Have you never heard? Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. Isaiah 40:28 NLT
So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters?
God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. 1 Corinthians 1:20 NLT
Christian-Biblical Worldview
Christian Worldview – An Integrated Framework
Christian worldview is more that a religious belief system. In fact, the Christian worldview is a complete and integrated framework through which to see the entire world. Our friends at Summit Ministries have helped us explain the basics of the Christian Worldview across ten major categories. Following these excerpts, for comprehensive coverage of each concept, please click on READ MORE at the end of each paragraph which will take you to the Summit Ministries Website.
Christian Worldview – The Individual Elements
A Christian worldview is a comprehensive view of the world from a biblical standpoint. Therefore, a Christian’s view of the world should be an integrated whole, comprised of a number of distinct, biblical elements. Indeed, each Christian should filter his or her day through a pair of biblical/spiritual goggles, and see the world as a harmonious set of beliefs and perspectives.
Christian Theology – Theism (Trinitarian)
The Theology of the Christian worldview is the affirmation of the existence of an intelligent, powerful, loving, just, and awesome God who exists in the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. From the Christian perspective, “In the beginning God” (Genesis 1:1) is the foundation for all meaning. The Christian worldview further proclaims that this powerful, intelligent God who created all things in heaven and earth is the same God who took upon Himself human form in the person of Jesus Christ and died for our sins. Christianity proclaims a God who is both Mind and Heart — who not only created the world, but also loves it so much that He sent His only begotten Son to die for it.
Christian Philosophy – Supernaturalism (Faith and Reason)
The single most important philosophical truth in the Christian worldview is that Jesus Christ is the Logos (word, or mind) of God. Christian philosophy says Christ, the Logos, is the explanation for the universe and everything in it. The major charge against the Christian worldview in general and Christian philosophy in particular, is that it is unscientific. Christians claim that the Christian doctrines of God, creation, Logos, design, purpose, law, order, and life are reasonable, and consistent with the findings of science, history, and personal experience in a way that the philosophies of dialectical materialism and philosophical naturalism will never be.
Christian Ethics – Moral Absolutes
According to the Christian worldview, God’s moral nature is absolute and unchanging. God always hates evil and loves good. The Bible is of supreme importance because it tells us the difference between good and evil, providing a framework on which a completely unambiguous ethics must be built. According to the Christian worldview, ethical relativism leads to destruction (Matthew 7:13). Christian ethics is inseparable from Christian theology for the simple reason that Christian ethics is grounded in the character of God. Rather than believing in some ethical scheme bound to society’s ever-changing whims, the Christian worldview has a specific moral order revealed to man through both general revelation and special revelation of the Bible and the person of Jesus Christ.
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Christian Worldview – Conclusion
The Christian worldview is a comprehensive conception of the world from a Christian standpoint. Our friends at Summit Ministries remind us that our Christian worldview should affect every area of life, from psychology to sociology, from science to philosophy, from law to economics. True biblical Christianity is more than a set of religious doctrines to recite at church. Christianity as taught in the Bible is a complete worldview.
What is Your Worldview?
An individual’s worldview is his or her basis for answering such questions as:
- Who am I?
- Where did I come from?
- Where am I going?
- What is true and what is false?
- How should I conduct my life, or act?
- Does God exist and if so what is my response to Him?
The opening verse of the Bible sets forth the first and most important facts as the foundation for the development of a worldview; in this case it is the basis for a biblical worldview. Genesis 1:1 says: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Within this short verse are several profound statements that must be at the core of every biblical worldview. Read Full Article from AnswersinGenesis.