Week 7
Biblical World View Essay I
The best preparation for grading this essay is to read The Universe Next Door, James
Sire, (Pages 23-34). All Essays should be written in third person.
I.
Introduction [I instruct the students not to ask questions in their introduction.
College essays prefer that questions be turned into statements.]
A. Introduce the idea of worldviews.
B. Discuss Presuppositional Questions.
C. Transition into the 1st paragraph.
II.
What is God Like?
[Note: that any of the attributes of God that are supported
from scripture will do here. The two that are given in this outline are two that
are discussed in the reading. There should be at least two quotations from
scripture to support the statements made in each of the three main body
paragraphs.]
A. God is a personal God.
1. He is referred to with a personal pronoun,” He”.
2. He is self determinate and self aware. “Let us make man in Our
image” (Gen. 1:26)
3. God made man (a person) in His image. (scripture ref.)
B. God is Infinite.
1. God is self existent. (scripture ref.)
2. God has no beginning and no end. (scripture ref.)
III.
What is the nature of the universe?
A. It was created out of nothing.
1. Spoken into existence. (scripture ref.)
2. It has meaning. (scripture ref.)
B. Created as unified cause and effect system.
1. It is orderly and predicable. (scripture ref.)
2. It is an open system. (scripture ref.)
C. It was created perfect but now exist in an imperfect state.
1. “And it was good.” (scripture ref.)
2. The Fall of man and it effect on nature. (scripture ref.)
IV.
What is the essential nature of man?
A. Man is created in God’s image.
1. Man has characteristics and attributes of personality.
2. Man was created good and pure to have fellowship with God. (scripture
ref.)
B. Man is basically evil in nature.
1. Adam sinned in the Garden.
2. Adam’s Sin imputed to all men. (scripture ref.)
V.
Conclusion. [ The conclusion should have a few of the following characteristics.
Give the student room to develop and express there own conclusions. ]
A. Does the conclusion address the Thesis of the essay?
B. Does it summarize the essay?
C. It should answer the question(s), So What? What does this mean? Why is
this important?
[Remember, do not introduce new topics or information in the conclusion.
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