When Dr. Al Gotch’s niece and nephew started their freshman year of college, he did what a chemistry professor of twenty years might do. He wrote them letters.
Kharis Publishing today released Therefore I Think: A Condensed Introduction to Biblical Worldview Thinking, the book those letters became.
The problem it addresses is a familiar one. A student raised in the faith arrives on campus and meets ten disciplines — theology, philosophy, science, psychology, ethics, sociology, law, politics, economics, history — each carrying assumptions about reality that are rarely stated out loud. Most students have never been shown how to name those assumptions, let alone weigh them.
Therefore I Think gives them the tools. Part One walks a biblical worldview through all ten fields. Part Two sets it side by side with secular humanism, discipline by discipline, so readers can compare rather than simply react. Two appendices add a Worldview Assessment Survey and a discussion of problems with spontaneous generation.
The letter format is deliberate, following in the tradition of Richard Maybury’s Uncle Eric series and C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters. Each chapter is short, concise, and conversational — designed to start an investigation, not end one.
Gotch writes with unusual credentials for the genre. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Purdue, taught college chemistry for twenty years across three institutions, chaired a department for nine, and has published twelve peer-reviewed papers.
“I’m not asking anyone to stop thinking,” said Gotch. “I’m asking them to notice what they’ve already assumed, and to see that the Bible has something serious to say in every one of these rooms.”
Built for:
- College and high school students heading into secular academic settings
- Parents and youth pastors preparing teens for campus life
- Homeschool and Christian school worldview curricula
- Small groups and Sunday school classes wanting short, discussable chapters
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Title: Therefore I Think: A Condensed Introduction to Biblical Worldview Thinking
Author: Dr. Al Gotch
ISBN: 978-1-63746-723-7
Category: Non-fiction, Christian Worldview / Apologetics
Publisher: Kharis Publishing
About the Author
Dr. Al Gotch holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Thiel College and an M.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Purdue University. He taught college chemistry for 20 years and served as a department chair for 9. He has published 12 peer-reviewed papers and presented on technology, chemical education, philosophy of science, and biblical worldview. He currently works as Lead Analyst and Production Manager at Auris Noble, LLC. He has been married to Karla for 40 years and has two married daughters and four grandchildren.
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