Index of Selected Key Lectures in the b4worldview Course

The below video lectures and chart are provided to

facilitate personal review and group discussions.

Session 1: Key thought for this session: “My worldviews are what make me think, feel, and act as I do.”

· Intro lectures:

· Worldview affects how we make important life choices – Lesson 12

· Your worldview affects how you THINK, FEEL and ACT – Lesson 38

· Worldview thoughts relating to motivating your followers – Lesson 42

Session 2: Key thought for this session: “I came into this world yearning for an abundant and virtuous life; what happened?”

· Intro to Identity – Lesson 50

· “The Three Types of Identity” – Lesson 51

· Social Identity – Lesson 52

· Personal Identity – Lesson 59

· Natural Identity – Lesson 69

· Baked-In Biases – Lesson 70

Session 3: Key thought for this session: “The outcome of my life fits my priorities.”

· Introduction to 3 types of life—Body, Soul and Spirit – Lesson 86

· How Personal Satisfaction is affected by Worldview—Lesson 87

· Where soul satisfaction comes from – Lesson 88

· Intro to discussion on source of PURPOSE – Lesson 89

· Intro to discussion on source of JOY – Lesson 90

· Intro to discussion on source of HOPE – Lesson 92

· Intro to discussion on source of FREEDOM – Lesson 91

· Intro to discussion on source of ESTEEM – Lesson 94

· Intro to discussion on source of Sense of BELONGING – Lesson 95

· Two ways to look at life: The Column A or Column B Worldview – Lesson 103

Session 4: Key thought for this session: “Lack of TRUST reduces the effectiveness of my community.”

· Introduction to the worldview of ‘Community” – Lesson 110

· Functions of Community and Type 1 Community defined – Lesson 111

· Type 2 and Type 3 Community Defined – Lesson 112

· The dynamics of tension and trust in a community – Lesson 121

Session 5: Key thought for this session: “Without the context of a bigger stage, BEING TRUE TO SELF is a flattering allegiance to bias and voices of deception.”

· Introduction to “Being True to Self” – Lesson 140

· The influence of Perception on Worldview – Lesson 141

· Some personal factors that influence perception – Lesson 144

· How culture can impact what we perceive, interpret and do – Lesson 145

· How biases affect our perception, interpretation and action, Part 1 – Lesson 178

· How biases affect our perception, interpretation and action, Part 2 – Lesson 179

· How our identity affects what we do – Lesson 185

· How our view of Social Exchange affects what we do – Lesson 186

· Virtue that is not exchange-based – Lesson 198

· Session Wrap-Up and Closing Comments – Lesson 203

Session 6: Key thought for this session: “If any outcome of life is acceptable to me, then any path will get me there.”

· Intro part 1 – Lesson 210

· Intro part 2 – Lesson 211

· Intro part 3 – Lesson 212

· Worldview and the Human Dilemma – Lesson 215

· Discerning Truth and Trust – Lesson 216

· For those who believe in Relative Truth – Lesson 221

· For those who believe Truth is absolute – Lesson 223

· How to determine a valid perspective on Truth – Lesson 224

· Why relative truth can seem right – Lesson 226

· The Influence of Equitable Exchange on Virtue – Lesson 227

· Fairness and Relativism – Lesson 228

· Practical versus Principled Decision Making – Lesson 229

· Fairness: Perception versus Reality – Lesson 230

· Competing and Preferential Choices, Part 1 – Lesson 234

· Competing and Preferential Choices, Part 2 – Lesson 235

· Conveying truth about Justification through stories, Part 1 – Lesson 236

· Conveying truth about Justification through stories, Part 2 – Lesson 238

· What makes something “Good”? – Lesson 239

Session 7: Key thought for this session: “Faith is the evidence I cannot observe for the truth that I must act on.”

· Knowledge is not truth – Lesson 303

· Two types of knowledge – Lesson 304

· The difference between eido knowledge and gnosis knowledge – Lesson 307

· Trusting Knowleldge enough to act on it – Lesson 311

· Faith is required to determine truth – Lesson 312

· Observable and unobservable evidence – Lesson 313

· The need for both eido and gnosis knowledge, Part 1 – Lesson 314

· The need for both eido and gnosis knowledge, Part 2 – Lesson 315

· We act on knowledge that we trust to be true – Lesson 318

· Faith that is well-placed, Part 1 – Lesson 319

· Faith that is well-placed, Part 2 – Lesson 322

Session 8: Key thought for this session: “Without a compass, the journey is futile.”

· Intro to Finding True North, Part 1 – Lesson 350

· Intro to Finding True North, Part 2 – Lesson 351

· Intro to Finding True North, Part 3 – Lesson 360

· Intro to Finding True North, Part 4 – Lesson 361

· Intro to Finding True North, Part 5 – Lesson 366

· The influence of our core assumptions on Finding True North – Lesson 369

· Professor Gilpins Biology 101 Lecture – Lesson 399

· Rational Arguments are not necessarily Truth – Lesson 375

· Finding a Trustworthy Source for True North – Lesson 376

· Social (Equitable) Exchange and True North – Lesson 378

· Emotions and True North, Part 1 – Lesson 379

· Emotions and True North, Part 2 – Lesson 380

· True North does not harm one area to satisfy another – Lesson 381

· True North depends on the Trustworthiness of the Originator – Lesson 382

· Applying the Principles for Finding True North – Lesson 386

Session 9: Key thought for this session: “Ultimately I can go only one of two ways – which path do I take?”

· The 5x2 Chart comparing Column A vs Column B Core Assumptions

o Video introducing Core Assumptions about Truth – Lesson 402

o Video introducing Core Assumptions about Trust – Lesson 403

o Video introducing Core Assumptions about Reality – Lesson 404

o Video introducing Core Assumptions about Soul Satisfaction – Lesson 405

o Video introducing Core Assumptions about Justification – Lesson 406

· Sermon on the Mount (Christ’s Core Assumptions) – Lesson 407

· Case Studies:

o Core Assumptions about Marriage – Lesson 412

o 5 life-situation case studies

§ Jared’s questions about Truth – Lesson 416

§ Analysis of Jared’s response and presentation of Lacey’s discourse on a Christian Nation – Lesson 417

§ Ian’s discourse on Reality – Lesson 418

§ Rhonda’a complaint against God – Lesson 419

§ Terry’s question on training her son – Lesson 420

Session 10:

· Metanoia – Eve’s temptation, the real meaning of “repentance,” and the purpose of THE LAW OF GOD – Metanoia Video