Renown Conference
PH 115 J CT Principles of Christian Worldview
Spring, 2014
Supervising Instructor:
Dr. Dan DeWitt, Dean of Boyce College
Course Contact:
Dr. Dave DeKlavon
ddeklavon@sbts.edu
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to basic principles of a Christian worldview
including core biblical doctrines, critical skills for analyzing other worldviews, and apologetic
strategies for personal evangelism.
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:
Sire, James W. The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. 5th ed. Westmont,
IL: InterVarsity Academic. 2009.
Course Requirements:
1. Students are required to attend worldview sessions, participate in group-discussions, and
keep and organize course notes and handouts. 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 Friday, March 2nd. You must complete all assignments in
order to receive credit for the course.
b. You may either mail or email your assignment. Note these instructions:
If you mail your assignments, use the following address:
Dr. Dave DeKlavon
PH115J CT Renown Conference, Spring 2014
Boyce College
2825 Lexington Road
Louisville, KY 40280
***Make sure your name is on any assignments you mail.
If you email your assignments, do the following.
Email them to: ddeklavon@sbts.edu
In the subject line, use the following format: PH115J CT Renown Conference.
Your Name. Name of the Assignment
For example: “PH115J CT Renown Conference. Mary Smith. Book
Review”
Send the assignments as a Word document attachment or in PDF format.
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.
Course Requirements (continued):
c. Note the following instructions for each of the three assignments.
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.
b. 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.
***Write your name at the top of the first page, and the bibliographical information
for the book.
Write a 1-2 paragraph introduction to the book (its general purpose and aim).
Write each chapter number and title, and write a one paragraph summary of each
chapter.
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 is 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?
***At the end of the interview, write a summary of the interview including
something new you learned from it.
d. 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 Dr. Dave DeKlavon at
ddeklavon@sbts.edu.
Renown Conference
PH115J CT 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
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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 Renown Conference at Boyce College, the student is enrolled as a non-degree student
for the current semester 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.
Renown Conference elective courses are not guaranteed to transfer to any other colleges or institutions, but will count
as credits at Boyce College if a student chooses to attend Boyce as a regular student in the future.