Biblical Worldview & Hope - 13-20 July 2025
Description: When you plant a seed and a tree grows you would always expect the fruit of the tree to be the same as the fruit you planted. It’s obvious.
If you think of our lives as trees, the seed and root structure is our worldview - the set of beliefs we hold about life the universe and everything. The fruit is what we say and do. The two are linked.
The trouble is that as well as having deep-seated beliefs, we are also immersed in culture, and surrounded by cultural values that may come from different worldview beliefs to our own. And like the apocryphal frog in boiling water, we can find it hard to know when our behaviour is shaped more by our culture than by our beliefs.
This course builds on biblical worldview, questions contemporary western wisdom, and asks how we as biblically informed people could actually bring shape to our world that is consistent with our belief in the love and grace of the Triune God.
Brief course outline by Tim Vickers
Instructor’s bio:
Tim Vickers serves as Director of IFES Graduate Impact. For the last 25 years, following 10 years working as a commercial property consultant, Tim has worked within the IFES family helping young Christian adults as they transition from university into working life. His double motivation is both the tragedy of seeing people struggle in their faith through their twenties, and also the great opportunity that working life represents as a lifelong context for sharing Christ with those detuned from the Gospel's truth. Tim has taught young Christian professionals and students in 40 different countries. He is also responsible for initiating the Bible and Culture training course (2007) and the Cross-Current mentoring programme (2012) which has been adopted for use in more than 40 countries. He earned an MA in Christian ethics from King’s College, London. Tim is married to Jo and they have three children two of whom are currently university students.
Suggested reading:
Genesis 1-4, A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary C John Colins, P & R Publishing