{"product_id":"worldview-what-we-believe-kevin-swanson","title":"Worldview","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBarely 1% of young adults hold a biblical worldview.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOnly 1% of American millennials under 30 hold a biblical worldview today. In 2019 it was 2%. Back in 1995 it was 12%. And yet 56% of them still call themselves Christians. \u003cem\u003e(Source: Arizona Christian University and the Barna Research Group.)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThat isn't a sincerity problem. Most of these young people were never grounded in the Word well enough to know what they believe, or why. They grew up with a thousand competing voices in their ears — teachers, screens, friends — and nobody ever handed them something solid to stand on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThat's what this book gives them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWorldview\u003c\/em\u003e, Kevin Swanson lays out the essentials of the Christian faith for every believer and every young student of Scripture, and then he defends them. He draws a clear line between the truth God has revealed and the man-made worldviews that have deceived the world, and he makes the case for why only one of them can be true.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWhat your student walks away with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnow the essentials.\u003c\/strong\u003e Swanson calls it \"trunk faith\": the core truths every Christian has to hold, as opposed to the \"leaves,\" the smaller disagreements between Christian groups. He stays on the trunk. What is it that actually sets the Christian faith apart from every other religion and worldview? That's where the book begins, working through the nature of truth, of God, of man, of right and wrong, of sin and salvation, and of where history is headed. Call it theology 101 for a young believer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnow what you're up against.\u003c\/strong\u003e \"God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes\" (Ecclesiastes 7:29). With the Christian worldview in place, Swanson turns to the rival worldviews your student is going to run into and shows where each one breaks down. Paul warned believers not to be cheated \"through philosophy and empty deceit\" (Colossians 2:8). Nobody can refuse bait they can't see, so the book teaches students to see it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnow how to answer.\u003c\/strong\u003e Scripture calls us to pull down arguments and \"every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God\" (2 Corinthians 10:5). \u003cem\u003eWorldview\u003c\/em\u003e gives students the basic apologetics to do exactly that, and to give a reason for their hope without flinching.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBuilt around the questions every worldview has to answer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eEvery worldview, Christian or not, has to answer a few basic questions. What's true? What's real? What's right? What's wrong with us, and how do we get put right? Swanson works through all of them, then adds two more about how we live together and where it all ends. The book runs 560 pages across 25 chapters, in six parts:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1 — What Is True?\u003c\/strong\u003e Truth, God's revelation, and how we got the Bible and read it rightly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2 — What Is Real?\u003c\/strong\u003e The nature and sovereignty of God, creation, angels, and man made in His image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3 — What Is Right and Wrong?\u003c\/strong\u003e Biblical ethics and the commandments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4 — Salvation.\u003c\/strong\u003e What's wrong with man, God's plan to save, and how a person is actually saved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 5 — Sociology.\u003c\/strong\u003e How people relate to one another, and the worship of the church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 6 — The End of the World.\u003c\/strong\u003e Where history is going, and why.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eIt's a full theology laid out in order. The kind of book a student can finish once and keep coming back to for years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFamilies, discipleship groups, and anyone who wants something with more spine than a devotional. Swanson wrote it with teens and older students in mind, the ones about to head into college and the wider culture, but plenty of parents read it first to firm up their own footing before they teach it. Use it as a high school theology course or as personal study. Either way, a reader comes out knowing what they believe, why, and how to hold the line.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWorldview or Worldviews in Conflict?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eGenerations publishes two worldview courses, and a lot of families end up using both.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorldview\u003c\/em\u003e is the theology course. It explains the Christian worldview in full and measures it against the major religions and worldviews across the world today. Start here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.generations.org\/products\/worldviews-in-conflict-textbook\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorldviews in Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is the literature course. It sets the Christian worldview against the dominant worldviews of the West through philosophers, literature, and pop culture, and it trains students to spot those ideas in the books and films they're already taking in, and to answer them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe first teaches you what's true. The second teaches you to recognize what isn't when you meet it in a novel or a lecture hall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is a biblical worldview?\u003c\/strong\u003e Everyone reads the world through a set of assumptions about what's real, what's true, and what's worth living for. A biblical worldview draws those assumptions from Scripture rather than from whatever ideas happen to be in the air. The book takes each of those questions in turn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good fit for homeschool high school?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. Families use it as a stand-alone high school theology or worldview course all the time. It works just as well for church discipleship groups and for adults studying on their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo I need Worldviews in Conflict too?\u003c\/strong\u003e They pair well, but you don't need both to begin. \u003cem\u003eWorldview\u003c\/em\u003e is the foundation. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.generations.org\/products\/worldviews-in-conflict-textbook\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorldviews in Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e builds on it by teaching students to recognize competing worldviews in literature and culture. Most families start with \u003cem\u003eWorldview\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich Bible translation does it use?\u003c\/strong\u003e Mostly the King James Version, with the NKJV and ESV quoted in a few places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow long is it?\u003c\/strong\u003e 560 pages and 25 chapters, in six parts covering truth, reality, ethics, salvation, sociology, and the end of the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c!-- \/MAIN DESCRIPTION --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christian Discipleship Curriculum","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39987192168542,"sku":"GR11-WV-txt","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PDF","offer_id":39987192201310,"sku":"worldviewpdf","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1171\/9000\/files\/worldview.jpg?v=1785934558","url":"https:\/\/store.generations.org\/products\/worldview-what-we-believe-kevin-swanson","provider":"Generations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}