Maya Charlesworth
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Opportunity #1 notes
Dr Grant; Founder of Gileskirk/ author of many books/ father of the opportunity.
Culture: Religion externalized.
Discernment: Ability to distinguish between beautiful, true, good, and spurius, corrupt, and repulsive/distinguish between what is right and what is almost right.
Worldview: the lense through which we view reality, a belief system/ a way of looking at the world.
Arx Axiom: Fortress of first principles, St. Augustine’s city of God.
DIscursus: Latin meaning completely to run about/ a logical examination/ A formal, orderly expression of thought on a topic.
Humanities: A study of the world culture from a Christian worldview/ foundation upon which a Gileskirk education in built.
List the four main periods of history AND the defining characteristics of each.
1. Eden-man in union with God.
2. Antiquity-Downward spiral of sin; Desperation.
3. Christendom; Establishing a city of God on Earth.
4. Modernity; rebellion; fragmentation; lack of meaning and purpose.
Write Out Micah 6:8
He has shown thee o’ what is good; and what the lord requires of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
Identify AND explain the results of studying Humanities.
1. we discover our unique destiny, calling, and giftedness.
2.We are equipped with an understanding of God’s word, his time tables and an understanding of our calling to be transformers of our culture.
3. we take courage and are comforted by the fact that we have an identity in God, our creator. If God, who created the heavens and the earth, created me, the He has a plan and purpose for my life, according to Jeremiah 29:11.
4. we are equipped intellectually and spiritually to be culture changers, to impact our generation for the gospel.
moral philosophy is rthe study of history from a providential worldview. It reflects God at work in the affairs of man throughout history. moral philosophy views history through the lense of God. It applies Godly wisdom and understanding gained from the study of the past and applies it to the present and the future. Through moral philosophy we study of the past to discover God’s principles at work and we re-apply knowledge of these principles to present and the future.
The study of history from a moral philosophy should remind each of us that man repeats his folly despite the lessons history has to teach us. A Russian proverb says it in this way, “dwell in the past and lose one eye. Forget the past and you will lose both. Though Henry Ford thought history was “bunk”, God places a high value on memory and history.
жить в прошлом, и потерять один глаз. Забудь прошлое, и вы потеряете обоих.
MONROE DOCTRINE
Presented to congress in December of 1823, and would serve as a a guiding philosophy for 100 years.
1. The US will not interfere with existing European colonies.
2. the US will stay out of European alliances and wars
3. The American continents will not be considered potential colonies by European powers.
4. the US would not consider any attempt to spread European government into the western Hemisphere as a threat to US peace and safety.
Despite such broad reaching global policies, Monroe’s presidency fell into disrepute due to widespread corruption in Washington.
ANDREW JACKSON
He became governor of Florida after invading it.
He was completely Democratic.
He was brutally anti-big government.
He was poorly educated compared to the prior presidents.
passionate to a fault.
Charismatic.
Ran for president in 1824 and lost in a very, very scandalous election. Adams became president instead. Jackson got the most votes, with Adams runner up. He lost because of the majority rulings. The vote went to the house of reps. and Adams was voted into office.