Course curriculum

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    SBCW Online Introductory Videos

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    Thinkific Tutorial

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    SBCW Schedules

    • SBCW - Weekly Schedule

    • SBCW - Week One Schedule

    • SBCW - Schedule of Topics

    • SBCW - Schedule of Assignments

    • Facilitator Schedule
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    Week 1: 10-14 Jan 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Weekly Instructional Video: Week 1: Introduction to Worldview

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 1 - Week 1 Instructions

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 2 - Instructions on the Instructions

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 3 - One Week, Three Folders

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 4 - Times of Solitude - Video Lectures

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 5 - Times of Solitude - Readings

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 6 - Times of Solidarity - Redemptive Reflection Projects

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 7 - Times of Solidarity - Cornerstone Truth Meditations

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 8 - Times of Solitude - Intercessory News Reading

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 9 - Times of Solidarity - Goals and Objectives

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 10 - Times of Solidarity - Q & A

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 11 - Times of Solidarity - Redemptive Reflection Together - Intercessory News Reading - One2One

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 12 - Times of Solidarity - Roundtable Dialogues I

    • SBCW Instructional Videos 13 - Times of Solidarity - Roundtable Dialogues II

    • SBCW Instructional Videos - Transcript

    • Select Reading: The Blind Men and the Elephant

    • Roundtable Dialogue (12 Jan 22): Abigail's Story

    • SBCW Weekly Instructional Video: Week 1: Introduction to Worldview - Transcript
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    Week 1 (Lectures) - Introduction to Worldview

    • The History of SBCW

    • The History of SBCW (Response Questions)

    • Introduction to Worldview 1: Introduction to Worldview

    • Introduction to Worldview 1: Introduction to Worldview (Response Questions)

    • Introduction to Worldview 2: Ideas Have Consequences

    • Introduction to Worldview 2: Ideas Have Consequences (Response Questions)

    • Introduction to Worldview 3: The Spheres of Society

    • Introduction to Worldview 3: The Spheres of Society (Response Questions)

    • Introduction to Worldview 4: The Problem of Evil I

    • Introduction to Worldview 4: The Problem of Evil I (Response Questions)

    • Introduction to Worldview 5: The Problem of Evil II

    • Introduction to Worldview 5: The Problem of Evil II (Response Questions)

    • slides
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    Week 2: 17-21 Jan 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week 2 Instructional Video: Worldview Comparisons

    • Select Readings - Week 2

    • Intercessory News Reading Video - Week Two: The Three Outcomes

    • Cornerstone Truth Meditations: Meditations Muscles

    • How Should We Then Live? Study Guide
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    Week 2 (Lectures) - Worldview Comparisons

    • Structure of Worldview 1: The 2 + 4 + 1 Big Questions of Life

    • Structure of Worldview 1: The 2 + 4 + 1 Big Questions of Life (Response Questions)

    • Structure of Worldview 2: A Survey of Worldviews

    • Structure of Worldview 2: A Survey of Worldviews (Response Questions)

    • Structure of Worldview 3: The Problem of Present-Day Pantheism

    • Structure of Worldview 3: The Problem of Present-Day Pantheism (Response Questions)

    • Structure of Worldview 4: Comparison of Worldviews Chart I

    • Structure of Worldview 4: Comparison of Worldviews Chart I (Response Questions)

    • Structure of Worldview 5: Comparison of Worldviews Chart II

    • Structure of Worldview 5: Comparison of Worldviews Chart II (Response Questions)

    • Structure of Worldview 6: Apologetically Worldviewish

    • Structure of Worldview 6: Apologetically Worldviewish (Response Questions)

    • Worldview comparison's slide
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    Week 2 (Redemptive Reflection) - Introducing Redemptive Reflection

    • Redemptive Reflection 1:1 - Process, Not Product

    • Redemptive Reflection 1:2 - Redeeming Truth

    • Redemptive Reflection 1:3 - The Castle of the Mind
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    Week 3: 24 - 28 Jan 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week three: The Flow of Thought through Art

    • Grading Instructional video SBCW Week three The Flow of Thought through Art

    • Intercessory News Reading Video - Week Three: Reading the News with Jesus

    • Select Reading: Reading Worldviewishly!

