Worldview Track Elective
PH 115 K CT Principles of Christian Worldview
Summer, 2015
Supervising Instructor:
Dr. Dan DeWitt
Course Contact:
Luke Harding
lharding@sbts.edu
Course Description:
The D3 Youth Conference is designed to develop students’ understanding of leadership,
worldview, and missions and equip them in these areas. Students structure their own conference
experience by selecting one of three focus tracks: Leadership, Missions, or Worldview. The D3
Worldview Track Elective partners with the Worldview Focus Track and is made to enhance
what students learn at the D3 conference. Students who complete the course will earn 3 hours of
elective course credit at Boyce College.
Course Outcomes:
1. Students will analyze the critical components of a Christian worldview centered around the
meta-narrative of Scripture: creation, fall, redemption and glorification.
2. Students will understand the essential categories for analyzing competing worldviews with an
emphasis given to comparing and contrasting Theism and Atheism.
3. Students will explore principles for effective evangelism with unbelievers as an application of
apologetics.
Required Text:
Students taking the D3 Worldview Track Elective will be required to read The Universe Next
Door by James W. Sire. Students will not need to purchase this book as they will receive a free
copy at the conference.
Sire, James W. The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. 5th ed. Westmont,
IL: InterVarsity Academic. 2009.
Course Requirements:
1. Attend the D3 Conference.
a. Students should save handouts, notes, and other documents to show that they
attended the required sessions of the conference.
2. Additional assignments
a. All assignments are due by Wednesday, August 14th. You must complete all
assignments in order to receive credit for the course.
b. You must email your assignment. Note these instructions:
Email them to: lharding@sbts.edu
In the subject line, use the following format:
PH115 KCT D3 Youth Conference. Your Name. Name of the Assignment
For example:
“PH115 KCT D3 Youth Conference. Mary Smith. Book Review”
Send the assignments as a Word document attachment or in PDF format.
c.
Note the following instructions for each of the three assignments.
NOTE: All work must be sent in at the same time. If mailed, place all the documents in one
envelope. If more than one email is sent, be sure they are all sent at the same time.
BOOK REVIEW
a. You are to read the book The Universe Next Door by James W. Sire (5th ed.) and
write a response paper to it.
1. Your paper must be a minimum of 3 full pages long (it may be
longer). Use one inch margins, Roman 12 point font, and single
space.
2. ***Write your name at the top of the first page, and the
bibliographical information for the book.
3. Write a 1-2 paragraph introduction to the book (its general purpose
and aim).
4. Write each chapter number and title, and write a one paragraph
summary of each chapter.
5. Conclude with a minimum one-half page personal response and
evaluation of the book.
INTERVIEWS
a. Complete the “Worldview Interaction Form” in your syllabus. The form must
either be mailed with your interviews, or scanned and emailed with them.
b. Conduct interviews with three people who have different worldviews than your
own. These interviews should be planned with the assistance of your Pastor,
Youth Pastor, or parent.
c. The interviews should focus on the person’s response to these four questions:
1. Does God exist and what is God like?
2. What’s wrong with the world and what is the solution to the problems
of this world?
3. How can a person become right with God?
4. What happens to a person at death?
d. At the end of the interview, write a summary of the interview including
something new you learned from it.
e. Write at least a 2 page, single spaced summary of each interview.
VIDEO/AUDIO FILES
a. See the “Worldview Video Requirement” in your syllabus for a list of
video/audio files that you are to view. Place your initials next to each one after
you listen to it. This form must either be mailed with your summaries, or
scanned and emailed with them. You must watch/listen to each file.
b. Write at least a one page, single spaced review of each item listed. List the name
of the file and then your review. Your review should include both a summary of
the file, your response to it, and a personal application of it.
If you have any questions about these assignments, you may contact Luke Harding at
lharding@sbts.edu
D3 Worldview Track Elective
Worldview Interaction Form
Student’s Name: _____________________________________
Email Address: _______________________________________
Phone Number: (
)______-________
Pastor, Youth Pastor, or Parent:
Name: _____________________________________
Email Address: _______________________________________
Phone Number: (
)______-________
Please list the three worldviews represented in your interviews:
“I have satisfactorily completed interviews with 3 people who have different worldviews than
myself.”
___________________________________
Student’s Signature
___________________________________
Pastor, Youth Pastor, or Parent Signature
Worldview Video Requirement
Please initial next to each video/audio after you have viewed it online. In a separate document,
include a paragraph summary of each video and submit as required by instructor.
______
Atheism Remix
http://vimeo.com/7701979
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Ravi Zacharias
http://www.veritas.org/Media.aspx#!/v/957
______
William Lane Craig
http://www.veritas.org/Media.aspx#!/v/538
______
Good Without God
http://www.theolatte.com/2011/03/good-without-god/
______
Dr. Mohler at Give Me an Answer
http://vimeo.com/23008457
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C.J. Mahaney at Give Me An Answer
http://vimeo.com/23005742
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FLAME
http://vimeo.com/12022475
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Alistair Begg
http://vimeo.com/28406221
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Worldview Certificate Videos
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Video one: http://vimeo.com/24479790
Video two: http://vimeo.com/28171487
**Please Note:
By taking this course during the D3 Youth Conference at Boyce College, the student is enrolled as a non-degree student
for the current summer only. Acceptance into this course does not guarantee admission to Boyce College as a regular student in
future semesters. Students who desire to attend Boyce College as a regular student in a future semester will be required to
complete the full Boyce College application for admission.
D3 Youth Conference elective courses are not guaranteed to transfer to any other colleges or institutions, but will count
as elective credits at Boyce College if a student chooses to attend Boyce as a regular student in the future.