Looking at the Christian Worldview



I've been studying Christian Worldview for the last 6 months. The subject is so important for Christians to know. There are a lot of books and websites on the subject. I just want to give a "Reader's Digest" version of the topic.

Everyone has a worldview. Whether or not we realize it, we all have certain presuppositions and biases that affect the way we view all of life and reality. A worldview is like a set of lenses which taint our vision or alter the way we perceive the world around us. Our worldview is formed by our education, our upbringing, the culture we live in, the books we read, the media and movies we absorb, etc. For many people their worldview is simply something they have absorbed by osmosis from their surrounding cultural influences. They have never thought strategically about what they believe and wouldn't be able to give a rational defense of their beliefs to others.

I see that there are 5 key areas of the Christian Worldview. Understanding these 5 key areas will equip the Christian with the knowledge they need to fully understand out wroldview. They are The Centrality of Truth, The Substance of Truth, Truth and Faith, Taking Captivity Captive, and Thinking and Being.

1. The Centrality of Truth

Depending on your starting point will determine on your world view. If God is not your starting point, then you will have a secular world view where anything goes because truth is subjective. If God is your starting point, then you will have a Biblical world view. The Biblical world view consists of Jesus Christ as Truth. This start point is fixed and does not move. This is like a plumb line (a fixed point where everything is lined up to make sure it is straight or perfectly balanced).

Using Jesus as a fixed point and guide of the Truth, He keeps us from going off the path.

Proverbs 3:5 & 6
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight

Without the plum line of Truth, we can know neither life, goodness, righteousness, nor justice. We can’t even truly know ourselves. Let’s look at the ironic question asked by Pilate in John 18:37 & 38;

37Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered,"You say correctly that I am a king For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."
38Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?"
Pilate asks the questions that most people ask, and we answered last week. Jesus actually answered Pilate’s question before he asked it in the last part of verse 37;
“Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

Jesus reveals truth of Himself to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. Through the book of John, Jesus says for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. This speaks of spiritual eyes to see the Truth and spiritual ears to hear the Truth.

Jesus is the Truth so He is the central theme of Truth and the Christian Worldview.

I will post on the other 4 key areas throughout the coming week.