Power of Story

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Power of Story

• Trainer Name
• Ministry

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Introduction

• Modern Stories
• What is a worldview?

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Cape Bojador
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The Worldview Story

• Animism
• Biblical Theism
• Secularism

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Romans 122

• Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this
  world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
  mind. Then you will be able to test and approve
  what Gods will is his good, pleasing and
  perfect will.
• How does this passage relate to what we have been
  talking about?

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Ideas Have Consequences

• Fruit Consequences
• Branches Behavior
• Trunk Values
• Roots Belief System

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The Spread of Ideas
Horizontal

• Ideas travel around the globe, from one area to
  another.
• Ideas pass to future generations.
• Ideas diffuse into cultures through classes of
  people.

Temporal
Vertical
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Ideas Spread Through Culture
The Intellectuals (religion, philosophy) The
Balladeers (popular music, the arts) The
Professionals (law, politics, economics) The
Common
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Transforming Society
Rebuilt Societies Reformed
Cultures Repentant Souls and Regenerated Lives
Gospel Renewed Minds Discipled Nations
Consequences Behavior Values - Beliefs
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The Role of the Church in Society
John 1715-19
What did Jesus say is to be the relationship
between the Church and the world?
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Disengaged In the Church and Out of the World
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ConformedIndistinguishable from the World
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Impacting the World In the World but not of the
World
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Gathered and Scattered

• Gathered for worship equipping

• Scattered for service discipling the nations

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Kingdom CultureLived and Proclaimed
Biblical Metaphysic TRUTH
Biblical Aesthetic BEAUTY
Biblical Ethic JUSTICE

• Kingdom
• Culture

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The Great Commission

• GEO-GRAPHIC
• Jerusalem? Judea? Samaria? Ends of Earth (Acts
  18)
• DEMO-GRAPHIC
• All Nations or people groups
  (Matthew 2819)
• KTIZO-GRAPHIC
• All Creation (Mark 1615)

KTIZOGRAPHIC is a construct of two Greek words
KTIZO, the root for KTISIS, meaning creature or
creation and GRAPHO, meaning to describe or
delineate.
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Three Dimensions of the Great Commission
GEOGRAPHIC
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
KTIZOGRAPHIC
DEMOGRAPHIC

• on earth as it is in heaven

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Kingdom Cultureand the Great Commission
BEAUTY
GEOGRAPHIC
JUSTICE
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
TRUTH
KTIZOGRAPHIC

• Kingdom
• Culture

DEMOGRAPHIC
on earth as it is in heaven
Progress (Isaiah 97) of the increase of his
government there will be no end
Time (Matt. 2820b) until the end of the age
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The Loss of a Biblical Worldview
Why are we no longer telling the whole story of
Gods Big Agenda?
How have we lost the understanding of the
biblical nature of the Church?
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Biblical Theism
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Biblical Worldview

• Being
• History
• Incarnation
• Indwelling HS

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Coram Deo before the face of God
GOD

• Faith
• Science
• Business
• Missions
• Justice
• Devotional
• Life
• Art
• Bread

• Reason
• Theology
• Ethics
• Politics
• Evangelism
• Nature
• Community
• Service
• Gospel

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Deism
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Secularism
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Coram Deo before the face of God
GOD
Faith Science Business Missions Justice Art /
Music Devotional Life Bread
Reason Theology Ethics Politics Evangelism Nature
Community Service Gospel
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Dont Hide!
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Church Divided

• Reaction
• Fundamentalists
• Evangelicals
• Pentecostals
• Charismatics

• Accommodation
• Liberals
• Old-Line
• Denominations

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The Greek Dichotomy

• Faith
• Theology
• Ethics
• Missions
• Devotional Life
• Gospel

Higher more important
GRACE
SPIRITUAL (sacred)
Sunday

• Reason
• Science
• Business/economics
• Politics
• Art/music
• Physical ministry
• Bread

Lower less important
PHYSICAL (secular)
NATURE
Weekdays
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Evangelical Gnosticism
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Evangelical Gnosticism
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At Least . . .Three Things Lost

• Biblical Mind
• Great Commission
• Samaritan Strategy

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Application

• Take time to reflect on some examples of a
  divided worldview in your life.
• How is it manifested personally or in your
  family, your work or your ministry?
• Prayerfully ask the Lord to reveal one practical
  step you can take to live Coram Deo in this area.

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Power of Story

• Trainer Name
• Ministry

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Power of Story Review

• What is a worldview? How does it work?
• What are three ways ideas can spread?
• What are three primary elements of Kingdom
  culture?
• How has the adoption of a dualistic way of
  thinking impacted your life?