3 Worldviews with Bill Brown-CMAW039

What You'll Hear:

• Bill became a Christian during his senior year of high school when he got invited to a speaker and some pizza
• He majored in math and wanted to become an astronaut
• He got married
• He started teaching theology at Bryan College
• He later went to become President at Bryan and then Cedarville University
• The best part was the ongoing discipleship of the students
• Most churches don't prepare students well for what they're going to experience at university
• Many students either walk away from their faith completely or they begin to compartmentalize their faith
• There are some great ministries on campuses that lead students to Christ
• Universities will often hire people who are against religion
• The biggest challenge for Christian universities is the cost of education
• We all have a worldview, or you could say a worldview has us
• God has put eternity in our hearts
• We get messages about worldview constantly, so we need to be thinking about what those messages are saying, and respond appropriately
• All worldviews are in 1 of 3 groups, and they answer 4 ultimate questions 1. Where did everything come from? 2. Why am I here? 3. How am I supposed to live 4. What happens when we die?
• You have to answer these questions
• Naturalism says there is nothing spiritual and includes atheism
• Theism says there is one personal eternal God who created the universe, and includes Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
• Transcendentalism says everything is spiritual and everyone is reincarnated, and includes Hinduism, new age, and in movies like Star Wars
• Technology has dominated trends in worldviews, including pornography, sexting, and gender identity
• Young people come the conclusion that nothing matters except themselves
• A big trend is apethy
• Post-modernism is a reaction against the modern world and says science has been used as a weapon
• It's morphed because of technology, it says there is no absolute truth and no ultimate meaning
• The attitude now is "I just don't care", there's nothing you can do to make someone love or to care
• We should appeal to the fact that everyone is made in God's image
• We need to rely on the Holy Spirit with speaking with people that don't care
• We need to reflect God with our lives by living a life of joy and hope, reaching out to serve and treat people with dignity
• Our lives should generate a spark of interest from others
• We need to know not just what we're saved from but what we're saved for
• The Colson Fellows Program allows participants to learn about a Christian worldview through intensive study over a year
• Contact williambrown23@gmail.com