Videos, Worldview

Worldview, Wisdom, and the Story of the Bible

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Christian worldview teaching is structured in categories native to a university (Law, Economics, Biology, Philosophy, etc.). So even though the worldview teaching may be biblical in content, it certainly is not biblical in structure.

In fact, if we are going to take biblical language seriously in how we structure our worldview teaching, we will notice that the word worldview doesn’t even show up in the Bible. The closest concept is wisdom. Wisdom includes has a skill component as well as a knowledge component, while worldview is limited to the knowledge aspect. We want to make sure to teach worldview in such a way that it includes the enacting part of it; the skill component.

The backbone of the Bible is a story, so Biblical worldview must be communicated in story form. Furthermore, the Bible isn’t packaged in university language (thank God), it’s given in the categories of creation. That’s why Headwaters exists; to pass on the Biblical story in such a way that it becomes an enacted worldview in creation categories.

Podcast

Eden to the City of God: Episode 2

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The Book of Genesis tells us that on the sixth day God created man in His image. But why? And how do we best fulfill our obligation to Him—to be fruitful and multiply, but to also hold dominion over the earth and all its living creatures? In this episode we’ll take a closer look at the sixth day as we welcome special guest Jim Hunt, a middle school Bible teacher who has used the Headwaters Bible curriculum for several years now to challenge his students to think about creation in a whole new way. Join us for a lively discussion on the oldest question there is: why are we here?

Folk Culture, Local Events

Folk Music Night 2.0

Posted on by Tim Nichols

God called all of us to be more than consumers. We receive from Him in order to give to others — and this is true in all areas of life. Sometimes we give our specialty, so that others can benefit. Sometimes we give our participation, so that we can all make something together.

Not everything is participatory. If you need brain surgery, you don’t want community participation in that — you want a specialist. But if we treat everything that way — and in consumer culture, we do — then we lose something valuable.

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