by Dr. Bob Keyes, Adult Education Ministry

Series: Total Truth, Total Grace

Ideas Have Consequences
Text:  Acts 17:16-34

I. Paul meets Athens. (Acts 17:16-34)

II. Paul’s response and ours

A. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

B. If you can’t beat ‘em, separate from ‘em.

C. Beat ‘em. (Gently, change their way of thinking.) (I Peter 3:15)

III. Why has the church lost its influence?

IV. Regaining the Christian Worldview

V. Why is a worldview important?

VI. What should I do?

VII. The power of a question

Resources:

Clark, Kelly James (1997) Philosophers Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of 11 Leading Thinkers
Guinness, Os (1994) Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to Do About It
Lewis, C.S. - Mere Christianity, The Abolition of Man, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
Moreland, J.P. (1997) Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul
Pearcey, Nancy (2004) Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
Schaeffer, Francis (1968) The God Who Is There
Sire, James (1997) The Universe Next Door
Sire, James (1990) Discipleship of the Mind: Learning to Love God in the Ways We Think

Websites to visit: www.godandscience.org; www.leaderu.com; www.tektonics.org;
www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/;  www.reasons.org; www.str.org