Cover Page Notebook Welcome Objectives Speakers Subjects
World Views: What is True? Building a Foundation What is a World View? Reality is Made of Truths Six Major Questions What are the Major World Views? Comparison of World Views World Views Should Pass Certain Tests Creed by Steve Turner Notes/Further Reading World Views in Western Culture A (Not So) Brief Defense of Christianity Theism Introduction What is the Most Reasonable World View? Is it Reasonable to Believe that God Exists? If God Does Exist How Could We Know He is There? Was Jesus an Historical Person? Are The Biblical Documents Reliable? Are the Biblical Documents Reliable?-Introduction Old Testament New Testament Who Was Jesus ? Jesus Was a Unique Man of History The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a Historical Fact The Resurrection Demonstrates the Truth of Christianity Jesus is the Lord of History Further Reading Creation /Evolution Origins Debate is Clouded with Confusion The Universe is Finite and Designed for Life Life is a Product of Creative Intelligence Challenging the Idea that All Life Descended from Common Ancestor From the Universe we Learn about God Notes/Further Reading Human Nature -Who are We? Are Humans Significant in a Special Way? Are Humans Good, Evil or Blank Slates? What Happens When We Die? Conclusion/ Notes Belief System Comparison Further Reading Campus Christianity Spiritual Wastelands 101 Thinking Christianly Cultivate a Teachable Spirit Pursue Excellence God Has Called Us Not to Success, But to Faithfulness Conclusion/Further Reading
What is a World View? Reality is Made of Truths Six Major Questions What are the Major World Views? Comparison of World Views World Views Should Pass Certain Tests Creed by Steve Turner Notes/Further Reading World Views in Western Culture
Theism Introduction What is the Most Reasonable World View? Is it Reasonable to Believe that God Exists? If God Does Exist How Could We Know He is There? Was Jesus an Historical Person? Are The Biblical Documents Reliable? Are the Biblical Documents Reliable?-Introduction Old Testament New Testament Who Was Jesus ? Jesus Was a Unique Man of History The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a Historical Fact The Resurrection Demonstrates the Truth of Christianity Jesus is the Lord of History Further Reading
Are The Biblical Documents Reliable? Are the Biblical Documents Reliable?-Introduction Old Testament New Testament
Who Was Jesus ? Jesus Was a Unique Man of History The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a Historical Fact The Resurrection Demonstrates the Truth of Christianity Jesus is the Lord of History Further Reading
Origins Debate is Clouded with Confusion The Universe is Finite and Designed for Life Life is a Product of Creative Intelligence Challenging the Idea that All Life Descended from Common Ancestor From the Universe we Learn about God Notes/Further Reading
Are Humans Significant in a Special Way? Are Humans Good, Evil or Blank Slates? What Happens When We Die? Conclusion/ Notes Belief System Comparison Further Reading
Spiritual Wastelands 101 Thinking Christianly Cultivate a Teachable Spirit Pursue Excellence God Has Called Us Not to Success, But to Faithfulness Conclusion/Further Reading
Theology and the Student What is Theology? The Nature of Theology Nine Areas of Theology Application Notes/Further Reading Is Jesus the Only Savior? Religious Pluralism Christian Inclusivism Some Remaining Questions Conclusion /Further Reading God and Evil The Problem of Evil Clarified The Logical Problem of Evil The Evidential Problem of Evil The Religious Problem of Evil Notes/Further Reading Measuring Morality What is Ethics? Universality of Human Ethics Ethical Foundations Ethical Sources The Natural Ethic (Nature) The Consensus Ethic (Majority Rule) The Arbitrary Ethic (Power) The True Absolute Ethic (Transcendence) The Moral Dilemma-Who Makes the Rules? Conclusion Notes/Further Reading
What is Theology? The Nature of Theology Nine Areas of Theology Application Notes/Further Reading
Religious Pluralism Christian Inclusivism Some Remaining Questions Conclusion /Further Reading
The Problem of Evil Clarified The Logical Problem of Evil The Evidential Problem of Evil The Religious Problem of Evil Notes/Further Reading
What is Ethics? Universality of Human Ethics Ethical Foundations Ethical Sources The Natural Ethic (Nature) The Consensus Ethic (Majority Rule) The Arbitrary Ethic (Power) The True Absolute Ethic (Transcendence) The Moral Dilemma-Who Makes the Rules? Conclusion Notes/Further Reading
The Christian Mind Why do I need a Christian Mind? What is a Christian Mind? When Do I Have to Develop a Christian Mind? How Do I Develop a Christian Mind? Conclusions Notes/Further Reading Thoughts for the Thinking Student Introduction Develop a Christian World View The Mind is Important Take Ownership of Beliefs From the What to the Why Breaking the Sacred/Secular Barrier Importance of Christian Scholarship Ask First "Is It True?" How Do We Teach These Things? Notes/Further Reading
Why do I need a Christian Mind? What is a Christian Mind? When Do I Have to Develop a Christian Mind? How Do I Develop a Christian Mind? Conclusions Notes/Further Reading
Introduction Develop a Christian World View The Mind is Important Take Ownership of Beliefs From the What to the Why Breaking the Sacred/Secular Barrier Importance of Christian Scholarship Ask First "Is It True?" How Do We Teach These Things? Notes/Further Reading
Science and World View What is Natural Science? The Roots of Modern Science Christianity and Science The Limitations of Science Notes/Further Reading Science and Earth History Interpreting the Form of Genesis: Chronicle of the Cosmos or Cosmogony Views of Creation Compared Strengths and Limitations of the Different Positions Concluding Thoughts Notes/Further Reading Early Man and Human Fossils The Story of Human Evolution Did Australopithecines Walk Upright? Ambiguity of Fossil Human Categories Neandertals and the Paleontologists The Facts are Not Always Allowed to Speak A Creationist Perspective of Ancient Humans Notes/Further Reading A Christian View of the Environment Is There an Environmental Crisis? Some have Blamed Judeo-Christian Thought for our Ecological Problems Naturalism and Pantheism Have Been Offered as Substitutes The Christian Environmental Ethic The Source and Solution of our Ecological Crisis The Solution is the Witness of the Christian Community within the God, Man and Nature Relationship The Church has Failed as Steward of the Earth Further Reading
What is Natural Science? The Roots of Modern Science Christianity and Science The Limitations of Science Notes/Further Reading
Interpreting the Form of Genesis: Chronicle of the Cosmos or Cosmogony Views of Creation Compared Strengths and Limitations of the Different Positions Concluding Thoughts Notes/Further Reading
The Story of Human Evolution Did Australopithecines Walk Upright? Ambiguity of Fossil Human Categories Neandertals and the Paleontologists The Facts are Not Always Allowed to Speak A Creationist Perspective of Ancient Humans Notes/Further Reading
Is There an Environmental Crisis? Some have Blamed Judeo-Christian Thought for our Ecological Problems Naturalism and Pantheism Have Been Offered as Substitutes The Christian Environmental Ethic The Source and Solution of our Ecological Crisis The Solution is the Witness of the Christian Community within the God, Man and Nature Relationship The Church has Failed as Steward of the Earth Further Reading
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