Christian Life & Worldview Final Exam

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One of the reasons we can say that everyone has a Worldview and even that everyone expresses their Worldview is because a Worldview can be expressed as a …

Story

If we believe in God and are considering his purpose for humanity, what worldview question are we seeking to answer?

What is the meaning of human history?

Many people have not thought about this question because they are confident about what they think. This question is deeper than just asking what we know or even how we know it.

Why is it possible to know anything at all?

When we challenge or question the validity of another person’s worldview, we often are confronting the fact that their presuppositions are false or are being held

Inconsistently

According to Sire, a worldview can be made up of presuppositions which can be …

Entirely false

What is the focus of Sire’s question: What is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us?

The assumptions we make based on our perception of all we interact with

Sire’s Worldview definition states that a Worldview can be expressed as a set of presuppositions (assumptions) rather than a set of facts. Why?

Worldview statements can’t be proven.

Much of our worldview just becomes part of us through the culture and environment that surrounds us. Sire makes this point by including in his definition the fact that our presuppositions can be held …

Subconsciously

What is the question that is most fundamental and sets the boundaries of all others questions and answers?

What is prime reality-the really real?

Sire suggests that the presuppositions that we hold provide the foundation on which

We live and move and have our being

Often people misunderstand Sire’s question: How do we know what is right and wrong? They think it is asking:

What is right and wrong?

What is the question that is used to determine if someone believes there is a real difference between a person and an ape?

What is a human being?

This Sire Worldview question connects most to the actual impact on life choices versus just speculative or intellectual reflection. It helps show how intellectual commitments are worked out in individual lives.

What personal, life-orienting core commitments are consistent with this worldview?

One of the important “big” words to be familiar with when thinking about the question: “What is prime reality-the really real?” is

Metaphysics

What part of the “body” or human component does Sire connect with our “commitment?”

Heart

Revelation from God is the basis for how a Christian Theist is able to know anything at all. The two sources of revelation are called General and...

Special

Christian Theists believe that God is immanent. When we think about this characteristic of God in relationship to the world around us, Christian theists believe that the creation is a(n) _______________ system.

Open

The belief that man, being made in the image of God, can make a choice is linked to which of Sire’s questions?

What is a human being?

For Sire’s question 1, “what is prime reality,” the Christian Theist will answer …

God

When a Christian Theist gives their “testimony” of what God has done for them, they are expressing their worldview as a… (Everyone can express their worldview with this method).

Basic constitution of reality

For a Christian Theist answering question 7, What is the meaning of human history?, history is...

Linear

Many theists would agree on the nature of God, but ONLY a Christian theist would believe that God is...

Personal

Even a Christian Theist can hold to their worldview subconsciously because...

They believe that God is the really-real

When a Christian Theist speaks of God creating the cosmos ex nihilo in answer to what is the nature of external reality, a simple way of expressing this is that the universe had a(n)...

Beginning

Christians have a lot of debates about what is right and wrong. But as Christian Theists, we can agree that knowing what is right and wrong is based on...

The revelation of God and his character

For a Christian Theist, the desire they have to glorify God is linked to which of Sire’s questions?

What personal, life-orienting core commitments are consistent with this worldview?

Human “history’ can be understood through four words: creation, _______, redemption, glorification. What missing word is also very important in understanding what a human being is for a Christian Theist?

Fall

Because Christian Theists believe that God is good (both holy and loving), God’s revelation is the answer for which of Sire’s questions? This view rejects man’s standard for what is good.

How do we know what is right and wrong?

Sire’s third question, “What is a Human being?”, is best answered by using the reference to Genesis 1, where God said...

“Let us make man in our image”

In describing what it means to be made in God’s image, Sire used the term, “gregariousness.” This means that a Christian Theist will believe that a human being is...

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