Year 2, Class 3: Pop Quiz / Moral Relativism / Counterfeit Reality

Class 3 started with a Pop Quiz!!  Ooooooooooo,   No worries -  no grades for this. Just checking for comprehension of some key concepts.

1. What is the definition of worldview?
A worldview is a framework , or set of "lenses", through which we view reality and make sense of life and the world. It is our set of assumptions about what is right and wrong, good and evil, true and false, valuable, and not valuable. 

2.  If there is no truth, then there are no ____________ to the questions that matter.
answers  

3.  There are two kinds of truth:
 _____________  =  reflects opinion, preference, personal taste ( ice cream)
Subjective truth
______________ = based in reality and not based on what anyone believes, thinks, or agrees upon (insulin)
Objective truth

4. This type of philosophy is concerned with the doing the greatest good for the greatest number. ( think of Chuck Colson's grandson)
a. Utilitarianism
b. Naturalism
c. Creationism
d. Fundamentalism
a. Utilitarianism

5.The root of the word apologetics is the Greek word "apologia".  What does apologia mean?
a defense or justification [ for one's opinions or conduct ]

6. What is the difference between worldview and apologetics?
worldview is WHAT you believe,  apologetics is WHY you believe it

7. The foundation of the Biblical Christian worldview is that our purpose in life is to _____________ and ____________ God, and to _____________ his kingdom.
 love, serve, advance

    
We watched Session 3  of  "Explore Truth" from Impact 360 Institute.  - "How Moral Relativism Hurts Everyone"
Moral Relativism is the belief that moral or ethical truths are not absolute or universal, applying to all people at all times, but instead are "relative" to your culture, society, history, or personal circumstances. "That may be true for you, but not for me."

And we watched YouTube videos of Bill Jack's talk on "Counterfeit Reality".
Part 1:  https://youtu.be/rAVzHW3Aayo
Part 2:  https://youtu.be/tXc8PJjZQQk
Part 3:  https://youtu.be/kjzGAdF_A0w 
Part 4:  https://youtu.be/AK2VC0-E2ls












 

A Proper Understanding of Objective Truth

Year 2: Class 2 What is Truth?

We watched Session 2 of "Explore Truth" from Impact 360 Institute, as well as a Power Point slideshow I created from this article titled "Apologetics: An Important Spiritual Discipline for our Times" by Dr. Alex McFarland.    While "worldview" refers to the WHAT a person believes to be true, right, and good,  "apologetics" is about WHY we believe what we believe.  Studying apologetics alongside worldview demonstrates that Christianity is credible, reasonable, and relevant!

The other video we watched today was "Cold Case Christianity".  J.Warner Wallace is a homicide detective who specializes in solving "cold cases" - unsolved homicides - and has appeared on TV shows such as NBC Dateline.  After being an atheist for the first 35 years of his life, he converted to Christianity after applying the same techniques and principles he uses in his police work to investigating the truth claims of Christianity.





AND  Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies today. :-)

Year 2: Class 1 What is Worldview?

We watched Session 1 of "Explore Truth", and also a couple of other videos, to introduce the class to worldview.  I made fill-in-the-blank sheets to go with each video -  helps the students to concentrate as they watch and listen for the answers.
Oh, and freshly baked chocolate chip banana bread.  My students are the recipients of my love of baking.


What is Worldview?  (The Truth Project)



Worldview 101: Why it Matters  (Colson Center)





Answering 4 Questions (Colson Center)




What's Your Worldview? QUIZ  (Impact 360 Institute)

Year 2 Worldview and Apologetics

2016-2017   Worldview and Apologetics Class

I am again facilitating a video-based class for Jason and 4 other high schoolers, meeting in my living room for 2 hours every Monday afternoon.
The first video series we are going through is  Impact 360 Institute's "Explore Truth".

Doing the Right Thing Trailer

The final video series we watched last year was "Doing the Right Thing: A Crisis of Ethics," from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. The discussion was aimed at a slightly older audience, but I found the teens in my class did fine with it with it when I added some supplementary material from YouTube.  We had some really good discussions.

The Truth Project Trailer

Although this was created for adults, older teens can definitely go through it. The format is lecture, with interviews and video clips interspersed. We used the supplementary discussion questions from The Truth Project website, and I created fill-in-the-blank sheets for the students to use as they watched the lessons, which are about 45 minutes long.

For the Life of the World Trailer

We really enjoyed this quirky, hipster, thought-provoking study from Acton Institute.

My Year 1 Resources

I facilitated a Christian worldview class once a week during the 2015-2016 school year for 7 homeschooled teens, including my son.  We met on Monday afternoons for 1 1/2 to 2 hours,  depending on the material we were using that week.

The class centered around watching videos and then directed discussion.  No homework. No written work, except some note taking during class.

The 3 main video series we watched were :

For the Life of the World: Letters to the Exiles  

 The Truth Project

Doing the Right Thing: A Six-Part Exploration of Ethics 

I have had all my kids do worldview material before graduating, whether it was reading books like  Don't Check Your Brains at the Door and The Ever-loving Truth,  a week at Worldview Academy, or a local class or weekend seminar.  The Truth Project came out when my younger daughter was in high school, so my husband and I went through the training seminar in order to purchase it and lead my daughter and a groups of her friends through the material. With my youngest, I am leading a small group of teens in a worldview and apologetics study his last 2 years of high school. 

So important to help them discover why they believe what they believe, and to be able to defend that position and present it as the Good News that it is!