1 Peter 3: 15 Sanctify God, the Lord, in your hearts; And always be prepared to give an account

1. Christian Identity and healthcare:In what way are we fundamentally different and what does that mean for our view of healthcare? 1 Peter 3: 15 Sanctify God, the Lord, in your hearts; And always be prepared to give an account to everyone who demands an explanation about the hope that is in you with meekness and fear… Free translation

2. Doel workshop examine our Christian identity fundamentals together and take a closer look at the links with our view of healthcare and its practical implications

3. Why? The connection between our identity fundamentals and healthcare is gone – also among post-modern Christians • “Peace” after prayer to: • Collaborate with euthanasia / abortus provocatus • Marry non-Christians • Have sex before marriage • Ethical relativism: • Everybody does it, so I may too: gossip, steal, be lazy etc. • Everything depends on the situation • Introducing so-called ‘grey area’ thinking • In the world, but not of the world? • There is not really a big difference between a good Christian doctor/nurse and any other good doctor/nurse… • To be like the world causes less problems for me…

4. Identity fundamentals & Care Care practice Care Vision / Motivation Ethics / Structures Truth / Purposes View of world View of man View of God

5. What needs to be done? Only a radical contemporary transformation can restore the connection between identity fundamentals and healthcare

6. Elements of transformation • Every Christian a zealous Bible student • Study biographies church fathers and reformers • Study transformation processes • Re-examine your own world view and its connections with healthcare • Re-interpret your profession radically • Be salt and light: • Be transformed by the Lord from inside outwards • Bring changes within the healthcare system • Develop new models outside the system • Integrate local church and healthcare once again

7. What is Christian? Ten identity fundamentals Implications  healthcare How further? Skeleton outline

8. What is Christian? A mansion with many rooms • Main entrance: Historical Christian creeds • Apostles, Athanasian, Nicene • Once in entrance hall, you choose a door • Doors to different denominational sections • Cross-sections across denominations • Charismatic movement • Lord and Saviour movement

9. Lord and Saviour Cross-section Pentecostal Reformed Baptist Orthodox Catholic Other Mansion of Christianity Main entrance of the Creeds Apostle’s Athanasian Nicene

10. Lord and Saviour Christians Wall of Sin I I I Not yet LS Christian Disobedient LS Christian Obedient LS Christian

11. View of God View of man View of world View of truth Life purposes Ethics Structures in society Care vision Care motivation Care practice Ten Identity Fundamentals

12. 1. View of God • Personal • Absolute • Infinite • Omniscient • Almighty • Omnipresent • Love • Holy • Good • Righteous • Truthful

13. 2. View of man • Personal, finite, limited • Imager of God and thus valuable • Lost in sin • Salvation only in Christ Jesus • Beloved and created with a purpose • Diamond with ten facets

14. Human = Diamond with ten aspects Religious Ethical Physical Juridical Psychological Aesthetic Technical Economical Linguistic Social / Cultural

15. 3. View of world • Total creation • Visible and invisible world • Creator - creation • Human – rest of creation

16. 4. View of truth / knowledge • Authoritative Revelation through Bible and creation • Absolute truth exists = God’s truth • All truth is God’s truth • Differences: Biblical and creational revelation • The truth is also a Person: Jesus Christ

17. 5. Life purposes Pilgrims en route to God’s future glorify Him in all things

18. 6. Ethics Three aspects: • Existential: Virtue / Motives • Situational: Facts / Consequences • Deontological: Norms / Duties

19. 7. Structures in society Biblical-Christian convictions about: • State • Church • Legal structures • Economic structures • Individual and family • Tribes, peoples, nations • Volunteer organizations

20. 8. Care Vision • Total team • Total person • Total care • Total needs • Total health • Total staff care

21. The seven practical care elements • Communicating eyes • Listening ears • Wise words • Loving hearts • Comforting hands • Praying knees • Serving feet

22. 9. Care Motivation • Agape-love as basic motive • Desire • Choice • Action • Sacrifice • God’s best • Shalom as goal(10 facets)

23. 10. Care Practice Core Concepts: • Calling • Stewardship • Care with 10 facets

24. Groups • Share briefly one item for prayer for your own life • Allow the rest of the group to take you to Jesus in prayer • Take notes of what is being prayed and of impressions the Lord may give to the persons in the prayer group

25. View of God View of man View of world View of truth Life purposes Ethics Structures in society Care vision Care motivation Care practice Ten Identity Fundamentals: Implications for my working place • Groups • What does Fundamental X mean for my working place? • What will make it difficult for me to put it into practice? • Share and let others in group pray for you • Take notes of what prayer group members pray and of the impressions the Lord may lay on their hearts

26. Conclusion • Better understanding relationship world view  healthcare? • Most important thing you learnt this time? • What are you going to do differently afterwards? How and when?

27. View of God: Implications  healthcare

28. View of man: implications  healthcare

29. View of world: implications healthcare

30. View of truth: Implications  healthcare

31. View of life purpose: Implications  healthcare

32. View of ethics: Implications  healthcare

33. View of structures: Implications  healthcare

34. View of care vision: Implications  healthcare

35. View of Care motivation: Implications  healthcare

36. View of Care Practice: Implications  healthcare