    • How Should We Then Live? Book Report - Part I: Francis Schaeffer: His Life and Labors

    • Cornerstone Truth Meditations Week Three: Macro-Creation
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    Week 3 (Lectures): The Flow of Thought Through Art

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 1: Art and Worldview

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 1 Art and Worldview (Response Questions)

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 2: Early Christian Art

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 2 Early Christian Art (Response Questions)

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 3: Medieval Art and Worldview

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 3 Medieval Art and Worldview (Response Questions)

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 4: Renaissance Art and Humanism Worldview

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 4 Renaissance Art and Humanism Worldview (Response Questions)

    • The Flow of Thought Through Art 5: Art and Worldview During the Enlightenment

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 5 Art and Worldview During the Enlightenment (Response Questions)

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 6: Modern and Post-Modern Art and Worldview

    • The Flow of Thought through Art 6 Modern and Post-Modern Art and Worldview (Response Questions)

    • Key Concepts: Deductive v Inductive, Objective v Subjective

    • Key Concepts: Absolutes v Relatives, Universals v Particulars
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    Week 3 (Redemptive Reflection) - Ideas (Believed) Have Consequences

    • Redemptive Reflection 2:1 - Thinking about Thinking

    • Redemptive Reflection 2:2 - Layers of Thought

    • Redemptive Reflection 2:3 - Ideas Believed Have Consequences
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    Week 4: 31 Jan - 4 Feb 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week 4 Instructional Video: The History of Ideas

    • Book Report Part II - Francis Schaeffer - Type, Thesis, Thoughts

    • Cornerstone Truth Meditations - Micro Creation

    • How Should We Then Live? - Links and Descriptions of Viv Wong-Snyder's Videos
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    Week 4 (Videos): The History of Ideas

    • The History of Ideas 1: From Hope to Despair

    • Lecture #1: From Hope to Despair

    • The History of Ideas 2: Plato, Anyone?

    • Lecture 2 Plato, Anyone?

    • The History of Ideas 3: Aristotle, Anyone?

    • Lecture 3 Aristotle, Anyone?

    • The History of Ideas 4: The Gospel and Philosophy

    • Lecture 4 The Gospel and Philosophy

    • The History of Ideas 5: Modern Western Philosophy

    • Lecture 5 Modern Western Philosophy

    • The History of Ideas 6: The Father of Modern Philosophy

    • Lecture 6 The Father of Modern Philosophy

    • The History of Ideas 7: Final Ideas
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    Week 4 (Redemptive Reflection) - The Decision at the Mind-Gate

    • Redemptive Reflection 3:1 - The Watch-Dog of the Soul

    • Redemptive Reflection 3:2 - Wickedness on the Mind

    • Redemptive Reflection 3:3 - The Weight of the Septapus
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    Week 5: 7-11 February 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week Five: East Asian Thinking

    • Cornerstone Truth Meditations - Week Five: In His Image

    • Francis Schaeffer - How Should I Then Live? - Book Report - Part III

    • Select Reading: Autosuggestion and Suggestion
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    Week 5 (Videos): East Asian Thinking

    • East AsianThinking 1: From West to the East

    • Lecture One From West to the East

    • East Asian Thinking 2: Confucian or East-West Confusion?

    • Lecture Two Confucian or East-West Confusion

    • East Asian Thinking 3: Yin and Yang

    • Lecture Three Yin and Yang

    • East Asian Thinking 4: Real or Not?

    • Lecture Four Real or Not

    • East Asian Thinking 5: Non-Verbal Communication

    • Lecture Five Non-Verbal Communication

    • East Asian Thinking 6: Pantheism, Go West!

