- SS Curriculum: Thinking Like A Christian
- Introduction
- Contents
- Preview Material
- Price
- Testimonials
- FAQ's
Thinking Like A Christian
Thinking Like a Christian is an engaging 12-week study of the Christian worldview. The complete package comes with creative lesson plans for teaching youth through adults, including weekly projects, resources, video clips from noted Christian thinkers, and reproducible handouts, providing all the information needed to successfully teach worldviews to your group.
For homeschoolers, this curriculum includes a complete 14-week study with daily assignments, weekly projects, interactive times with parents, and two exams.
Thinking Like A Christian
Video (VHS)
The video is integrated into each of the 14 lessons and supplies an overview for each section in the curriculum. The video
is shot in a documentary format and features a number of top Christian apologists and worldview experts - David Noebel, Josh
McDowell, Norm Geisler, J.P. Moreland, and others.
Textbook w/ CD-ROM Leader's Guide
The textbook lays the groundwork for worldview thinking and the biblical Christian worldview. Worldviews are compared along 10 major
life disciples: Theology, Philosophy, Biology, Psychology, Ethics, Sociology, Law, Politics, Economics, and History.
CD Leader's Guide
The CD features four independent teaching tracks: High school, college, adult, and Homeschool students. Each track
includes are discussion ideas, skits, interactive segments and reproducible handouts.
Student Journal
The student journal corresponds with the video, leader's guide, and textbook. Included are notes, class assignments, and daily work, which include predominantly
subjective, though-provoking questions.
Thinking Like A Christian
The Thinking Like A Christian curriculum has literally equipped hundreds of students to become champions of the faith. We believe that those who are using this curriculum are playing a strategic role in the reclaiming of our Christian youth in our current post-Christian culture. Thank you so much for taking the time to consider this life-changing curriculum that will enable you to equip your students to become champions of the faith.
Below, you will find a list of Preview Materials.
Adult - Lesson 1
College - Lesson 1
Homeschool - Lesson 1
Youth - Lesson 1
Please do not let the Preview Materials be the only way we can serve you. Summit Ministries exists to help you in any way we can, whether answering your questions, providing you with resources to equip others, or even equipping you with the weapons to make a difference on the front lines in this spiritual battle of ideas.
Thinking Like A Christian
Curriculum Package - $45
Additional Textbooks w/ CD-ROM - $19.95
Additional Student Journals - $15.95
Additional Videos - $14.95
Thinking Like A Christian
"I want to thank you and your organization for being faithful to the Great Commission by producing EXACTLY what I was looking for to teach my youth group. Finally, some solid training materials!!! You guys are a godsend. Thank you very, very much."
Bodie Quirk
"This curriculum lays a solid foundation based on a biblical worldview. It will prepare a new generation to face the challenges of our post modern culture. Every Christian young person needs this curriculum before they go to college!"
Josh McDowell, Josh McDowell Ministries
"The Worldviews in Focus Bible studies do a masterful job..."
Chuck Colson, Prison Fellowship
"Clear, concise and compelling—I would that all in America could be challenged by these materials, especially students...I am ever more grateful for the solid biblical foundation under girding all of these materials. I commend them highly."
Dr. Adrian Rogers, Bellevue Baptist Church
"Summit Ministries offers a first-rate curriculum with cutting-edge application. Churches should make good use of it..."
Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
"Church Curriculum Worldview Training prepared by Summit Ministries is probably the finest single tool that I have seen to help people in the churches grasp what it means to "think Christian." There are probably few greater needs today in our churches.... this is one curriculum [every] church [should] definitely use—and that sooner than later."
Paige Patterson, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
"I had the privilege of teaching the Worldviews In Focus: Thinking Like A Christian to a small group of home schooled students between the ages of 12 and 16. These were all Christian teens raised in Christian homes.
When I previewed the material I thought it would be a little too simple for most of the students but once the class began my eyes were opened. I was very surprised at how little these kids comprehended the sovereignty of God in their everyday lives. They had their religion in a tidy little box, separated from the rest of the world. The first couple of weeks most of the students thought I was stretching things too far. Imagine trying to find God's hand in every article in the newspaper! By about the third week they began to see that God does indeed have something to say about everything.
One student shared that he had to change his television viewing habits because he realized that the shows he liked to watch would not be pleasing to God.
The course was easy to use. My preparation time was spent in studying and making sure I understood the concepts. The lessons were all planned for me. I just had to follow the script. There were many creative activities that encouraged the kids to see the world in a different way. I was tempted to skip some of the activities because I thought they were pretty goofy but these activities actually made the class more appealing.
Teaching this class did a number of things for me. It emphasized my need for improvement in training my children in the ways of the Lord. It left me with a hunger to know and understand more about our culture and the way we allow it to shape us. And it gave me an awareness of the desperate need for parents to make sure our children are taught how to think, live, and see the world as a Christian so that they can shape the culture and not the other way around. We cannot assume our kids have it all figured out. It is our responsibility to prepare our children.
"...Who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?" Esther 4: 14.
I'm praying for this study. It seems even more important since Sept. 11.
Betsy Voss, Homeschooling mom of a 14 and 16 year old
"Summit Ministries has worked with Broadman & Holman Publishers to come up with this very affordable and flexible worldview course that can be used by homeschoolers, youth groups, college classes, or adult groups." Read more...Have a thought you want share?
Cathy Duffy
Thinking Like A Christian
- 1. Why is it important to teach worldview thinking?
- Christians need to understand that the truth of God's word applies to all of life. They need to be able to discern truth from error, whether sitting in a university classroom or watching the evening news.
- 2. What is the goal of this curriculum?
- The goal is to teach students the framework of the Biblical Christian worldview, giving them a better understanding of how biblical passages and principles are to relate to every area of life, including Theology, Philosophy, as well as the creation/evolution debate, politics, the importance of the family, current social issues, and much more.
- 3. For whom is this curriculum intended?
- The CD-Rom that accompanies this curriculum has four separate teaching tracks—high school, college, adult, and homeschool. This study was designed for Christian Sunday school classes, weekday Bible studies, individual studies, and for a home school environment.
- 4. What training is required to teach this class?
- The key components for a successful teacher are a heart-felt vision for worldview thinking and a willingness to invest time and energy in communicating that vision. The video, along with the discussions and projects, makes it simple to teach the course without extensive background or training.
- 5. What Materials does each student need?
- Each student should have a copy of the Student Manual and those taking the class for homeschool will need a copy of the textbook. Students will find these resources invaluable as they continue developing their worldview thinking. The journals are consumables while the textbooks are reusable.
- 6. How is the video used?
- This documentary-style video supplements the curriculum components, enhancing the content of each lesson. It can be viewed in short segments of 5 minutes per lesson, or used at the end of the study as a review. It is a total of 60 minutes in length. Instructions for its use are suggested in each of the Leaders' guides.