Videos: Introduction to Biblical Worldview
Brought to you by the International Alliance for Christian Education, these teaching videos introduce the concept of worldview and equip you with a foundational knowledge of a Christian worldview and the skills to assess competing worldviews encountered in the culture today.
At a Glance
At the end of watching these videos, you will be able to:
- Define worldview, explain various paradigms of worldview, and list the ultimate questions worldviews answer
- Discuss the narrative contours of a Christian worldview and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses in relation to other competing worldviews
- Begin to critically assess worldviews represented in one’s own cultural context and relate these to the Christian worldview
More Details
Utilizing lectures from John Stonestreet, these 15 teaching videos examine the nature and function of worldviews. You will learn about the foundational questions
about life all worldviews serve to answer and explore four different non-Christian
worldviews: naturalistic, transcendental, postmodern, and theistic. After each video there are 3-4 reflection/discussion questions provided to help you engage with the content covered in each video lesson.
Course Outline
- Video 1: Introduction to Worldview (30:16)
- Video 2: Categories of Worldview (34:22)
- Video 3: Naturalistic Worldview (22:18)
- Video 4: Expressions of Naturalism (35:48)
- Video 5: Transcendental Worldview (31:50)
- Video 6: Postmodern Worldview (43:36)
- Video 7 & 8: Theistic Worldview (22:05; 22:20)
- Video 9: Christian Worldview (35:08)
- Video 10: The Image of God – Part 1 (22:01)
- Video 11: The Image of God – Part 2 (27:09)
- Video 12: Evaluating Worldviews (36:14)
- Video 13: Virtues (49:09)
- Video 14: Worldviews and Culture – Part 1 (35:50)
- Video 15: Worldviews and Culture – Part 2 (33:47)
Recommended Textbooks to Supplement Video Teachings
- Tawa J. Anderson, W. Michael Clark, and David K. Naugle, An Introduction to Christian Worldview: Pursuing God’s Perspective in a Pluralistic World (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2017). ISBN: 978-0-8308-5123-2
- John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle, A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today’s World (Colorado Springs: David C Cook, 2020). ISBN: 978-0-8307-8124-9
About the Technology
Course Teaching Lectures By
John Stonestreet serves as President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He’s a sought-after author and speaker on areas of faith and culture, theology, worldview, education and apologetics. John is the daily voice of BreakPoint, the nationally syndicated commentary on the culture founded by the late Chuck Colson. He is also the voice of the Point, a daily one-minute feature on worldview, apologetics and cultural issues. John has co-authored four books: A Practical Guide to Culture, Restoring All Things, Same-Sex Marriage, and Making Sense of Your World: A Biblical Worldview. John holds degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (IL) and Bryan College (TN)
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