worldview assessment & training dan smithwick nehemiah institute
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Worldview Assessment & Training
Dan SmithwickNehemiah Institute
This seminar will give you:
Education: Meaning of “worldview”
Information: Trends of worldview
Motivation: The why of “worldview” in every classroom
Inspiration: You can do it!
Mission statement:
Undoing Dewey.
1:
Meaning of Worldview
Definitions: Any ideology, philosophy, theology,
movement, or religion that provides an overarching approach to understanding God, the world, and man’s relations to God and the world.
Dr. David NoebelSummit Ministries
Definitions: In simplest terms, a worldview is a
set of beliefs about the most important issues in life.
Dr. Ronald NashReformed Theological Seminary
“Worldview” verses
“For my thoughts are not ______ __________, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8
“—and bringing into captivity _______ _________to the obedience of Christ.”
II Cor. 10:5
thoughtsyour
every
thought
Common Worldviews Atheism Existentialism Hedonism Humanism Materialism Nihilism
Pantheism Polytheism Postmodernism Pragmatism Socialism Theism
War of Worldviews Christian
Biblical Theism
Anti-Christian
Atheism Existentialism Hedonism
Humanism Materialism Nihilism Pantheism Pragmatism Postmodernism Socialism
Politics How we govern
Economics How we prosper
Education How we learn
Religion What we worship
Social Issues How we relate
Worldview Categories
PEERS Testing
A Biblical worldview assessment program designed to assess how one views God, man and world
around him.
Limited Government-
Purpose of civil government:
Limited?
Expansive?
or
Meaning of Biblical Worldview Education
PoliticsEconomicsEducationReligionSocial Issues
Objective knowledge
Question the significance of the Word-
PoliticsEconomicsEducation“Religion”Social Issues
Look elsewhere for “real life” issues
PoliticsEconomicsEducationReligionSocial Issues
PhilosophersScientists
Politicians
Talking Heads
Media
2:
Results and Trends of worldview understanding
Worldview Categories
Score Range Biblical Theism 70 - 100 Moderate Christian 30 - 69 Secular Humanism 0 - 29 Socialism < 0
Summary test results:(Scale: -100 to +100)
Biblical Scholars: (several dozen) 87.8
Humanists: (several dozen) -45.4
Christian school faculty: (500+) 52.9
Christian school students: (15,000+) 27.8
Public school students: (1000+) 7.9
Ministry Leaders
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60
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Pol Econ Educ Rel Social Lmt'dGov.
Biblical Theism
Moderate Christian
Secular Humanism
Humanists & New Ager’s
-100
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
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40
60
80
100
Pol Econ Educ Rel Social Lmt'dGov.
Biblical Theism
Socialism
Influence on Society?
-100 -60 -20 20 60 100
Politics
Econ
Educ
Rel
Social
Lmt'd Gov
HumanistsBiblical
Scholars
Two bodies of thought
PEERS Trend Analysis
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20
40
60
80
100Christian youth
in public schools
Moderate Christian
PEERS Trend Analysis
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20
40
60
80
100 Christian youth in “worldview” schools
PEERS Trend Analysis
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20
40
60
80
100 Traditional Christian schools
Worldview of youth-
Shaped more by MTV,
than by KJV
Your students?- What are the dominate factors shaping their
worldview?
Do they start with scripture?
Do they have a burden for truth?
Is secular culture shaping their views?
Highest scoring schoolCovenant Academy, Boise, ID
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
POL ECON EDUC REL SOC LMT'DGOV
Lowest scoring school
-40
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
POL ECON EDUC REL SOC LMT'DGOV
Texas
3:
Worldview in every Classroom
Contributing factors-
Curriculum selection
State of Christian home/church
Education philosophy of faculty
If this is so-
-100 -60 -20 20 60 100
Politics
Econ
Educ
Rel
Social
Lmt'd Gov
HumanistsBiblical
Scholars
Two bodies of thought
Humanist Manifesto
The Bible
And if this is true-
God despises Humanism
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” (Matt 25:46)
Then this is disaster in making.
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20
40
60
80
100 90% of Christian youth
Biblical Theism
Humanism/Socialism
Raise the bar-
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80
100
The end--
“Come, let us build—”Neh. 2:17