    • Lecture Six Pantheism, Go West

    • Live Q/A - Kim
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    Week 5 (Redemptive Reflection)

    • RRVS 4:1: The Two Minds

    • RRVS 4:2: Father, What Must I Read?

    • RRVS 4:3: Capturing the Enemy
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    Week 6: 14-18 February 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week Six: The Biblical View of Man

    • Intercessory News Reading: Media's FIB

    • Francis Schaeffer - Introduction and Conclusion

    • Francis Schaeffer - Formatting Guidelines

    • Guidelines for Writing Papers in SBCW

    • Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide for Footnotes and Bibliography

    • The Seed of Influence Project - Part I

    • Select Reading 1: Christian Theism by James Sire

    • Select Reading 2: The Dao, the Path and the Way by Vivienne Wong-Snyder

    • Cornerstone Truth Meditations Week Six: Image Minus

    • Francis Schaeffer - Final Book Report
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    Week 6 (Videos): Biblical View of Man

    • Power point Biblical View of Man

    • The Biblical View of Man 1: The Genesis of the Biblical Worldview

    • Lecture One The Genesis of the Biblical Worldview

    • The Biblical View of Man 2: Sub-Creators

    • Lecture two Sub-Creators

    • The Biblical View of Man 3: Our Role in God's World

    • Lecture three Our Role in God’s World

    • The Biblical View of Man 4: Fallen...

    • Lecture Four Fallen…

    • The Biblical View of Man 5: Redeemed and Glorified!

    • Lecture Five Redeemed and Glorified

    • Biblical View of Man 6
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    Week 6 (Redemptive Reflection)

    • RRVS 5:1: The Seed of Influence Project

    • RRVS 5:2: The Incarnational Bridge

    • RRVS 5:3: Sub-Kingdoms
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    Week 7: 21 - 25 Feb 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week Seven: Creation Care

    • Intercessory News Reading Video Series: WordView Praying

    • Facilitating Redemptive Reflection...Together: One Target, Seven Tips

    • Redemptive Reflection Together (RRT) Guide

    • Cornerstone Truth Meditations - Week Seven: Signature Sin

    • Select Reading: Sire on Sci-Tech
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    Week 7 (Videos): Creation Care

    • Creation Care Lecture One

    • Response Questions : Creation Care Lecture One

    • Creation Care Lecture two

    • Response Questions : Creation Care Lecture Two

    • Creation Care Lecture Three

    • The Story of Stuff

    • Response Questions : Creation Care Lecture Three

    • Creation Care Lecture Four

    • Response Questions: Creation Care Lecture Four

    • Creation Care Lecture Five

    • Response Questions: Creation Care Lecture Five

    • Creation Care Lecture Six

    • Response Questions: Creation Care Lecture Six
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    Week 7 (Redemptive Reflection)

    • RRVS 6:1: Encapsulating an Idea

    • RRVS 6:2: Breaking the Veil

    • RRVS 6:3: From the Macro to the Micro
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    Week 8: 28 Feb - 4 March 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week Seven: Post-Modernism

    • Select Reading 1: The Death of Truth

    • Select Reading 2: Sire on Postmodernism

    • Reflective Redemption - Part I
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    Week 8 : Post-Modernism

    • Postmodernism Slides

    • Postmodernism I: Postmodernism and Its Impact

    • Response Questions: Postmodernism and Its Impact

    • Postmodernism II: Deconstruction

    • Response Questions: Deconstruction

    • Postmodernism III: There is Hope

    • Response Questions: There is Hope

    • Post-Modernism: Post-Truth and Personalized Truth I

    • Post-Modernism Post-Truth and Personalized Truth I

    • Post-Modernism: Post-Truth and Personalized Truth II

    • Post-Modernism Post-Truth and Personalized Truth II

    • Marxism 1

    • Marxism 2
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    Week 8 (Redemptive Reflection): The Seven Big Questions of Life 1

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life : Nexus Beliefs

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life 1: Ontology

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life 2: Cosmology
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    Week 9: 7-11 March 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week 9: Biomedical Ethics

