Assumptions That Affect Our Lives, by Dr. Christian Overman, book explains the underlying worldview assumptions that shape the values and behavior of people in the 21st century.
A businessman wrote: "I've read the book several times. Each time I read it, I get more out of it."
A Christian school principal wrote: "[Your book] has truly been the most powerful material regarding worldview development that I have encountered in my relatively young 4 year career in Christian education."
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The God's Pleasure At Work Curriculum Pack contains a 180-page e-text with over 50 video clips, a Participant Guide, The Lost Purpose for Learning book, and a Facilitator's Guide.
Appropriate for church small groups, a high school class, or a teacher training course.
One student wrote: "… I learned so much personally that I cannot wait to use in the future and share with others. I believe all Christians should read this book and soak in all the goodness just like our class did over the course of this year."
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Nurture your child's spirit with this treasure trove of crafts, games, songs, discussion prompters and even dance, all centered around the themes of Advent and the birth of Jesus. Watch their eyes sparkle as they hunt for treasure (ancient prophecies fulfilled by Jesus Christ) in your ready-to-go treasure hunt.
Watch the lights go on as they find out what it means, when Jesus says, "I am the Good Shepherd." Create a faux gingerbread Nativity, dance to the Celtic-style Christmas Circle Dance (choreography illustrated by children) and "Have yourself a Spiritual Christmas!"
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The Lost Purpose for Learning explains how we lost our biblically-based purpose for education, and how this lost purpose can be restored in a way that is systemic, intentional and repeatable.
Jeff Myers, President of Summit Ministries, says: "Brilliant summary of the battle for hearts and minds taking place in today's classroom. Simple and powerful. Vital briefing for those determined to not lose another generation to counterfeit worldviews."
NOTE: This booklet is included in the God's Pleasure At Work Curriculum Pack.
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The Living Water New Testament comes very highly recommended by Dr. Christian Overman. He says: "The skills translator Roy Mayfield honed as a Wycliffe Bible translator over 40 years of experience have been put to great use in fulfilling his own longing for an English translation that was highly readable, clear and flowing--like water. This is my favorite version of the New Testament--bar none."
For more on the background of this translation, and Roy Mayfield's life with the Agta tribe in the Philippine Islands working as a Wycliffe Bible translator, click here.
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LifeWork: A Biblical Theology for What You Do Every Day, by Darrow Miller, with Marit Newton, combines biblical worldview with a robust theology of work, for an outstanding text.
Marvin Olasky says: "I'd like every student to read Darrow Miller's chapters on worldviews at work and the need to battle dualism and the sacred-secular dichotomy. He brilliantly shows how to live and work before God and why it's so important to grasp the biblical theology of vocation. His summary of the Bible's essential metanarrative is pitch-perfect, and his application of that to cultural pursuits is exactly what those who waver need to hear."
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For a complimentary copy of the 35-page on-line e-book, An Introduction to Critical Theory, by Christian Overman, click here.
This booklet is a series of blog posts as they appeared in the Worldview Matters blog beginning September 6, and ending December 6, 2019. The booklet explains the basic ideas behind "Critical Theory," an ideology developed in the 1930's by a group of German intellectuals fleeing the turmoil of their country to come to America and start their own brand of turmoil. They became known as "The Frankfurt School."
This school of thought greatly influenced higher education in the US, and is now strongly influencing education at the K-12 level. The influence of Critical Theory can be seen throughout American society and culture as a whole, and accounts for much of the division we are now experiencing.
The booklet concludes with a call for cultural activist training to take place during prime-time Sunday morning church services. (For a .pdf copy of An Introduction to Critical Theory, click here.)
Any teacher, principal, parent or pastor may use this slide presentation for training purposes.
This is the same slide presentation Dr. Overman uses to introduce audiences to "the lost purpose for learning."
This slide presentation is located on Google Drive, and it is available to anyone having access to the Internet.
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This video speaks to the problem of secularized education.
This is one of our most popular videos, about the life and work of Dr. George Washington Carver. If this video does not play, click https://youtu.be/1wv4qYIyJoM
Here is an interview with Gary Starkweather, inventor of the laser printer. If this video does not play, click https://youtu.be/61-gPwHdYo4
This is a sample from the Participant Guide that is used with the e-text, God's Pleasure At Work & The Difference One Life Can Make. This sample covers Chapters 1-5 in the text, which is used for the high school course as well as the "Working Wonders" course for parents and teachers. If this video does not play, click https://youtu.be/ZncvFAqgNFc
This is an interview with Dot Regu, Pastor of The Kingdom Citizens Pavilion, and Segun Gbolagun, then Director of The Kingdom Citizens Christian School, one of the WRAP schools in Jos, Nigeria. If this video does not play, click https://youtu.be/q9C3Jbe_DLc
Do you what to know what it looks like to apply a biblical theology of work in the "real world" of high finance? Watch this remarkable personal testimony of Jack vanHartesvelt, about his experience buying and selling hotels for a large investment firm. If all followers of Christ were to approach their daily work like Jack does, it would revolutionize the world, many times over! If this video does not play, click https://youtu.be/18KKoaLMKzM
This video is about Dr. Overman's experience training public school leaders of a school district of 16,000 students and teachers in Ukraine. The superintendent said, "Restoring Christianity is more important to me than academics." Dr. Overman was given more freedom to speak to public school leaders in Ukraine about biblically-based education than he has ever been given in US public schools. If this video does not play, click https://youtu.be/vHeQR_zYwWo
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