kills their other kid We can rest in the coming of christ and the Holy Spirit Chapter 6: - CORRECT ANSWERS How have mass shootings, acts terrorism affected your worldview? Covid19 virus? Impacting event that happen in the world- negative affect- The trouble nature of 911 People can give themselves over to evil so much- Nazis were that way in killing off the Jews Do you relate the calamities of the world to the Fall? Why or why not?— The Fall How God felt when Adam and Eve ate the fruit? What would bring a similar feeling for us? — War: Chapter 6 - CORRECT ANSWERS War comes from Satan's war with God The Garden, The Fall War is the worst, may be necessary Sherman "War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over." (Sherman, Union General) Lets make this so bad, we will never do it again. Just-war theory. Why did God not warn Adam and Eve about Satan? - CORRECT ANSWERS Because God told them to stay away from the fruit of the tree, because he said is Satan can not see the future, only the past Satanic Strategy - CORRECT ANSWERS Satan... wants God's standards viewed as unreasonable restrictions. "...must not eat from any tree" - not true, planted a negative Questions what God has said. "Did God really say?" Convinces us that we will not reap what we sow. "You will not surely die!" Encourages dissatisfaction with our God. Appointed role. "You will be like God, knowing good and evil" Chapter 7: Hierarchies - CORRECT ANSWERS Is comparison to human characteristics? There is comparison, a whole society based on comparison, whether or not you will get a job, we should compare in a perfect world. We feel the need to compare because we are not good enough, as a measurement. In a sense it is like a formula. They really appear to be doing well. The need to belong because we need to fall into the group that we place as the standard. We create hierarchy. Are there hierarchies? We create this, we think the caste system of India is bad, 4 castes. Outcast ground the rest of the body stands o, lowest of the low. Is life really those high school movies? Are there "mean girls"? Do Christians have hierarchies? There are hierarchy, the bishop highest power, priest is the highest power, then alter servers, then the people are the lowest in the church- casual people attend the service If not, how can we avoid them? Not to use the standards we see in society, don't make them the standard by which you are- Jesus Christ highest standard Chapter 8- Lifeboat Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS What would a "lifeboat" scenario look like? The most selfless thing [God] ..could do would be to create other beings to enjoy Himself." (108) God is so good that he creates human beings to enjoy himself. Immeasurable benefits, God is so good he creates other things. Miller's lifeboat categories: - CORRECT ANSWERS Slam-dunk a basketball, good looks, intelligence, wealth, rightness — the nerdy group, intellectual group Other? Political correctness? The "right" perspective on social issues?...- we live in society where we want to have the right opinion What kinds of things are people willing to do to be liked/accepted? What is the cost of not mattering?— people are willing to take bigger risks to prove how valuable they are, a lot of people agree with masses to comply with everybody, fear of being criticized, contrary opinion What does not mattering look like?— you get ignored, people don't see you, your playing to a congregation of one Chapter 9: Jesus as the Key Chapter 9 - CORRECT ANSWERS Consider Miller's "personality traits" regarding Jesus and people. Are they accurate? How would you describe Jesus' Worldview?How much would you have to change to have the same characteristics and Worldview? Chapter 9— Jesus (personality traits) - CORRECT ANSWERS Jesus, a failure in the lifeboat (120)- antithesis of society- staining against the norm or what is acceptable by everybody else- he looks for the heart instead of the outward appearance, specifics— Saw everyone as equal Jesus' personality traits He believed all people were equal He was ugly Isa 53:2-3 "He grew before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem." Shows more humility, what would it mean if God was not a good looking or beautiful person, we tend to have good-looking people in politics get our attention Chapter 9— Jesus (personality traits) continued - CORRECT ANSWERS He liked to be with people He had no fear of intimacy He was patient He was kind He was God He is I AM- I am, the way, the truth, the life, bread of life Did He hold people accountable? Did he criticize?- Jesus was not always nice, the truth hurts, when you decide to say the truth in love Chapter 10: Jesus as the Key - CORRECT ANSWERS Considering Miller's emphasis on relationship as the central part of the gospel and the caution against using formulas for conveying what Christianity is, think about a Gospel presentation that would rightly inform and invite someone to become a Christian. The Gospel of Jesus- Chapter 10 - CORRECT ANSWERS "It makes you wonder if we have fashioned a gospel around our culture and technology and social economy rather than around the person of Jesus." What does this mean? Have we? How? When our culture places emphasis on politics but the actual Gospel on the person of Jesus We have done that economically making that prosperity, God will protect you and provide for you He never did that, meet with them in the wilderness Syncretism is the reshaping of Christian beliefs and practices through cultural accommodations so that they consciously or unconsciously blend with those of the dominant culture. Example: Mayan Indians of Guatemala- so they mixed catholicism with the mayan religion. So you go to mass and hire a Shama to pray for you. He lights candles. He will pray to these saints on either side. He will do the same processes and god becomes one of many. Chapter 11 - CORRECT ANSWERS "Imagine how much a [person's] life would be changed if [one] trusted that [one] was loved by God?" (176) What does trusting that we are loved by God look like? How would/should a person's life be changed with that kind of trust? What does Miller mean when he asks, "Why not get your glory from God?" A Circus of Redemption- Chapter 11 - CORRECT ANSWERS When we make abnormal (fallen humanity) the norm we strive for a hierarchy that is unfair and arbitrary— the circus, trying to get people to clap for us. "On making up-side-down, right-side up and having it called up-side-down (Jack Hayford, 1977)." Great speaker and author, Jesus teaching the opposite