How to De-Program Yourself from All of the Blasphemous Things You Learned in Public School
Your Very Own, Self-Administered, Personal Worldview Checkup
Home School & Worldview Discipleship Resources
For those who are looking for God’s PRESCRIPTION for how to improve culture, rather than a DESCRIPTION of how bad things are.
Table of Contents
PART ONE
Cutting the Strings from Your Non-Christian Puppet Master
First Cut -- Education
- What is man?
- Should instruction be exclusively based upon absolute truth?
- Should teachers instruct students in “basic facts and relative ethics,” or in “basic facts and absolute ethics?”
- Should students be taught the principles of self-government, or should they be instructed in how to work in groups to form a “consensus” or a “synthesis” of opinions through “Group Think?”
- The teaching of history
- Is there such a thing as a “mind,” or are the only things “real” those that can be “touched, seen, smelled, or objectively measured?”
- Should the curriculum be child-centered, or Christ-centered?
- Students should be taught how to bring “glory and honor to God” in everything they do
- Christian education is
- How does a person become “wise?”
- What is the purpose of education?
- Who is responsible for the education of children
- Where is the best place to educate students?
- Should teachers get to know the worldview of their students, or should they stick to the curriculum?
- Teachers should pray with and for their students
- Five objections to exiting children from public schools
- Is it a sin to submit our children to programs and policies of non-Christians, and/or to join with non-Christians in business ventures?
Second Cut – Civil Government
- What does the separation of church and state mean?
- Should we depend upon the civil government to “legislate” us out of our cultural problems, or should we depend upon ourselves to “self-govern” ourselves out of cultural issues?
- Our civil laws
- Our elected representatives should govern as
- When we vote
- Which economic policies do we favor?
- Do we see the role of civil government as
- We should “Render to Caesar”
- Should Christians be involved in civil government?
Third Cut – Worldview & Lifestyle
- What does having a Christian worldview mean to you?
- In order to live a satisfying lifestyle
- When it comes to one’s worldview and lifestyle
- Is your worldview and lifestyle based upon
- When God tells us to “walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, so that it may be well with you,” what does this verse mean to you?
- I believe that
- Who’s “running the show?” Who’s in charge of planet earth?
- As Christians do we have a
- It is said that a text without a context is a pretext, and so is a worldview and lifestyle without a biblical reference point, pointless. This is why we should always ask before making any decision, or addressing any cultural issue
- Which statement correctly describes the Christian attitude?
- Which group of people controls history?
- Are the times in which we are living normal or abnormal?
- God’s Word is
- How do we “enlarge the place of Christ’s tent?
- Our duty as Christians
- Are we
- Is your daily testimony (lifestyle)
- Do we live in an orderly cause-and-effect universe, or in a universe where events happen randomly?
Fourth Cut – Decision-Making
- Is it possible for us to make correct decisions by depending upon our own wisdom and common sense?
- What is your opinion regarding God’s Word?
- What is the “Chief Influencer” of your daily decisions?
- What is the “context” of your worldview?
- What is the criteria you use to make your best decisions?
- Do you lean on your understanding, or upon God’s?
Fifth Cut – Eliminating Rationalizations & Pragmatism
- Proposed Solutions
- SuperNatural Glue
- Core Biblical Strings
- A Final Call for Fathers
- Refocusing Your Worldview
PART TWO - Building Your Own Spiritual Musical Instrument
Replacement String 1
"Where Could We Get Enough Bread in the Wilderness to Feed such a Great Multitude?"
- Failure to Present a Godly Alternative, or Antidote for Our Cultural Issues?
- Is it Christianity, or is it Moralism?
- Distinctive Differences Between a Christian and a Non-Christian Worldview
Replacement String 2
Making God’s D&P
- Who are we?
- So, what about our Rules for Living … does it matter which ones we use?
- Beware of becoming a Practical Atheist
- Six Steps to a Consistent Christian Walk
- Arise and Shine!
Replacement String 3
God-Honoring Decision-Making: "It Never Occurred to Me to do That!"
- Is this decision the biblical thing to do?
- Christian Worldview Building Blocks
- How your worldview influences your daily decisions
- Daily Decision-Making
- Decision-Making Wheels
- TOPIC #1 – Submitting to Civil Rulers
- TOPIC #2 – Educating our children
- TOPIC #3 – Preaching the whole counsel of God
- TOPIC #4 – Property Tax
- TOPIC #5 – Illegal immigrants
- Decision-Making Wheel Worksheet
- Decision-Making Sample One
- Decision-Making Sample Two
Replacement String 4
Making the non-negotiable attitude change from “What’s in this for me?” to “What’s in this for Christ’s Kingdom?”
- Tactics to use with Christians who hold no positive hope
- The Big Picture
- What is the Gospel?
- Three Pivotal Questions
- Let’s Review our Calling
Replacement String 5 - The Seven Days of Christians
- Introduction
- Day 1 – Euphoria!
- Day 1 – ThinkAbout
- Day 2 – Decision-Making
- Day 2 – ThinkAbout
- Day 3 – Substituting God’s Thoughts for Our Thoughts
- Day 3 – ThinkAbout
- Day 4 – Are the Non-Christians Really in Control?
- Day 4 – ThinkAbout
- Day 5 – Our Worldview & Lifestyle: What’s Scripture Got to Do with Them?
- Day 5 – ThinkAbout
- Day 6 – The Winners’ Locker Room
- Day 6 – ThinkAbout
- Day 7 – R-E-S-T and Worship
- Day 7 – ThinkAbout
- The Seven Days of Christians Wrap Up
Music Maestro, Please!
- Four steps to redeeming our culture
- Christian Worldview Building Blocks
- New Instruments for New Creations
- Foundations of Victory
Appendix One – “Be Ye Therefore Perfect...”
Appendix Two -- Personal Worldview Checkup
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