Our college class at church is trying something new this summer. We are calling it simply, "movie nights". The concept is simple. Gather together, plunk in a DVD, watch it, talk about it.
To guide the discussion, Aaron (the leader) prints off viewer comments about the movie. It takes about two seconds to launch into a great worldview discussion.
Last week, we watched Robin Williams in the Academy award winning production, What Dreams May Come.
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In Have We Over Complicated Worldview? I examine the problem of the over intellectualization of the study of worldviews. I am concerned that people hear the term worldview and shut down. Why? Because they assume it is a stuffy, philosophy term that has little application in the real world.
I raised this concern with my fellow Centurions, all of whom are trained to go forth and teach worldview. Here are some of the responses I received.
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Back in May, I read a Breakpoint essay by Chuck Colson that addressed the problem of pride. However, it opened a possible misunderstanding about the role of faith. Melinda at STR posted on it. I also posted my concern.
I decided to ask Chuck Colson to clarify what he meant by "beyond the intellect".
Mr. Colson responded.
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Joel of Dumbsheep fame asked me in a comment,
"If worldview is (almost) solely related to the intellect (ie; the way you rationally make sense of the world around you), as I think you're saying, then it seems to be more of an "ivory tower"/"for the intellectually gifted" exercise. What about the people at my work who were actually surprised that I thought about stuff when I worked...and say that their mind basically goes blank for three hours. Is worldview for them? Can someone's worldview be considered real if it is unarticulated?"
Joel's question is brilliant.
It struck a chord with me. It is my contention that worldview thinking has become so intellectualized that it is in danger of being thrown in the discard pile, along with other interesting but not terribly useful concepts.
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I had finished my power point presentation on intelligent design and was taking questions from the audience. I spotted a hand raised near the back. It was Drew, the fellow I had met shortly before my talk.
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This is certainly interesting news from general assembly. A motion was raised to pull out our kids from public schools. Here are two reports. One from Christian Communication Network
and one from World Net Daily. My friend Joel Belz endorsed this motion. It was ultimately defeated. The result is posted on Josiah's General Assembly blog.
Update (Jun 21):
From the keyboard of the Jolly Blogger (Rev. David Wayne), who was present at GA when this motion was raised. This is an important clarification. Thanks David.
I also want to point out what it was that Rev. Warhurst was saying to the General Assembly of the PCA, lest I misrepresent him, or he be misunderstood. The language of his resolution was the language of encouragement, not binding law. In other words, his intention was to offer what amounts to pastoral advice, not a law. This was not presented as something that was to be binding on the conscience of the member of the PCA. I did not speak to him personally at the Assembly, but from listening to his humble and thoughtful presentation of his views I understood his intentions to be those of warning parents about the dangers of public schools and asking the denomination to encourage, not order, parents to pull their kids out of public schools. I can't envision Rev. Warhurst or his compatriots attempting to bring church discipline on those who failed to heed his/their encouragement.
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I am well overdue for the completion to this story. I went back to hear Hugh Ross speak in the evening service. I was hoping to hang out afterwards and ask him questions about his experiences in apologetics, versus questions about science and faith.
The evening service at Sierra Madre was really nice. The worship singing was excellent. Hugh was given a brief introduction and rose to speak. He once again used a powerpoint.
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I am saddened to hear about the passing of Shelby Foote. Made famous in the Ken Burn's series on the Civil War, Foote is best appreciated by reading his . I realize that stacked on top of each other, the combined spine width of these books is over six and half inches. It is still an excellent narrative account of an important part of our nation's history. I enjoyed all three books and intend to read them again.