of what society is teaching and it is the opposite of upside down and trying to make it right side up, having it called upside down by society. "There is nothing wrong with being beautiful or being athletic or being smart, but those are some of the pleasures of life, not life's redemption." (175) How do we take "pleasures" of life and make them our redemption"? Hobbies, pour our whole lives into it, SUV with four sided tires, off-roading, thats all they do God redeems our identity for us How would a person's life change if they trusted that they were loved by God? p.176 King David, getting naked, dancing and praising God. Getting your glory from God... Accepting your redemption because of how God feels about you— no one else. chapter 12 - CORRECT ANSWERS What is an example of a moral code? What might a strict adherence to a moral code be described as a in terms of worldview category? How does Miller describe the morals that come from Jesus? What does this say about our moral code? How does morality fit with grace? Chapter 14 What is the story of Job about? What is the story Hosea about? Romeo and Juliet- a metaphor for Christ and Church What does Jesus mean by "hating father and mother," etc. in order to be his disciple? - CORRECT ANSWERS The amount we have to love Christ is like hating your mother and father is like hating Chris "True-love.. must cost the participants everything." 224 Through redeemed through Christ's death, we must still die, we must still die (daily, to self) in order to be resurrected with him. Somehow in giving up, in suffering, in dying, we gain. The truth we will love God for God's sake alone and not for what he will do for us. Job did not do anything wrong and was not suffer God wanted to show what a righteous man looks like and what happens in suffering in terms of his presence Job started too complain and God said were we you when I created all of this Telling Job I am God and you are not We love God for what we have done for us We will go through a period of lives there not reasons for the things we are experiencing, make the willful decision to love God even though we think God is not giving us what we want or need. Hosea story- instructed by God to marry a prostitute in spike of the fact of her faithfulness Can you love God for his sake alone We serve a God who as unfaithful as we are we bring us back to where he wants us to be with Him Miller is trying to make the point we love God who will never give up on us Romeo and Juliet- similar to god asking us to change our lives for Him When we started.. - CORRECT ANSWERS Pictures where we fill in the gaps— we all have a different worldview, different perspectives of how we can view things that are not clear to us Worldview definition- how we see reality, coherent, if not always accurate The sun does not rise, our worldview Categories to help us see the difference, development of our own WV, changes that have and will continue to take place Modernism, Post-Modernism, Pre-Modernism, New Ageism, Christian Theism, Existentialism Social issues in which TVs are greatly manifested Ethics and worldview— Detenologcial- follow the principle and rules no matter the outcome Otological/ — Teological- ends justifies the means WV in relationship to God and Jesus Christ Religion based on relationship (head and heart) not just rote formulaic expression So, what do we do with all that? - CORRECT ANSWERS "He has told you, O man and woman, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness (mercy), and to walk humbly with your God." (Micah 6:8 NASB) — IMPORTANT! JUSTICE (what we do- relational accountability) - CORRECT ANSWERS Justice requires judgment. Judging circumstances and others are Christ judges. How does Christ judge? - with love, compassion, grace No judgment? OR no condemnation? We have to judge circumstances, actions, motives We can't condemn people Does not judging mean you can't criticize or hold accountable?Sometimes I judge a situation and a person's part in it because I love that person. We all judge, we can't condemn. "Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more (judgment)." John 8:11 KINDNESS (how we do it- relational compassion) - CORRECT ANSWERS Treating others as Christ treats us (graciously) because our love for Him. Judgment without kindness is just critical, hard-nosed retribution. God gives second chances (and 3th, 4th, and 5th,...) Kindness can be demonstrated in holding someone accountable for their behavior.. in administering punishment. What makes kindness different than acquiescence? Holding accountable w/empathy, understanding and for growth. HUMILITY (who we are while we do it- love) - CORRECT ANSWERS Know who we are, who we are not, who God is and let that inform our relationships with Him and everyone else = Contentment (Phil. 4:12) The end state of every human will be one of humility — He can help us attain, it now, or ..He will force us into it later, judgment. Why is humility so important? - CORRECT ANSWERS Humility = humilus (Latin) from humus (compost) the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth. Benefits of humus/ compost - CORRECT ANSWERS Provides a healthy growing environment Builds strong roots and foundation Softens hard soils, gives structure to sandy soils Attracts and feeds beneficial partners Balances demands for water Controls erosion from the elements Reduces stress of the elements Extends growing season Improves quality of fruit Replaces reliance on artificial additives. Not listed as s fruit of the Spirit Perhaps humility is supposed to act like humus/compost for our spiritual self. Maybe it is the fertilizer for the fruits of the Spirit. Humility provides us - CORRECT ANSWERS Provides healthy spiritual growing environment Builds strong spiritual roots and foundation Attracts beneficial partners who can trust us Balances our lives Reduces demands of self-preserving needs Controls erosion, no wearing down Reduces stress, the importance over the urgent Extends growing, learning, a life-long condition Replaces reliance on artificial supports. Enhances fruits of the Spirit in our lives. Humility provides enhancement. - CORRECT ANSWERS 22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Knowing God's will, God's worldview? - CORRECT ANSWERS Do justice Show kindness and mercy in doing justice. In doing justice and showing kindness and mercy, be humble Develop the Worldview that best incorporates and manifest these in your life "The LORD bless you and keeps you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace" (Numbers 6:24-26)