counseling, psychology, slide stacks, worldview
Presented to students at the Calvary University Innovation Center (Fort Morgan, CO) on September 5, 2018. This presentation examines (1) the framework of worldview, (2) how worldview undergirds psychology, and (3) basic models of counseling that are derived from the...
bibliology, ecclesiology, hermeneutics, salvation, worldview
ABSTRACT While there are persisting differences between Catholic and Protestant views of (1) what constitutes Scripture, (2) the level of exclusivity in authority of Scripture, and (3) what constitutes appropriate hermeneutic methodology, there are commonly held...
bibliology, higher criticism, slide stacks, worldview
This presentation (delivered to the Beth Haven Apologetics Conference, June 2, 2018) considers four major issues of Biblical criticism: (1) Contradictions and discrepancies, (2) errors, (3) lack of originals and questionable copies, and (4) canonicity issues. Download...
politics, sexuality, worldview
California Bill AB-2943 is a remarkable piece of legislation, in that it legislates “questionable” science as fraud. AB-2943 affirms LGBT identity as natural: “(a) Contemporary science recognizes that being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender is part of the natural...
communication, slide stacks, worldview
Millennials (Generation Y) and iGens (Generation Z) have some positive similarities to which we can appeal in communicating the good news of Jesus Christ. If we don’t recognize some of those traits and follow Peter’s and Paul’s examples of...
personal growth, video, worldview
What is God’s will for my life? The answer isn’t as complicated as you might think. Part if it has to do with recognizing whose life it actually...
prophetic, slide stacks, worldview
Biblical prophecy is often underemphasized. But just how significant a problem is it when we ignore Biblical prophecy? This presentation looks at how prophecy undergirds each area of worldview, and reminds us that if we are to understand what God intends for us, we...
philosophy, video, worldview
Every worldview has a suggestion for where to find its own brand of wisdom. But there is one source that is ultimately reliable. Solomon encourages us to value it (Proverbs 3), and David models valuing it (Psalm...
epistemology, origins, worldview
“How did we get here?” This is one of the great questions of life, and its answer sets the direction for so many other answers to great questions. If we are descended from animals, then are we not justified in living as animals? If we are generated merely by...