Professional Documents
Culture Documents
AND
INTELLECTUAL WITNESS
Challenge
Illustrations:
Ahmad Deedat and Jimmy Swaggart,
Zakir naik
Inter-faith forum in universities and
colleges
Col.4:5-6
Be wise in the way you act toward
outsiders. Let your conversation be
always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so
that you may know how to answer
everyone.
2 Corinthians 10:5
Secure a thorough understanding of the
modern world.
Feedback (Tacit)
Presupposition
PRESUPPOSITIONS
1. God exists
2. Christ reveals God
3. Physical reality exists
4. Logic applies
5. Causality operates
health care
politics
legal
religious institutions
worldview
institutions
(church,
temple)
environmental
concern
family
arts
Isaiah 40
Isaiah 60
Psalm 19, 119, 139
We begin by thinking God's thought after Him.
We meditate on his great works, precepts,
promises and commands (Psa. 119).
Sphere-sovereignty of differentiated
responsibility eg. Family, state, school,
market
Putting the Christian Mind to Work
General principles
Choosing a field of study or work:
Developing a critical mind. Always ask
deeper questions and seek connections
between immediate study and other
fields of knowledge. Seek also
implications for beliefs and obedience.
Case study – Evolution and Christian Faith
Begin by defining our terms
Lay out the assumptions of evolution.
Note some of the common reasons for conflict between
science and faith.