Jan 14, 2019
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