Worldview  This left column is dedicated to lecture notes for worldview class at CBS.  Lecture 1: What is a Worldview?   Supplement # 1: When Theology is Mere Head Knowledge  This article is in PDF. Supplement # 2: Pursue a Balanced Theology  This chart is in PDF. Supplement # 3: Are you a product of Indoctrination or a lover of truth?   Supplement # 4: Loving God with your mind?   Lecture 2: What is your starting point for worldview thinking?   Lecture 3: Why do you believe what you believe?  An introduction to some of the major worldviews in our world today. Lecture 4: How do you do theology?   Supplement # 5: Dispensationalism   Lecture 5: History of Reality (metaphysics)  Chart on Plato's conception of metaphysics & epistemology. Lecture 5a: Aquinas' conception of reality   Lecture 5b: Aquinas' view of knowledge: Moderate Realism   Lecture 5c: Kant's Conception of Reality & Knowledge   Lecture 5d: John Dewey's Conception of Reality  John Dewey's qualitative starting point is experience itself. Lecture 5e: Aristotle's Universals and Causes   Supplement # 6: The Elusive Big Idea by Neal Gabler, New York Times  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/the-elusive-big-idea.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all%3Fsrc%3Dtp&smid=fb-share Lecture 6: Arguments for God's Existence   Lecture 7: Teleological Evidence: Intelligent Design   Lecture 8: Teleological Evidence: Anthropic Principle   Lecture 9: Moral Law Arguments   Lecture 10: Existential: Spiritual Incompleteness   Lecture 11: Pascal's Wager   Lecture 12: The Case for Truth   Lecture 13: Summary Notes on Truth   Supplement: Biblical view of Truth   Lecture 14: View of Humanity   Lecture 15: Introduction to Ethics   Lecture 16: Survey of Ethics Reviewed in Class   Lecture 17: Evangelical Models of Ethics   Guide and Review for Final Exam  The review for final is in MS Word so that you can fill in details.  The Pursuit of Pleasure: The Perils, Purposes, & Problems of Pleasure This lecture was given to the Reasonable Faith Forum in Spring, Texas on 26 August 2011. Related to this presentation is five-part series on the problem of pleasure: The Perils of Pleasure (part 1); The Vanity of Pleasures (part 2); The Longing for Pleasures to Satisfy (part 3); The Purposes of Pleasure (part 4); The Pursuit of Pleasure (part 5). This five-fold series is located under the tab, "Spiritual Life." They are found in the far right column.  Synopsis on the Perils, Problems, and Purposes of Pleasure  This is a synoptic chart on the perils, problems, and purposes of pleasure. Should Christians Be Involved in Politics  This brief response is in PDF.

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