    • Reflective Redemption - Part II

    • Select Reading: The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis
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    Week 9 (Videos): Biomedical Ethics

    • Biomedical Ethics 1 - Abortion

    • RQ Biomedical Ethics 1 - Abortion

    • Biomedical Ethics 2 - Euthanasia

    • RQ Biomedical Ethics 2 - Euthanasia

    • Biomedical Ethics 3: Homosexuality

    • RQ Biomedical Ethics 3: Homosexuality

    • Biomedical Ethics 4: Transgenderism

    • Intelligent Design

    • Lecture One: Intelligent Design

    • Theistic Evolution - A Response by Stephen C. Meyer

    • Lecture Two: Theistic Evolution
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    Week 9 (Redemptive Reflection): The Seven Big Questions of Life 2

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life 3: Epistemology

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life 4: Axiology

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life 5: Anthropology
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    Week 10: 14-18 March 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week Ten: The Distant Origin of Science

    • Select Reading: Logic for Christians! + Not a Chance!
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    Week 10 (Videos): The Distant Origin of Science

    • History of Science 1

    • Response Questions: History of Science 1

    • History of Science 2

    • Response Questions: History of Science 2

    • History of Science 3

    • Response Questions: History of Science 3

    • History of Science 4

    • Response Questions: History of Science 4

    • God and Science: Our Fascinating Universe

    • Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God Mix?
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    Week 10 (Redemptive Reflection): The Seven Big Questions of Life 3

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life 6: Teleology

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life 7: Soteriology

    • The Seven Big Questions of Life: The Power of the Septapus
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    Week 11: 21-25 March 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week Eleven: A Techno-WordView

    • Reflective Redemption - Part III (The Instructions)

    • Reflective Redemption - Part III (The Form)

    • Reflective Redemption - Part IV (The Instructions)

    • Reflective Redemption - Part IV (The Form)

    • Reflective Redemption - Part V (The Instructions)

    • Reflective Redemption - Part V (The Form)
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    Week 11 (Videos): A Techno-WordView

    • A Look at The Technology and The Bible - Rueben Israel

    • Response Question one: A look at the technology and the Bible

    • Introduction to Appropriate Technology - Rueben Israel

    • Response Question Two Intro to Appropriate Technology

    • Basic Water Health and Technology - Rueben Israel

    • Response Question Three Basic Water Health and Technology

    • Cooking Source - Rueben Israel

    • Response Questions Four Cooking Source

    • Solar - Reuben Israel

    • Response Questions Five Solar

    • Energy Productions - Rueben Israel

    • Response Questions Six Energy Productions

    • The Open and Closed System - Vivienne Wong-Snyder
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    Week 11 (Redemptive Reflection): The Reflective Redemption Project

    • RRVS 10:1 worldview2WordView: Understanding the Concept

    • RRVS 10.BQ1 - The Ontological Question

    • RRVS 10.BQ2 - The Cosmological Question

    • RRVS 10.BQ3 - The Epistemological Question

    • RRVS 10.BQ4 - The Axiological Question

    • RRVS 10.BQ5 - The Anthropological Question

    • RRVS 10.BQ6 - The Teleological Question

    • RRVS 10.BQ7 - The Soteriological Question
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    Week 12: 28-31 March 2022 (Information and Instructions)

    • SBCW Week 12: The Shalom Paradigm

    • SBCW Evaluation Assessment
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    Week 12 (Videos): The Shalom Paradigm

    • The Shalom Paradigm: Before You Begin...

    • The Shalom Paradigm 1: The Paradigm Begins...

    • The Shalom Paradigm 2: The Big Picture...

    • The Shalom Paradigm 3: Shalom-la...

    • The Shalom Paradigm 4: The Phenomenological Domain...

    • The Shalom Paradigm 5: The Philosophical and Psychological Domains...

    • The Shalom Paradigm 6: The GLocal World