Starting a Biblical Worldview

This past Sunday, our youth starting studying about a God-Centered worldview from The Gospel Project. It was an intense lesson to say the least because most Christians do not understand what a Biblical worldview is. To simply put, a Biblical worldview is to see the world how God sees through the lens of Scripture.

If we are going to understand the world we live in, the first place we must go to is the Bible. Trevin Wax said, "If we are to be biblical Christians, we must read the Bible in order to read the culture." We can never understand the brokenness of our world, if we do not engage ourselves in God's word. Going to the latest sociological book will give us some help, but the Bible is where we have to begin. Matt Slick wrote:

The Bible has much to say about the nature of man, the world, purpose, truth, morality, etc., and so does the world. More often than not, the secular world view is in conflict with the biblical one. For example: Where the world asserts that man evolved, the Bible says he was created and ultimately responsible to God. Where the world says that morals are relative, the Bible says they are absolute. Where the world says that there is no need of salvation and redemption, the Bible clearly states that all people are in need of deliverance from their sin. The contrast is obvious and profound. Both cannot be true.

The secular world exalts man to the apex of evolutionary development, the sovereign over all he dominates, though only another animal. God is relegated to the belief systems of the uneducated and superstitious. Such opposing views will clash.

The Apostle Paul said, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Romans 12:2). Our minds are to be renewed because we must think the way God sees the world. When we observe how our culture lives, we must go to the Bible and pray that the Holy Spirit will help us understand what is going on around us.