Does Your Curriculum Have a Hidden Agenda?

Every curriculum has a worldview or philosophy. Are you prepared to recognize the philosophies when curriculum shopping? Can you see beyond the secular vs. Christian worldview?

What about your students? Are they prepared to distinguish worldviews taught in a college class or resources? Are you prepared to teach your child philosophy? Did you learn philosophy from a Christian worldview?

Not to worry, we have an exciting solution!

Tim Hegg is offering a free course titled Understanding Differing Worldviews: An Introduction to Philosophy beginning Mar 18 .

If you have a high school age student or want to understand worldviews, you need this course.

Philosophy simply means a thought-out way of looking at our experience in the world-a seemingly logical explanation for “the way things are.” The way we live in the world, the sense we make of our experiences in it, and the way we teach our children are all very dependent on our worldview.

This course will help prepare young people who might be heading off to college or university, to ground them in a scriptural understanding of things, especially in regard to the whole world of philosophy.

Understanding the differences in worldviews will make a profound impact on your Christian walk. Don’t miss this vital opportunity to learn from an expert. Registrations are now being accepted for this Spring Semester Class,
Click here to read more about this course and to register.

This course will give a general overview of the major philosophical systems, beginning with the Greek philosophers and continuing on through the history of philosophy up to the present post-modern era. The purpose of the course will be to show how the various philosophical systems or worldviews have affected societies throughout the ages, and how they differ from the biblical worldview.

Required Textbook

The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our World– R. C. Sproul (Crossway Books, 2000). A reading schedule will be provided at the first class. Students are required to obtain their own copy of the textbook.

My copy arrived yesterday. R. C. Sproul explains how the ideas of ancient Greek thinkers like Plato and Aristotle to Christian philosophers Augustine and Aquinas impact our everyday lives–for better or for worse–and challenges us to respond from a Christian perspective.

Additional Readings: Collateral reading for the course will be provided by the Instructor. These will be actual excerpts from the writings of the various philosophers being studied. These additional readings will be available via download (pdf format) from the Class Page online.

“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 9:23-24

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